Paris

Julie and Ken arrived in our second day in Paris and had a nice lunch before heading out to explore. We caught the subway to the Arc de Triomphe and walked down the Champs a l'Elysses which is a fancy street where we enjoyed window shopping and even enjoyed some of the showrooms of Toyota, Renault, and Mercedes.

Afterwards, we made our way to the gardens just shy of the Louvre and grabbed some crepes along the way too!

On the next day we did our time in line for the Eiffel Tower. One of the lifts was down so the just had one working. So we waited for several hours, listening to Rick Steves audio guides, before beginning our trip up the tower to the very top. To views are quite impressive and worth the wait. That was a full day if waiting and we grabbed some quick meals. Unfortunately, this was also the evening I got sick with headache and stomach and by the following morning I was worn out and tired but feeling much better!

On our last Paris day we did Notre Dame and the Louvre. I caught my top picks: the Raft of Medusa and The Lacemaker (paintings) and Nate saw his top pick: the painting on Coldplay's album cover... Viva la revolution(?) by Delacroix, and Julie and Ken's pick: The Mona Lusa.

The next day we packed up and headed to pick up the car rental. We had a problem with the 12 volt outlets not working on the car which was resolved by putting us in a brand new Volkswagen Passat. Diesel. Manual. So we've been driving for 2 days and haven't stopped yet for gas. Nate is in heaven. :)

I will leave the last two days for Nate to update since they coincide with. Canadian history.