The weather forcast for the weekend called for rain the entire time-- but we were lucky and the entire weekend was sunny and there was hardly a cloud in the sky.
We woke up early on Saturday and took a double-decker bus tour of the city, where you get on and off wherever you want. We started off at Notre Dame. An outdoor Mass was going on in the courtyard, so you couldn't get inside the church, but it was really impressive-- there were a ton of people outside and there were dozens of bishops and a few archbishops, I think they were ordaining like 200 priests or something like that.
Afterwards, we went down the Champs D'Elysee and ate lunch at a cafe. Then we went to the Arc de Triomphe. It was a lot larger than I imagined it being. We were able to climb to the top and walk around.
We took the bus from the Arc to the Eiffel Tower. We had to wait in line about an hour, but we were able to take an elevator up the tower. The Eiffel definitely lives up to it's reputation, and I wasn't disappointed.
Then we took the bus tour around and saw a lot of historic things. We went inside the Louvre about an hour before it closed and I was able to feneagle my way into the museum for free. We saw the Venus de Milo, Madonna on the Rocks, and of course, the Mona Lisa. There was hardly anyone around the paintings, it was kind of weird.
Then we went and ate Italian at a restaurant for dinner-- it was a very busy day.
We woke up early on Saturday and took a double-decker bus tour of the city, where you get on and off wherever you want. We started off at Notre Dame. An outdoor Mass was going on in the courtyard, so you couldn't get inside the church, but it was really impressive-- there were a ton of people outside and there were dozens of bishops and a few archbishops, I think they were ordaining like 200 priests or something like that.
Afterwards, we went down the Champs D'Elysee and ate lunch at a cafe. Then we went to the Arc de Triomphe. It was a lot larger than I imagined it being. We were able to climb to the top and walk around.
We took the bus from the Arc to the Eiffel Tower. We had to wait in line about an hour, but we were able to take an elevator up the tower. The Eiffel definitely lives up to it's reputation, and I wasn't disappointed.
Then we took the bus tour around and saw a lot of historic things. We went inside the Louvre about an hour before it closed and I was able to feneagle my way into the museum for free. We saw the Venus de Milo, Madonna on the Rocks, and of course, the Mona Lisa. There was hardly anyone around the paintings, it was kind of weird.
Then we went and ate Italian at a restaurant for dinner-- it was a very busy day.
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