Aaron and I arrived in Paris this morning at 10 AM. It still hadn't hit us that "hey, we're in a different country." I guess that is what Manhattan will do to you; make you numb to anything and everything around you. It literally took us 20 minutes to figure out how to use the ticket machines just so we could leave the airport and get into Paris....as you are reading this, know that we eventually made it out.
After dropping off the bags, we ate some "dejeuner" and hit up Notre Dame. We bought these awesome little "museum passes" which allow you for 60 euros to get into all kinds of museums and monuments without waiting. The walk up the bell tower was a piece of cake and we are definitely ready to climb that big bad ass antenae, the Eiffel Tower. "We don't need no stinkin' lifts!" We took a million pictures of the views, the bell tower, the gargoyles...etc. (No hunchback though) We also checked out the Cryptes underneath the cathedral, which interestingly enough, have been here since practically B.C. and civilization has just continued to build on top of the previous towns. Then, after being underground in a cave, we actually went inside the cathedral to see the famous rose window. Mass was going on so we also got to hear some arias.
The first picture is of a gargoyle overlooking Paris. The next picture is of the two of us from the first level of the Notre Dame. You can see the Eiffel Tower in the distance. The white picture is of the overhang to get into the actual cathedral.
After the center of town, we walked around the part of town called Mauris. Very trendy and very delicious food.....more to write tomorrow.
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