Paris in 1 day? ¡No pasa nada!

Paris in 1 day? ¡No pasa nada!

Trying to do everything we wanted to do in Paris in a weekend was like trying to do a marathon at a full sprint. It just wasn't going to happen, but let me tell you that didn't keep us from trying. 

Dôme des Invalides. This church is the sight of Napoleon's tomb. It is also attached to Paris's Military Museum. 

Here we are in the gardens of the Military Museum and Napoleon's Tomb.

Some OSU pride (kind of) in front of the Eiffel Tower. We were struggling to say the least.

I don't know if this guy was really bored waiting for his family, homeless, or just wanting someone to draw him like a french girl, but no matter what it was fabulous. 

Notre Dame Cathedral. It was very pretty, unfortunitely though I did not have time to go inside the Cathedral and go to the top. Hopefully on my next trip to Paris I will go up there. 

This was the view of the very cute very french looking cafe from the restaurant we ate lunch at. The french really do know how to cook. If I studied in France I would definitely get very very fat.

Arc de Triomphe or the Arc of Triumph. This arc was built in memory of the fallen soldiers in the French Revolutionaly war as well as the Nepolionic Wars.

Pont de l'Archevêché or more fondly known as the Love Lock Bridge. On this bridge you and your love get a lock and write or carve your initials on the lock. Then you lock it to the bridge and then throw the key into the water. Unfortunately the bridge is becoming to heavy with all the locks, so it is becoming dangerous and the government is thinking about cutting all the locks off the bridge. 

Obélisque de Louxor is in the center of the city extremely close to the Arc. I like this picture because you can see the arc in the background.

Luxembourg Gardens. It was nice to finally see some Autumn colors. Salamanca doesn't have a lot of trees and so fall isn't super apparent. 

The Louvre. This is such a huge museum. It is kind of overwhelming actually.  

The pyramid from inside and out.

I loved this painting because I felt like I could just walk into. It is still weird to me that most art isn't in glass o really protected by anything. You can literally reach out and touch the art.

Except for the Mona Lisa. This painting is definitely protected well. It is in a glass case and then the rope around it to keep people out is about 6 feet from the actual painting.