I won't go through the whole trip, just some highlights. The Eiffel Tower is truly beautiful and much more impressive in person.
We walked along the Seine and shopped along the Champs-Elysees. We stood by the Arc de Triomphe and took an open top bus tour of the city. We walked through Notre Dame and soaked in the history and beauty.
My favorite place of all was the Louvre. This is currently my favorite museum of all time! We saw the Venus de Milo and the Mona Lisa - two of the most famous women in art ever!
We also saw some amazing portraits by the likes of Van Dyke and Carot. I saw a fresco by Botacelli
and a hall of Rubens.
We saw amazing statues, including two by Michaelangelo. I could spend days and days there.
Amber turned 15 years old in Paris - how cool is that?
She met up with a friend she knew in 4th grade at Notre Dame. She has since moved to Germany and was in Paris for her 15th birthday too. What a small world it really is!
Alexa loved the Mona Lisa - but was a little weirded out by it too since it looks like she is looking at you no matter where you stand. We have decided Mona Lisa looks like a very sweet woman with a wicked sense of humour. Alexa also now believes she was Mona Lisa in a past life.
One of the first places we ate was a local restaurant on a side street recommended to us by the lady at the hotel. I thought it was wonderful and it was everything you would imagine a local French cafe would be. The waiter was so nice and helped us with our French. There was a definite local atmosphere to the place.
Just before we left, I went to use the bathroom. It was one bathroom/stall for both genders. No big deal right? Well think again - here is what the toilet looked like...
Luckily, this was the only place we went with this type of toilet.
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A Squatty Potty!
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