Although I have made it home, unpacked, repacked, and moved to Tennessee I am going to continue blogging! Thanks for staying patient during these crazy weeks for me. Here we go...
On Sunday, April 15th we woke up and went to Sainte-Chapelle. This cathedral had such beautiful stained glass and supposedly held the Crown of Thorns at one point!
Here's a picture of one of the metro stops in Paris. We used the subway to go everywhere!
Just before lunch we made our way up to Montmartre. This is a district of Paris that is up on a hill and raised above the city. On top of Montmartre is the Sacre-Coeur (Sacred Heart) Basilica.
Here's a view of Paris from Montmartre...
Montmartre is known for it's artists that line the main square. Their artwork was so beautiful! None of it was in my price range of course but it was fun looking around and watching them paint. Artists also roamed the streets insisting that we wanted a pencil portate drawn of our face. Although I resisted I have to admit they were very talented! In Montmartre we stopped at a little Irish pub called Moulin De Gerra for a cup of hot cocoa.
On our way down the hill we didn't make it very far before we found ourselves in another Irish pub for a pint and a few rounds of cards.
We stumbled across Moulin Rouge!
Next we went to Napoleon's tomb and the Musse de l'Armee (French Army Museum). Napoleon was a French general and political leader who is considered one of the greatest military commanders of all time. His French empire pretty much covered most of Europe at the time.
After wandering around a war museum for an hour we figured we deserved a drink. We made our way to the Latin Quarter for a French beer called 1664. We stopped by Notre Dame Cathedral on our way home.
We stopped inside to listen to a service with the Archbishop of Paris in French!!
After dining at a Mexican restaurant called The Studio for dinner we made our way back to the apartment for some wine and cards.
On Sunday morning we woke up and went on a sewer tour, yes a sewer tour! Paris has one of the most extensive sewer systems in the world so of course the French made a museum out of it! After making our way underground we were lead around the sewers reading different facts about them. The museum was actually in the sewers and you could see the trash in the drains float by! It wasn't the best smelling museum that I've been in but it was definitely interesting!
Sunday afternoon was one of my favorite days abroad. We wandered around the streets and went into little wine and cheese shops, markets, and bakeries looking for lunch food. We came up with four baguettes, some gouda and mozzarella cheese, salami, raspberries, strawberries, 4 bottles of wine, and had a picnic lunch in the park in front of the Eiffel Tower. This is an afternoon that I'll never forget!
While walking under the Eiffel Tower I looked up and spotted my last name! After a quick Wikipedia search I learned that Arthur Morin is was of the 72 French scientists and engineers engraved on the side of the tower. It looks like Arthur was a famous French physicists!
For our last night we went to Auberge de la Reine Blanche for dinner.
I couldn't resist a Nutella crepe on the way home...
Well that's it for Paris! Next stop...Venice, Italy!
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