"Fromage!"
After spending most of the day in Bruges, we were quite pleased to make our way to Paris with enough time to see the Eiffel tower that night!
This is the view from the top of the Eiffel tower. If you are cheap, I would recommend remembering this picture, because it costs 11 Euros per person to ride the elevator to the top of the tower.....it's well worth it though.
This will be going on the fridge back at home :)
The tower looks absolutely beautiful at night. It was a surprise to us, but they have strapped on thousands and thousands of flashing bulbs to the tower, and about five minutes after we arrived, all the lights turned on at once and started flashing. It was really an amazing experience!
That glowing orb coming out of my hand isn't a harduken, it's actually a giant rugby ball that is hanging in the middle of the tower to commemorate the World Cup of Rugby, which was going on in Paris as we were there (unfortunately, we had nor the time or the money to catch a game though).
These are the flashing bulbs that I was telling you about.
On day two of Paris, Lydia and I got to go to Euro-disney (or Disneyland Paris, as it is called now).
Me and my good buddy Lumiere.
Lydia and I had a fantastic time at Disneyland Paris. It was Lydia's first time at any Disney resort, so that made it even more special for us. The picture above is Thunder Mountain, which was our favorite ride at the park.
*(sorry this video was too big to fit in my blog, so I'll have to show you a different video in its place. Have a look instead at..........IT'S A SMALL WORLD AFTER ALL!!!!!!!!)
This is a great video. It was taken during one of the many parades down the main street in Disneyland. It would take some effort to be so happy as your full time job, and to be this excited about a parade that you do every half an hour or so, but these guys make it work. Check out Goofy and Captain Hook in the middle of the video.
I really wanted to be King of Camelot, but unfortunately if I pulled any more, my head would have actually exploded.
Mini!!!!!!!!!!!
Night came and our experience at Disneyland was over. This is another place that I couldn't recommend enough! Yes, it's cheesy and touristy, but it really is a magical place to spend a day, regardless of your age.
The next day, Lydia and I had an amazing crepe feast for brunch, that came with a jug of wine, and a crepe that was set on fire in the middle of our table!
We managed to then make it to the Louvre; however, apparently the Louvre closes on Tuesdays of all days, and that day happened to be a Tuesday, so we weren't going to be able to actually go inside:( At least we got to see the outside (where the Holy Grail is supposed to be buried).
Le Arc de Triumph! Instead of going inside the Louvre, we managed to do a grand tour of some of the famous sites around Paris.
If you look closely, you may see Quasi Moto ringing the bell at this destination.
The next site isn't for the squeamish. The Catacombs is the site of a mass burial ground that was used during the French Revolution. There were so many dead bodies at the time, that they had to stack their countless dead bodies in a series of tunnels underneath Paris. Now comes the strange part. Someone had the bright idea then, to turn it into a bit of a tourist destination, during that time, and so he decided to start making decorative patterns out of the human remains. What resulted is the kilometer or so of an underground bone tunnel, where on both sides of you, there is a wall of bone piled around 5 feet high! At first it was an amazing thing just to witness, being so close to these real human remains, but then after walking in this dark tunnel for a minute, after minute, after minute, it gets to be almost an unbearable feeling of disgust in mankind (the tunnel goes on for over a kilometer). I don't regret going to the Catacombs, in fact I would definitely recommend it; however, be warned, it is a very powerful experience. These next pictures are of the remains..
This femur and skull wall was what lined the catacombs (as I said, at around shoulder level on either side of you).
This wasn't exactly the happiest way to end off Paris, but it was certainly an experience that I would not want to take back.
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