Au Pari

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I'm in Paris!

We left out of London at 6 am this morning, had the train ride on the chunnel and everything, and ended up in Paris at around Noon. Which, was actually 11 am London time, but Frace is 1 hour ahead, so for those of you keeping score at home, that's 7 hours ahead of CST. AKA its 4:30 pm CST now, and its 11:29 pm in Paris, and 10:29 pm in London. My timezones are all over, jet lag is going to be bad...

Anyway, we got here at noon ish, and got on this 3 hour tour....a 3 hour tour...:D. Anyway, we went all over and saw, via bus, the big sights of paris, ended up at a good view point of the Eiffel Tower (see pictures) then headed to the hotel. Once we got our room keys, we unloaded and hit the town!

Clara, James and I took the metro from our hotel to Notre Dame. We went through, took a ton of pictures and video (see attached) and had a good time, and were VERY thankful we could actually take pictures, as most churches we've been in have yet to allow it. After Notre Dame we headed to the Lourve, had some dinner in the cafe there, then started our tour. It took 3-4 hours of walking around, being lost, and browsing to go through it, and I don't honestly think we saw all of it. Heck, I'm pretty sure we'd be lucky if we saw 1/3 of it all. It is the largest museum in the world, after all, and did used to be a palce. It was quite large, and to our surprise....we could take photos! Though no flash, which made some blurry, but man, I'll take what I can get.

See the pictures enclosed of me with the Venus De Milo, the Mona Lisa, and other random things. It was an amazing experience. Afterwards we headed back to the hotel for some crepes on the street by our hotel and then showers. Here I am now, going to BED! Its 11:30 their time and we're getting up at 7:30, having breakfast at 8, and getting on the metro by 8:30. We're going to the Palace of Versallies tomorrow! I'm very exctied. It should be quite the adventure.

Cheers and Love,

-Ry

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Photos

Lunch in Paris!
First food there! This WONDERFUL bagguette with freash gruyere cheese, butter, and ham. Eating on the steps of the Paris Opera House

The Eiffel Tower!
From a neat view point up on a hill

Me and the Tower
Yay! Paris! The stars are there because the Paris president is currently the president of the european union, as well.

Notre Dame!
Brilliant place...

Window in Notre Dame
the stainglass work was AMAZING

Perspective
Inside Notre Dame

Outside Notre Dame
Cool arch-entrance way

The Lourve
Back entrance

The pyramid
The entrance to the lourve.

Pose time
We like to find cool statues and pose in front of them. I have like 10 different ones :P

Venus De Milo
She's beautiful..

MONA LISA!
Woot!

Mona mona mona
She's smaller than you'd think, behind glass in a vacume, but quite stunning.

Comments

[SarahS]

Hey, you didn't pose in front of the Venus de Milo.

[anonymous]

JEALOUS
OMG OMG YOU GOT TO TAKE PICTURES OF MONA LISA!!! WAS THAT FOR ME?!?! OH IM SO JEALOUS!!!

[mummy]

Mona's Eyes.....
Did her eyes follow you across the room like they say? Are you sure you are not photo-shopped into some of these pics....you are in the same stance in several! Maybe you're not really there and just want us to think you are! Ha ha! Have great fun and come home with stories of adventure!

[Dee]

I subdued my jealousy (used the correct tense this time!!) to be able to read this entry. The pose with the statue is awesome! Keep enjoying yourself nerdface - thankies for the postcard x3!!

[Nama]

Love the pictures
I'm so thrilled you are getting to see so many places in Europe. What a great adventure. You three are quite the gad-abouts. Have fun and stay well. Love you bunches, Nama

[ryanedwards]

@Kimber are you kidding! All the art pictures I take are for you! @mom Yes! Her eyes do follow you around. It was very neat. And, yeah, I'm really in Corpus. Its an elaborate sham! Clara told me yesterday I stood the same too much - she said 'mix it up a little' (Hence the photo of me in front of the pyramid, I'm in a different stance). @Sarah Spofford There were a LOT of people in front of it, so we had to run up quickly, snap, move. :(

[Stephen]

Glad you found Paris enjoyable as much as i did :) It's weird you're not supposed to take pictures of the mona lisa because it ruins the picture but oh well ;)