Guest Blog/Photo Essay of Paris

Hi all,

Stephanie here again.  I was put in charge of uploading some Paris pictures.  So here they are:

To start, here is a view from our apartment window in Paris.  

But we actually arrived in the evening, so let's start there.  As soon as we arrived in Paris, we had our AirBnb host Kevin show us where the laverie (laundromat) was.  We were successfully able to wash our clothes without incident.  The dryers were HUGE and dried everything in around 15 minutes.  I want one.

The next day we walked around a lot.  (According to my fitbit we walked 28,947 steps which is approximately 12.6 miles).    

We found a nice wine shop for some meat and cheese.  We almost didn't eat here because it smelled like garbage when we walked in.  Turns out it was the cheese at someone else's table.  I'm glad we stuck it out.  The food and wine were great!

Luxembourg Gardens

Notre Dame at night

The even more beautiful building across from Notre Dame (the Préfecture de Police)
 

The following day consisted of museums including the Musée d'Orsay which is in a beautifully repurposed train station.  Most of the museums don't allow many if any pictures so this was a light day from iPhoto's standpoint.

I've discovered that I love train stations.

That evening's meal was at Pain, Vin, Fromage.  

Yum

The next day was more museums and ended with some Eiffel Tower viewing. 

ALMOST AT THE FRONT OF THE PICASSO MUSEUM LINE!

But how do you really feel, Sam?

On the morning of our last day in Paris we had to check out of our apartment around 8:00 and our train didn't leave until close to 13:00.  So, we figured out how to check our bags at the train station and decided to climb up to the top of Montmarte to visit Sacre Coeur cathedral.  

There are a lot of steps

There was a very nice view from the top.  

The view from Montmarte

After that we went back to the train station.  While we were waiting for our train we were given complimentary candies because Eurostar (our train operator) was celebrating their 20th anniversary.  

The UFO disks were particularly tasty

That's a bit of our time in Paris.  I have to go enjoy our last day in London now.  Arrivederci, ciao, au revoir, and cheers!