Our Day in Paris

Our first full day in Paris was a lot of fun and full of sightseeing. We

started our day at the famous Louvre museum. It is seriously difficult to navigate but we made our way to the main pieces we wanted to see, such as: The Mona Lisa, Venus de Milo, The Winged Victory, old Egyptian artifacts and a ton more. Standing in front of some of the most famous and priceless pieces of art is pretty incredible, an almost surreal feeling. A lot of the captions for each piece were written in French, so we couldn't really understand a lot of the history of the pieces but they were interesting still.

After the Museum we found our way to a bridge that's been nicknamed the "love-lock bridge", where thousands of people have taken padlocks and locked them to the sides of the bridge, and then thrown the key into the river. Once the key is thrown away, the couple's love is here to stay haha. Madi was really excited for this part, as I knew she would be.

Our lock at the "Love Lock" Bridge.

She brought with us a little lock of our own to lock to the bridge. It is pretty impressive to see so many locks on the bridge, I can't imagine how many there actually are but it's way too many to count.
     After the bridge we went to the Notre Dame cathedral and climbed to the top. Pretty sure it was something like 500-ish steps and then a handful more to the very top, but it was well worth the burn. From the top of the cathedral, you can see most every popular spot in the city. I was looking forward to seeing the gargoyles on top of Notre Dame and they were also really awesome to behold. The architecture was just as impressive as what we saw in London, and a lot of the buildings in Paris are spectacular to look at.                                              

   After Notre Dame, we ate at a little place across the river and had some Italian style pizza which was amazing! We walked down Champs-Elysee, a popular street in Paris for shopping, and bought some amazing macaroons from Laduree and took refuge from the rain for a couple minutes.
   At the end of the street there is the famous Arc De Triomphe, which is a huge arch in what seems like the middle of the city. We climbed to the top of it and had a wonderful view of the entire city, (Making it our third awesome view of the day).
     Last but certainly not least we visited the Eiffel Tower! It's really cool to see thee Eiffel Tower in person. We didn't feel like making the journey to the top since we already had three amazing views of the city and our passes didn't cover it. We walked underneath it and sat in a little park next to it. What Madi didn't know is that I had her engagement ring in my pocket waiting for the perfect time to give it to her. Unfortunately, the area we were at wasn't good enough. There were too many tourists around and a ridiculous amount of street vendors trying to sell roses and small Eiffel Tower souvenirs. So, I held onto the secret until a better time arose, which happened to be the next day.