Sorry this has taken so long to get up. I’m not really blog savvy and I’ve been struggling to get this to fit just right. Anyway, here’s the rest of our honeymoon in Paris.
Day 3
We started out our day with a trip to the Palace & Garden of Luxombourg. The Palace looks amazing from the outside. Unfortunately we didn’t get to go inside because that’s where their senate meets.
But as you can see the exterior architecture is amazing. But it’s the grounds that are worth seeing.
The Park was huge and there was so much to it. There were play grounds, tennis courts, ping pong courts (that’s right, table tennis is everywhere there), and vast amounts of statues and fountains. People would go there during lunch and just relax in the park and read a book. It was interesting because it seemed like the French were relaxing just as much during their work week as we were on our vacation. Here’s a picture of us in front of one of those Statues/fountains.
After Luxombourg we went to the Pantheon.
On the main floor there are giant paintings covering every wall. But the really neat part wasn’t on the main floor but what was above and below. We just happened to arrive at the time of day when they do a tour up on the roof. It was neat to see the city from the roof and walk around the rotunda. Here’s a picture of the inside from the balcony.
Here’s a picture of Sean on the balcony of the outside on the roof. It’s a little hard to see but the Eiffel tower is in the back ground.
Also in the basement was a crypt where they put Dr. Braille (oddly enough the only name that is actually in Braille) and also where Victor Hugo’s body is. Here’s a picture of me in front of Victor Hugo’s crypt.
After the Pantheon we went to the Opera House. Now this place was incredible and is still a functioning opera house.
Check out this stair case. If you’ve ever seen the Phantom of the Opera, it should look familiar to you.
This is a picture of me in the ballroom.
We didn’t end up with too man pictures inside the opera house because of the lighting which was supposed to mimic how the light originally was. After the Opera House we went over to the Madeline. Here’s a picture of the inside.
Day 4
Our fourth day we spent entirely at the Louvre. Here’s a picture of me in front of the Louvre. I think Sean was trying to be artistic by taking the picture at an angle.
Here’s a picture of Venus de Milo(sp?). Who knew that a bilateral amputee could be such an icon.
Here’s a picture of the Hall of Greek Statues.
Here’s a picture of Sean in front of a….faun?
I have no idea what the name of this Statue is or what it’s about but I really liked it.
And of course here’s the Mona Lisa. Honestly it was kind of a let down. It’s no bigger than the picture of Sean and I in our house and you can’t get very close to it.
This painting was ginormous, it’s a painting of the last supper. I’m sure Christ is in there somewhere.
Also in the Louvre was the Napoleon apartments. Here’s a picture of what would have been Napoleon’s living room.
Here’s a picture of Napoleon’s bed, he really wasn’t a very big guy.
Here’s a picture of me in front of an Egyptian tomb.
Here’s a picture of Sean in between the sphinx’s guarding the entry to the Egyptian hall.
There was so much to the Louvre, we didn’t even get to see everything and it took all day. Some day we will go back and see the rest.
Day 5
On this day we started out with a boat ride on the Seine. It was one of the best ways to see the city. Just make sure you don’t get one with the canopy over the top, it was hard to take pictures. This is Sean and I in the boat.
Here’s a picture I took from the boat of the Bridge Alexandre III, it was my favorite bridge in the city.
After the boat ride we went and ate our lunch on the side of the river. It was a fabulous way to enjoy a French lunch. After that we went to the Hotel des Invalides. It’s a museum of the armory. Here’s a picture of the court yard.
Afterwards we took a walk around the city to see where it would take us and we found ourselves in this park. Here’s a picture of us in front of the fountain in the park.
Here’s a picture of the table tennis in the park. And you thought I was kidding.
And that’s our honeymoon. Honestly it was the best Honeymoon ever. I’m so blessed to have some one I love so much and love’s me so much. Life is good!
I had brought things to keep me occupied while Sean was fishing. But I found myself doing a lot more looking around than anything else.
None of the fish were very big, but that's alright because it was still fun. The weather was a little fickle. When we got there it was sunny. Two hours later it was cold and rainy. Then two hours later it was sunny. In the end I ended up with a sunburn and so did Sean. But as you can see we had a really good time.
And even though I didn't get to fish much, other than hold the rod when Sean went to go answer natures call or when he was eating a sandwich, I still got in my fishing lesson. While Sean was cleaning out the two fish that we were going to take home. I was just sitting on the beach holding onto the fishing rod that Sean was having me hold. Now the entire time that I was with Sean I was watching him fish and paying attention to what he did. So I was watching the bubble to see if it went down, and it did. So I waited for it to go down a second time (I figured from watching Sean that you don't reel it in on the first bite, he only explained why later). When it went down the second time, I gave a good tug on the rod and started reeling in. And low and behold guess what I caught!
That's right, I caught myself a fish! A little fish, but a fish none the less. We released it back into the lake, but I still named him "my wriggly, and he shall be mine, and he shall be my wriggly." Yes I'm a natural blue.
