France Part 2

We spent 8 nights in Paris, the heart of France.  It is overwhelming to me to realize how old so many of the buildings are.  The architecture is massive and very ornate.
The first 3 nights we were with the tour that we went with and we stayed in an incredibly nice 4 star hotel.

 The museums are awesome.  I think you could spend weeks and not see all of the museums.
You've got to love Rodin's "The Thinker".

 The French love to have a monument for everything.  This shows the spot where underneath in a tunnel Princess Di was killed in a speeding car.

 One morning was spent in the laundromat washing our clothes.  I was impressed with how little we really packed to wear.  I think we were smart travelers this time and didn't take too many clothes.

This is a bridge where couples take a lock, place it on the gate and toss the key into the river.   It symbolizes that they are "locked together forever." A fun tradition but we did that "forever locked together" in the temple so we didn't put on a lock.

 We traveled all over Paris on the metro.  How amazing that Jeff and Cal could always find the correct route.  It is a true labyrinth underground.  We have been on many subways, but this is by far the most complex we have ever encountered.

One day we even did the "Hop On Hop Off" Bus to get around.  It was a fun change.

 The first 3 nights we were with the tour that we went with and we stayed in an incredibly nice 4 star hotel.

 The next 5 nights we were on our own and we downscaled a bit, OK quite a bit.  We stayed in another place, that was clean, (My first prerequisite) but absolutely NO frills or luxuries.  Our shower was so small that Jeff could barely fit.  He kept teasing that he couldn't even lift his arms up to wash himself.

 One nice thing about our second hotel is that it was located by the Eiffel Tower which is a fun place to be.  I LOVED the Eiffel Tower.  It was breath taking at night.

Down at the plaza by the Eiffel Tower there were many street vendors making Crepe's to order as you watched them make them.  We ate there several times!!

 It was really fun to stay in one place for so long.  We began to truly feel like we were beginning to understand the town and and its people.