Paris - Day 2
So we have the heavy metal shutters on our one window in the apartment. These are the type that roll down from above and block out both burglers as well as ALL sunlight. I thought it would be harmless to close them while we slept our first night because being on EST, we'd be awake at around 4AM. Well I did wake up at 4, but only for about 3 minutes. Neither Heather or I woke up again until about 9:20. We were supposed to meet Chuck and Coryn at 9 at the Louvre to get an early start. I never would have imagined that we'd be the ones to sleep in. So needless to say, we didn't get an early jump on all the other tourist.
We met up with C&C around 11 and decided to spend the day in the Louvre. I had never been in the new entrance, and it was very impressive. Its a very expansive entrance thats a lot easier than the previous entrance that was tres crowded. We did what we thought was going to be a quick trip of all the highlights, but it turned into an all day event. We saw all the big names, Mona, Venus
There was one very interesting exhibit of the ruins they found under the courtyard where the new pyramid is built. The fortress is from the 1400s and you're able to walk though the moat, with the walls soaring up on both sides. It was amazing to think this structure was hidden until they started construction of the entrance in 1984.
I had a lot of fun walking through the sculptures and came across one that reminded me a lot of Brady. This little guy is putting a hurting on a goose, I guess for fun or for dinner. It reminded me of the treatment Tonka gets every now and then, but in that case its all love and he's only hugging Tonka. We saw quite a few little kids at the museum that made both of us smile as we thought about our little ones.
Time really went by quickly and we didn't leave the museum until about 6PM. We started walking down Rue du Rivoli and got to Cafe Angelina to catch some dinner but got there with on about 15 minutes to eat because they were closing at 7. So we'll be heading back there for some Chocolat Chaud, which is the best we've ever had. We went down a few side streets and ended up in a restaurant that Heather and I had gone to the last time we were here. After dinner Coryn and chuck decided to head back to get a good night sleep and be ready for tomorrow. HB and I wanted to walk around a bit more, so we started walking towards Place de la Concorde. We had wanted to go into the Tuilleries, but it was closing at 9 and they wouldn't let us in. We walked quite a bit, weaving back and forth looking at shops. We ended up near the Embassy and I was amazed at the heightened security as compared to when I was here before. You can no longer drive down the side street, and you can no longer walk on the sidewalk on that side. There were also 4 Police buses in front that appeared to be there on a permanent basis.
We ended up going across the Alexander III bridge, which is the very ornate one with a great view of the Tour Eiffel. It was a perfect night and tomorrow is looking like it will be even nicer, 75 degrees, only 10% chance of rain. A lot better than the 90% on Thursday :(
We met up with C&C around 11 and decided to spend the day in the Louvre. I had never been in the new entrance, and it was very impressive. Its a very expansive entrance thats a lot easier than the previous entrance that was tres crowded. We did what we thought was going to be a quick trip of all the highlights, but it turned into an all day event. We saw all the big names, Mona, Venus
There was one very interesting exhibit of the ruins they found under the courtyard where the new pyramid is built. The fortress is from the 1400s and you're able to walk though the moat, with the walls soaring up on both sides. It was amazing to think this structure was hidden until they started construction of the entrance in 1984.I had a lot of fun walking through the sculptures and came across one that reminded me a lot of Brady. This little guy is putting a hurting on a goose, I guess for fun or for dinner. It reminded me of the treatment Tonka gets every now and then, but in that case its all love and he's only hugging Tonka. We saw quite a few little kids at the museum that made both of us smile as we thought about our little ones.
Time really went by quickly and we didn't leave the museum until about 6PM. We started walking down Rue du Rivoli and got to Cafe Angelina to catch some dinner but got there with on about 15 minutes to eat because they were closing at 7. So we'll be heading back there for some Chocolat Chaud, which is the best we've ever had. We went down a few side streets and ended up in a restaurant that Heather and I had gone to the last time we were here. After dinner Coryn and chuck decided to head back to get a good night sleep and be ready for tomorrow. HB and I wanted to walk around a bit more, so we started walking towards Place de la Concorde. We had wanted to go into the Tuilleries, but it was closing at 9 and they wouldn't let us in. We walked quite a bit, weaving back and forth looking at shops. We ended up near the Embassy and I was amazed at the heightened security as compared to when I was here before. You can no longer drive down the side street, and you can no longer walk on the sidewalk on that side. There were also 4 Police buses in front that appeared to be there on a permanent basis.
We ended up going across the Alexander III bridge, which is the very ornate one with a great view of the Tour Eiffel. It was a perfect night and tomorrow is looking like it will be even nicer, 75 degrees, only 10% chance of rain. A lot better than the 90% on Thursday :(
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