J'aime Paris - Oh How I Miss You Paris!

 Since our recent trip to Brittany and Normandy, it's got me thinking about when we got the chance to see Paris last year. Although the skies were grey most of the time, the orange leaves and crisp air made our Paris trip in October 2010 most enjoyable. I often think about when we'll go back just to make sure it wasn't a dream, that it all really does exist! While on that thought, I'd like to share some of our trip from when my mom came all the way from Utah to experience with us...

Just a walk through a park in Paris was like visiting a museum...

My mom and I in front of the Arc de Triomphe, one of the most famous landmarks in Paris (aside from the Eiffel Tower of course!) It honors those who fought and died in the French Revolutionary War and the Napoleonic Wars. It took 30 years to build!

Below it is the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier from WWI. With an eternal flame that burns in memory of all the soldiers who were unnamed in WWI as well as WWII.

My mom and I outside the Louvre, one of the world's largest museums displaying 35,000 artifacts from history before the 19th century!

Inside the Louvre, even a museum has an Apple Store!

The famous Venus de Milo, an ancient Greek masterpiece created somewhere between 130 and 100BC

THE Mona Lisa...There were crowds of people around this painting! And I couldn't believe the size of it, it was tiny! For some reason I always envisioned it much bigger...

Paul and I in front of the Eiffel Tower, also known as The Iron Lady...I think it's what every girl in a relationship sets out to see in Paris! Ooh la la!

There were all these guys as the bottom of the Eiffel Tower selling little replicas of it for super cheap. It's illegal to sell on the street without a permit so when cops would come, they would all warn each other, scoop everything into the bag underneath their displays and run! Then come back a few minutes later when the coast was clear. It was hilarious!

By the way, the food is beyond words over there! People do not lie when they say this about France. It was good enough to just look at, let alone taste!

A crèpe stand using a long slab, the first time I've seen that! I thought they only made circular crèpes...So good with Nutella! I no longer say it the American way, 'Na-tella' but now 'New-tella' like the rest of Europe does. Fancy!

Outside the Notre Dame

The Père Lachaise Cemetery

We searched forever for Jim Morrison's grave, one of the main reasons tourists come to this cemetery. Once we found it, there were a few other people there taking pictures as well.

Chopin's grave, peaceful.

Oscar Wilde's grave, covered in kiss marks from all his lady fans...

And what good is a visit to Paris without hitting up Disneyland? I'd never been to the one in the States, so I thought, 'Hey, why not in Paris?!?'

I'm assuming it's just like the one back home, however everyone here says 'Bonjour!' and 'Merci!'

 So did I fall in love with this city? I did indeed. Will we go back? We have to! We didn't have time to go inside the Notre Dame, it was closing up just as we got to it. That's like going to the store for cake ingredients and leaving without the sugar! And I still have to try frog legs and escargot (snails)! Yum!