On our first day in Paris, Dan and I went to Notre Dam. Unfortunately, it wasn't as warm as Barcelona, but the long line-up to get in went fairly quickly.

(To keep the blog a manageable size, I've decided to leave out the 400 pictures of pure architecture, and will provide you with the best and/or most interesting.)

Our next stop was at St. Chappell. It is the smallest chapel ever! It is made up of almost all stained glass and when it is really sunny out, it is supposed to resemble a jewelry box. Sadly, it wasn't that sunny when we were there.

The next day Dan and I headed to the Louvre.

We pumped ourselves up for what was going to be a long day at an art museum.
We were officially art geeks.

Although photography is restricted at the Louvre, we couldn't resist snapping a few of our favourite works. This is a statue of Aphrodite. . .

. . . and Athena Nike.

Overall, I was more impressed with the building itself. The architecture is beautiful! And I didn't know that the Louvre used to be a castle! That's one thing the art teachers left out in school. You can still see the remains of the castle in the basement, located in the Medieval area. Sadly, I couldn't take a picture of one of my favourite paintings, The Raft of Medusa, which is in the room next to the Mona Lisa for everyone who has been there, and if you don't know what it is, google it NOW!

After spending 6 hours in the Louvre, Dan and I decided to head to the Eiffel Tower, although I've been told that 6 hours is not that long to spend in the Louvre. But I can only handle so many hours of art previous to the baroque era and after a while even the puti were becoming a little annoying.

We went all the way up to the top despite the freezing cold, windy and rainy weather.

It was the perfect way to see all of Paris. The city is huge!

On our third day in Paris, Dan and I went on a tour of the Opera House. Dan had just recently seen the movie, The Phantom of the Opera, so his reaction was just like mine when I saw Sagrada Familia for the first time. He totally geeked out. It was cute.

We're really good at posing.

The famous chandelier.

The interior of the Opera House is georgous! Dan actually took 60 pictures of the whole thing. I bet you can't wait to see all of them when I get home.

Apparently I'm so beautiful and popular there is a bust of me in the Opera House. Who knew?

Our next stop was at the Arc de Triomphe. This monument is located in the center of the city where 12 of the most major streets in Paris connect.

Yup, it's big too.

Dan and I spent the rest of the day at the Monet Museum and checking out the couture houses. We didn't go inside any of them obviously, but it was just a good reminder of how much money we don't have.

We also came across this carousel. Actually, we found one in Barcelona too. But I just had to add it in because if anyone knows my Grams, you know the second she sees one of these you know your going for a ride. This one's for you Grams!! You would love Paris!

At the end of the day, Dan and I were tired and sad to leave Paris.
But it wasn't all over yet . . .