Paris in 48 Hours

Last Sunday Todd and I said a teary good-bye to Bridget and Harley to leave on our trip to Europe. We flew overnight to Paris and had just under 48 hours to see it all.

There were just a few things we knew we had to do in such a short trip:
1) See the Mona Lisa
2) See the Eiffel Tower
3) Eat a croissant
4) Buy Bridget an outfit

We stayed at the Hotel Du Louvre, which was conveniently located just in front of The Louvre Museum. We quickly checked into the room and headed straight for the museum. It was a beautiful spring day and the day after Easter, a holiday for most. The streets and parks were packed with people enjoying their day off.
We strolled the museum searching for the famous Mona Lisa and quickly found her. She sits behind a guard rope and is protected by a glass case. We got as close as we could to snap our picture.
They say someone could spend weeks visiting the massive museum. Needless to say we didn't even come close to seeing even a fraction of the museum, but we're excited to say we've at least been there and seen its most famous face!

The Louvre-It's so enourmous I don't think this picture does it much justice. My little camera couldn't capture it all!



The Mona Lisa


After a French meal that first night, we were up early on Tuesday (croissants for breakfast of course!) to see the Eiffel Tower and then had no real other plans but to walk around Paris and see all that we could. We were hoping to go up in the Eiffel Tower, but the lines were so incredibly long. It would have taken up most of the day, so we just admired it from down below.




We walked and walked the rest of the day and it was perfect. We saw lots of beautiful monuments...some we knew of, others we didn't. We took our touristy pictures, ate crepes at a street cafe, bought Bridget 2 dresess...one from a street vendor and another from a boutique, and called it a night after an Italian meal-which was much better than the French meal we had the night before!


Arc de Triomphe



Every corner we turned there was a beautiful garden like this one




In front of our hotel

Being able to say that we've been to Paris is something we're so grateful for. We saw some of the world's most famous and talked about things and it was truly amazing!

Next, we were off to Barcelona...