Friday, September 26, 2008

A Notre Amie, Paris

Hope you're nestled someplace comfortable because here comes Paris...


Not far!





Its a long flight, 7 hours or so



I experimented with plane food, sorry guys





Switzerland!



France!

Our first walk in our Paris neighborhood of Montmartre











Our first days adventure number one...find coffeee!!

check

Opera House







First beers and ordering perfection



Jardin Tuileries 

Postcard perfect friends

Joan of Arc





Friends and a stove top. This was the alley leading to our apartment.

When in France...

Work, Parisian style

Famous

Infamous

Down the street from our hood was the Pigalle neighborhood, known for the Moulin Rouge and sex shops, sweet





The Sacre-Coeur, a basilica at the top of Montmartre, resting above our apartment



Space invaders! I wish I had taken pictures of them the whole trip, they followed us through NYC and Paris

The Seine, our first glance

Our favorite Falafel place on a busy afternoon

The magic

Musee Carnavalet









Megans hair twin

In the afternoons after walking and seeing, nothing is better then a glass of wine & beer











Even french dogs are cute

Fun at the Seine



 The Hotel de Ville is GIANT







Fun-due!









Our metro station





This is the Jardin des Tuileries that stretches out front the Louvre

















The entrance to the Louvre, seen from the 3rd floor


The exhibits I liked and took pictures of


























Starbucks at the Louvre! The big glass pyramids invert into an underground shopping area







Another Paris park











Experimental drinks, alcohol and sugar. mmmm 







Arc de Triomphe





Macaroons from LaDuree



Eiffel tower, this is only the beginning of a million pictures of the landmark















Protectors of the Eiffel, look at those HUGE berets! 

Going up



The Sacre-Coeur













Friends are terrified of heights! We were at the tippy top of the Eiffel and they were sweating





No pockets picked here, but by the signs its a big problem everywhere in Paris

Going down

These two were so relieved to be closer to earth 

What my friends are





Best salads ever #1



Full moon stroll to the top of Montmartre





The steps in front of the Sacre Coeur at night is where everyone hangs out, gets drunk and listens to people play american '90's pops songs on the guitar, us included





invader bonus

Chestnuts were bombarding people everywhere





Our second favorite metro



Princess Di's memorial, it sits over the tunnel she died in





Pretty lady in Paris



After turning blue for a period of time the tower starts to sparkle in a seizure inducing manner 

Full moons



Montpernasse cemetery 











Welcome to the catacombs, not for those with a frail disposition

































Kris and Megan at the Cartier photo gallery

Thumbs up at the other Cartier Gallery









A model of the three of us walking at the Pompidou Modern Art Musee



View from the top floor of the Pomp





Good art



























Paris is pretty



Mock meat and a show











The window across from ours, I liked to make up stories in my head about the knife

Our favorite Boulangerie, mmmm croissants











Montmartre Cemetery



















Black cat in the cemetery

Crapes with nutella and banana=heaven







Hotel de Ville on a Saturday afternoon is busy busy

Last night on the steps, ah friends







Meg & I's we're 30 rings! Happy Birth meg!

Pretty ring









Parting salad, couldn't have been a better trip! 

Thank you Adam and Megan, you are the best.


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