First day of our trip to Paris

This spring Jesse and I took a trip to Paris, France. It was a combo family-visit and tourist-trip. We stayed with my dad, Juliette, Johnny, Jeff, and Douglas (...our French family!) and spent lots of time in Paris.

Here's a little of Day 1...

Notre Dame



The River Seine


Raining while we waited to get to the top of the tower


Flying buttress

Looking at Paris from the top of Notre Dame

Gargoyle!


Jesse and Nicky and the tower

2 nights 3 days

For part of our trip, we stayed in a small boutique hotel in Paris.

Paris at night

We did most of our evening exploring over the 2 nights we stayed in a hotel in the city. One night we spent walking around and heading up the Eiffel Tower, and the next we hung out in the Bastille neighbourhood.


Up to the top of the Eiffel Tower


From Level 2 of the Eiffel Tower



Going up to Level 3


From Level 3 of the Eiffel Tower


Leaving


After dinner in La Bastille


The metro

Daytime Paris

Paris


Near the Eiffel Tower


Le jardin des Tuileries



Outside the Pantheon


The Pantheon


The Pantheon


Sacré-Cœur Basilica




Montmarte



Moulin Rouge


Arc de Triomphe


Île Saint-Louis


President of France Nicolas Sarkozy

Les Musées

We went to two museums in Paris: The Louvre and Musée d'Orsay. They are both incredible museums that you could spend hours or days wandering in. I've decided that Musée d'Orsay is my favourite of the two.

The Louvre



On our way to the Louvre


One of the hallways


Richelieu Wing and "Napoleon's Apartments"

Musée D'Orsay


Previously the Orsay railway station


Vincent Van Gogh



Model of the Paris Opera House and on the roof of the museum