Friday, March 6, 2009

Paris - Day 1

Brad has a long weekend that started yesterday, so we decided to take a trip to Paris. We didn't want to make it easy, so we took the most difficult way possible (we thought it would be cheaper this way, but now we're not so sure - learn from your mistakes, right?). First, we took the bus, then the metro, then the train, then another bus, then the plane, then another bus, then the metro again. It took us about 8 1/2 hours to get to the hotel, but we made it!

Here's our little room:



Even though we were SO tired we couldn't just waste the night in our hotel room, so we ventured to the Louvre to take advantage of the Friday night discount.

Here are the highlights:

Brad got lost in the crowd trying to see the Mona Lisa.

But he finally got close enough to take a picture.
This is the Venus de Milo, which is supposed to be a sculpture of either Aphrodite or another Greek goddess, but they're not sure which one since the arms are missing. It was created sometime between 130 and 100 b.c.


Here are some of Michelangelo's sculptures, the rebel slave (seen here) and the dying slave (in the background - it's not appropriate).



This is the inside of the pyramid. Way cooler in real life.


Outside the pyramid. Too dark to see how pretty it is.

The Eiffle tower in the background. It's the real thing! (I've only seen the one in Vegas) Hopefully we'll get a close-up today.

6 comments:

Dan Colton said...

It looks like you guys are having a great time. Your efforts to keep making me jealous are working sensationally. However, I should let you know that we might also get to see the Eiffel tower today. We will be stopping in Vegas today on our way up to Park City with the Allens. It's not quite the same, but it's kind of cool that we'll be looking at sort of the same thing as you guys on the same day on two different continents.

M.M.M. said...

I am officially really jealous.

Dave and Melissa Geddes said...

LUCKY!!!!!

Lissa said...

You can't be TOO jealous Moff, you're going there soon! Looks like you guys had a great time! And since it wasn't mentioned we assume Alexa was a pretty good little lady.

Rindi said...

I loved Paris! I hope that me and Braden can go back someday! It looks like you guys are having an awesome time.

Coree Adams said...

That is so cool!! I can't believe you get to see the real Eiffel tower, how awesome!