Paris with Colby and Cindy

We just got home from a wonderful week in Paris with Colby and Cindy. They arrived on Sunday morning and then the fun began. We took the metro to attend church in a ward at Paris Lilas Ward and caught the last few talks in sacrament meeting.

 By the time we got back from church Colby and Cindy had been up for more than 24 hours. So while they took a short nap Brady and I walked down the river to Parc de la Villette. Its a huge park that has a lot of cool sculptures and art.

This is right outside a science and industry museum.

Art in the park

That Sunday we were invited to eat dinner at the Petion's home (Brady's mission president). Jonathon (one of the missionaries Brady served with) was there also.

On Monday we started out taking the metro straight to the Eiffel Tower. Even seeing it for the second time I couldn't stop taking pictures. It is really THAT amazing!

Napoleon... at the Hotel des Invalides 

Arc de Triomphe 

Saint-Jacques Tower

This is Colby and Cindy's reaction when they turned the corner to see the Notre Dame Cathedral 

Love locks on the bridge behind the Cathedral 

Hotel de Ville

Moulin Rouge

 Tuesday we woke up to a gloomy rainy day (like almost every day we were there) and we headed to the Palace of Versailles

This was near our hotel.

Wednesday we rented a car and headed North toward Normandy to see the English Channel.

Drove through this sleepy town on our way to the coast.

The city of Rouen

The English Channel 

The Benedictine Palace

The White Cliffs at Fecamp

A place to hide from the rain and hail

Thursday we saw the Sacre Coeur Basilica for the second time (We also saw it on Monday but these pictures were better).

Scaring the pigeons so Brady could get a pigeon flying...

Pigeon action shot!

Artists near the Basilica 

In the Metro

On our walk towards the Louvre

Brady getting his pose down just right...

This was also in the Palace of Versailles 

Same painting thats on the cover of Brady's copy of the Count of Monte Cristo

Eugene Delacroix... we also visited his grave in the Pere Lachaise

Friday was our last day with Colby and Cindy...

We bought some locks so we went back to the love lock bridge near the Notre Dame Cathedral.

Throwing the key's into the Seine

Shopping in Carrousel du Louvre. They had the coolest stores. If you ever go to Paris I recommend stopping at this place and checking it out. 

The National Opera in Paris

Pastries... need I say more?

Saturday morning Colby and Cindy left to go back home and Brady and I put our luggage in the lockers at the train station and hit the flea markets!

I love me some flea markets!

After the flea market we headed to the Pere Lachaise. It's a huge cemetery in Paris.

Melies - French film maker

Balzac - French writer

Proust - French Writer

Delacroix - French Artist. We saw his paintings in the Louvre.

Moliere and La Fontaine - French Writers

Jim Morrison

Chopin

Train ride home in the rain.