Paris Feet and Greet

Today started off with rushing to take advantage of free breakfast at the hostel. We made sure to fill up on baguettes, jelly and nutella.Then we set off for a roundabout tour of the city. We started at Notre Dame and were lucky enough to be inside while mass began. Next, we happened upon Saint Chappelle which was an incredible surprise. The relatively small building houses 16 stained glass windows that depict every book of the bible. We sat for near an hour “reading” the windows from bottom to top.

All the sightseeing made us hungry, so we went back to the Latin Quarter in search of falafel. The restaurant we found was amazing.

After lunch, we took the metro over to the Louvre and walked through the Tuilieries gardens where we found Napoleon’s personal arc, a giant Egyptian obelisk and hundreds of incredible marble statues. The end of the gardens meets the Avenue de Champs Élysées.Ray thought it would be an incredible idea to traverse the entire street all the way to the Arc de Triomphe. This, though fun, turned out to be exhausting as it is a really long street packed with beautiful shops, people, and even car dealerships.

From the Arc de Triomphe, we met Jack at the Saint Michel fountain and headed over to the Eiffel Tower. As if all the earlier walking wasn’t enough, we decided to take the stairs up the tower since it was the quicker and more economical option. By the second floor (read: a few hundred stairs), we only had energy to stare off into the city for a while, take a few pictures, and climb back down.

Currently recharging, headed to Thai dinner with Jack, and looking forward to another night out on the town.