So it's been a while since we've updated the blog. I guess I should say hello from Rome, since we've been here a couple days... we've been too busy sleeping/eating and sometimes eating/sleeping, you know, when we need a change of pace. We have managed to make it out and see some sights, but first we need to finish with France!
Paris was amazing, and I am in love with this city, I can see why Jenn loved it here! It's so beautiful and there is so much to see and do! I could spend forever in Paris wandering the streets, stopping at cafes for an extended coffee break and to just sit and relax the day away. And this is only one city in a whole country, we didn't even make it past the city walls except for our trip to Versailles... I will just have to come back and see everything we missed and venture out into the countryside.
Our last full day here we took the train to Versailles
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| Versailles from the pond. It's so big! |
and saw what a magnificent palace it is! The only problem was that they had a modern art exhibit going on so in the middle of all this extravagant and magnificent palace were displays of art that stuck out like a sore thumb. But besides that it was a lovely day, the palace was spectacular and the gardens were even better. You could definitely get lost out there if you got turned around. After enjoying a nice picnic we took a boat out on the pond and rowed around for a while.
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| Row! Row! Row! |
Then it was time to head back to the city and go to the Eiffel Tower at night! Something that I have always wanted to do, and I was even more excited because I got to take some awesome night shots of Paris (see below). It was a magical day!
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| Ahhh Paris... |
Unfortunately all things must come to an end, even our time in Paris... We spent the last day before we went to Rome taking a tour of the Opera house and visiting the Musee des Arts et Metiers, which is a museum of technology and the tools that have been developed to measure things (it's cooler then it sounds). We saw some really cool things there including Foucault's original pendulum.
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| Foucault pendulum. |
So now we're in Rome, and will have to update you on our (mainly food related) adventures here! It doesn't feel like we're going to be home in less than a week...
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| The Seine at night. |
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| The Eiffel Tower! |
