PARIS

This is Donna. Since we had trouble with the blog, I decided to just come in and give you the update, so we don't get any further behind! I tried to do these squares in chronological order. Here goes.... #1-- We started at Place des Vosges-the oldest square in Paris. #2--We walked down the Seine to Notre Dame--#3, 4. It is really majestic. Then we walked over the Louvre--#4, where we saw the Mona Lisa, Napoleon Apartments--#5, items from the kings--#6, and so cool statutes, paintings, etc.--#7 that the kids didn't really appreciate! From there we walked toward the Eifel Tower which took forever, and we couldn't find a place to eat, so since we were starving we bought a loaf of bread at a bakery--#8. French bread, in the rain, with the E.T. in the background--it doesn't get much better!! The E.T. was impressive--#9,10 as always. They stayed up there almost 2 hours. Then we mozied to the Arc de Triomphe--#11 which we were able to get up even though it was 9 pm. We got a good show of the major traffic jams. 12 major roads converge on this one circle with no official lanes--#12. There were between 5-9 layers of cars. One van gave us a great show as he tried to turn from the 5 level in! He succeded with only hitting 3 cars in the process! Quite impressive feat! We finally had supper at a Pizzeria/Cafe on Champs Elysees at 10:15pm!--#13. Boarded the metre--#14 completely exhausted and headed to our smoke filled hotel! Thursday morning we went to Sacre Coeur which allows you to look over 30 miles of Paris. It is a very impressive church and view from the top--#15. Finally, we boarded the TGV and enjoyed 1st class on the way home--#16 (Sorry, somehow it cut off the boys heads, but you get the idea they were sleeping quite soundly!) It was a fast trip, but we hit all the essentials!