Paris Day 1

While we were out getting breakfast we noticed bikes that were stationed along side the road.  We actually noticed quite a few of these stations and decided to check it out.  As you can imagine...neither one of use wanted anything to do with this so called "walking" thing.  It ended up being this really cool service where you could grab a bike, ride to another station, check out the sites, and then pick up a new bike.  And it was really cheap!  It ended up only costing us 3 euros each for both days. 

This actually ended up being my favorite part about Paris.  Riding through the streets like we had not a care in the world and no where to be.  It was amazing.  When Jeremy and I had originally talked about going to Paris we decided that we would just go and see things and not actually spend a lot of time at each site since we had a short stay. 

The first stop we made was at the Louvre...and no we didn't go inside, because that would of taken pretty much the entire day, but we did go and were able to experience the magic, from the outside.  Next we went across the River and made our way to Notre Dame.  That was also beautiful, as you can imagine, and it was even more beautiful on the day we went because they just happen to be doing a film and had everyone possible blowing bubbles up into the air.  Amazing...just amazing.

Once we left there we headed to Saint Michel.  We desperately tried to find ice cream and after about 20 minutes we finally did.  You know how it is...when you want something it's never around.

After inhaling that we continued to ride around seeing the sites and eventually headed back to our hotel to figure out dinner...we were starving. 

I know this is horrible...considering we were in Paris, but after over 35 days away from home we just wanted some good food!  We ended up a Breakfast in America.  We started with nachos, Jeremy had a hamburger, I had french toast, and we both drank A&W root beer.  The most expensive root beer we've every drank at that.  But it just really hit the spot.  After being thoroughly stuffed we headed back to the hotel and had a good night of sleep.