Paris - Day 2 ( The Best Day)

Ok Well we slept in till 8:30 today and it felt so nice! First stop on the itinerary this morning..breakfast by Notre Dame. Unfortunately, I did not plan this out so well and forgot the fact that in Europe not a whole lot is open on Sundays. The concept of brunch really isn't that common over here either. So after looking around we found a place called Cafe Indiana ( complete tourist trap if I ever saw one). But hunger played a more important role and made us sit down. We plotted out our day while we dined on some eggs, bacon, hash browns, and pancakes. After breakfast it was off to Notre Dame!

Notre Dame 

 

 We crossed over to the island it's on and took far too many pictures. There were a TON of people there also. The line to get in was literally out of the door. So unfortunately Adam and I really aren't hey let's wait in line people. Plus once you've seen St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican it's hard to find something that compares. So we headed around back to snap more pictures and then went on our way to Saint Louis Island. Saint Louis Island is very quaint and so much fun. They have the oldest ice cream parlor on the island and a really nice bakery shop that sells shortbread cookies.

We walked around the outer edge of the islands to see the main land and from there you can see across to Hotel De' Ville, which is a beautiful building that is now an administration building. It is also the building that St. Louis City Hall is designed after.

After strolling on the islands we started back towards Pont Neuf Bridge. This is the famous bridge that connects Notre Dame Island to Paris main land over the Seine River. But more importantly it was in Bourne Identity the first one. So I took a picture of Adam in the center of the bridge facing east.

Adam is in the center we have the far away and the close up!!

Next on the list after crossing the Pont Neuf bridge is walking back to the Louvre to see the glass pyramids. We didn't buy tickets for this trip. We're planning on going through it our next trip there. It was so gorgeous outside we didn't want to waste a second of it. But we did get to see the surrounding building at the louvre and the pyramids which is always awesome to see. After spending some time there we were on to the next destination...The Eiffel Tower.

If you take the metro and get off at Tracadero it brings you up to this platform that over looks the Eiffel Tower and it's just amazing. We were able to get around the crowd and get a few pictures up there, but then walked down to the Eiffel Tower as well. Funny thing, as we were walking down next to the road a  huge group that rollerblades once a month around Paris was coming through. Some people looked very tired, but it looked like a blast. So next time we will have to time that right so we can participate.




Well as you walk under the Eiffel Tower you are in awe of how huge and beautiful it is. We took again, way too many pictures from every angle
imaginable, and then went and sat in the park looking at it. We definitely enjoyed our quite time just sitting in front of it for awhile. But we had tickets to go up at 7:30 and then on to dinner so we had to leave to get ready for dinner.

You've gotta get a smooch in!!!

Back to the Eiffel Tower for our reservation at 7:30 and we were up to the 2nd floor in no time. We walked around, not realizing how much colder and windier it would be up there. We ducked into a couple gift shops to warm up and after about an hour of walking around and walking down to the 1st level, we took off to get dinner.

 View of the Park in front of the Eiffel Tower

 View of the Eiffel Tower lit up at night. Love it at night!!

We did find a nice restaurant open on a Sunday, that was also an obstacle. Adam and I shared escargot which was delicious. Then our main courses of duck and chicken, and then dessert. When in Paris...get a crepe. I got a chocolate one but Adam got a cool one  called Grand Mariner which basically is pouring Grand Mariner liquor over the crepe and then lighting it with a match, it flames up...and is so cool. Adam waited for the flames to subside before taking a bite thank goodness, and it was worth it...very good!!

We attempted to walk off some of our dinner by heading back to the Eiffel Tower to get some late night pictures. Then off to the hotel again for some rest before our last day.