Babymoon-Paris

We made it! The last stop on our trip. We were driving through the countryside of France on a Sunday afternoon. We drove and drove looking for a place to eat and go to the bathroom. We finally gave up and went for McDonald's round two but literally drove through the woods to get there! As we were driving through the countryside, I felt my first baby kicks! 

We arrived in Paris the night of their presidential election. Matt became very invested in French politics. The government was worried about a potential attack at one of the after parties so they evacuated everyone that was waiting for the announcement outside of the Louvre. And guess where we were headed in the morning?? You guessed it, the Louvre! Luckily, the threat was gone and everything seemed back to normal.

Since it is the biggest museum in the world, and we had other things to see, we tried to make sure we at least caught all the big things.

I'm not sure if this lady's husband got a good picture of her, if not, she should take this one!

There were groups of tours everywhere in the museum!

After the Louvre, we walked around the city to check out the sights like the Seine River.

Then we stopped at the Notre Dame Cathedral.

Again we got a little cold so we stopped for lunch to warm up. Then we headed to the Luxembourg Gardens.

After that we headed over to the Arc de Triomphe. It was VE Day, so they were celebrating the end of WWII which was why the huge France flag was up.

We watched in awe as the cars tried to get drive through the enormous roundabout.

We were getting a little cold so we decided to go check out the Eiffel Tower and call it a day.

We found these cute little trains that we picked up for our neighbor girl because she loves trains!

There was a huge line waiting to get into the Eiffel Tower. Matt asked a security guard how we could get into the blocked off area and he simply opened the gate for us and we walked in to get a view underneath the Eiffel Tower. 

I grabbed a nutella crepe as we were heading back to the subway, and it was delicious!

Paris is vying for the 2024 Olympics and there were signs for it everywhere!

I had to take a picture of our hotel because it was the most American hotel we stayed at. It even had a neon hippopotamus on the side of the building! Even though it was very Americanized the waiters at the hotel really had a tough time communicating with us. They had a different guy bring out our food who actually spoke English and seemed to be very happy that we also spoke English!

Since we were cold and tired we called it an early day and headed back to our hotel. We ended up going to the gym!

That night we getting ready to head back to the US and needed some more US food so we found a KFC. The cups had a QR code on them so you could only fill up your cup with liquid one time. It seemed like a lot of extra expense for them to save three cents on people not filling up their cups more than once!

The lights were crazy in Paris. I think the smaller one was for bikers, but it seemed a little bit odd.

See anything missing in this intersection?? Like stoplights?!? They are on the side, but they were very hard to see!

We packed our bags that night. Our airline had a very strict weight limit so we literally only filled up our suitcase on one side and put the rest in our carry-ons. 

The next morning we drove over to Versailles. We had international data on our phones the entire trip which was incredibly convenient. We must have asked to have it shut off on this day so we had no data for today which meant no directions!

The town of Versailles is absolutely gorgeous! The Palace is also a beautiful place to see!

We took a quick walk through the grounds and headed for the airport. 

Luckily we managed to drive to the exact right spot to return our rental car at the airport. It was a very strange setup at the airport. We didn't go through security until right before we got to our gate. The security was for only eight gates. It was not nearly as strict at the US; we didn't even have to take our shoes off! There was a guy on our flight wearing a Tree Hill basketball jersey. The last day of our trip ended up lasting 33 hours. Our trip was such a whirlwind! We got into LA that evening and drove all the way back to our house that night. Tomorrow I will give you my final thought on our trip as well as a few tips and tricks we found to be helpful!