Paris

Paris, a set on Flickr.

Our holiday was 7 days in total, 5 of which we spent exploring Paris (we feel like we only scratched the surface!). We are getting pretty good at navigating our way around big cities so we brought train tickets that would get us into Paris, on the metro and buses. We also learnt pretty quickly that if you specifically want to do anything in Paris you need to go early to avoid waiting in cues that don’t move. Our first stop was the Eiffle Tower, we figured that we may never return so we went to the top. We visited the Musee D’Orsay museum a fantastic museum in an old train station. We checked out some cool bridges, the Pont Alexandre III & lock bridge. Our visit to the Norte Dame was a bit of a wait ... and we have been spoilt with some of the best cathedrals and monasteries in Europe so it didn’t really hold the wow factor for us. The Louvre on the other hand was fantastic. We spent an entire day exploring the Louvre and think we missed a fair bit! The Mona Lisa was average compared with all the other amazing paintings statues and artefacts. Can't visit a city without stopping by the Arc de triomphe, the Paris one is cool. We spent another day at Versailles. The gardens were absolutely wonderful and huge, Taylor loved it because she has been studying the Treaty of Versailles in History and Leo loved playing in the autumn leaves. We also visited the Luxemburg palace and gardens. Unfortunately our camera lens broke and then we threw the little camera on the ground, so we didn’t get the usual snaps (these things happen).