Holy crap, I don't even know where to start. Paris was AMAZING. We had the most number of days there than any other city and it still felt like too few. We even got to meet with a friend of Grayson's and some of his friends and family, we talked politics, living in cities, and ... children! It was actually pretty funny because we got to play with his very young son, and his French was running circles around me. AND he could speak some English! Quelle tristesse! (How sad!)
One of the cafes that cool people hung out in during the 30s, including Einstein!
Grayson looking existential in front of Albert Camus' favorite cafe in Paris. I ate a croque monsieur here and a seven-euro soda!
Shakespeare and Co., the bookstore started by an American in the thirties where Hemingway and James Joyce, among a million other amazing writers hung out.
The green boxes belonging to the left bank booksellers, they had amazing old books and postcards.
Notre Dame!
Me as Quasimodo in front of Notre Dame!
Awesome metro stop, one of the few remaining originals.
Grayson got his haircut in French!
The Amelie cafe in Montmartre!
Moulin Rouge!
The view from Sacre Coeur!
Sacre Coeur itself, atop the Montmartre hill...
The Seine!
Napoleon's tomb!
Banana nutella crepe at a cafe!
A new view of the Eiffell Tower!
Space Needle wannabe!
Grayson has a head growth!
The Louvre!
Lady McLadington
The obelisk that stands where Marie Antoinette became a head shorter on the top! :O
We walked from the Louvre, through the Gardens, past the Obelisk (at Place du Concorde) up the Champs-Elysees to the Arc di Triomphe,
Where we saw them rekindlee the flame of the unknown soldier...
Grayson's friend's kid, with boundless (even the camera couldn't stop it) energy!
One of the cafes that cool people hung out in during the 30s, including Einstein!
Grayson looking existential in front of Albert Camus' favorite cafe in Paris. I ate a croque monsieur here and a seven-euro soda!
Shakespeare and Co., the bookstore started by an American in the thirties where Hemingway and James Joyce, among a million other amazing writers hung out.
The green boxes belonging to the left bank booksellers, they had amazing old books and postcards.
Notre Dame!
Me as Quasimodo in front of Notre Dame!
Awesome metro stop, one of the few remaining originals.
Grayson got his haircut in French!
The Amelie cafe in Montmartre!
Moulin Rouge!
The view from Sacre Coeur!
Sacre Coeur itself, atop the Montmartre hill...
The Seine!
Napoleon's tomb!
Banana nutella crepe at a cafe!
A new view of the Eiffell Tower!
Space Needle wannabe!
Grayson has a head growth!
The Louvre!
Lady McLadington
The obelisk that stands where Marie Antoinette became a head shorter on the top! :O
We walked from the Louvre, through the Gardens, past the Obelisk (at Place du Concorde) up the Champs-Elysees to the Arc di Triomphe,
Where we saw them rekindlee the flame of the unknown soldier...
Grayson's friend's kid, with boundless (even the camera couldn't stop it) energy!
Wonderful pics! I can see how Batman might've worn you out just watching him. Nice up-the-skirt perspective of Le Tour Eiffel as well, might I add.
ReplyDeleteWe miss you here, but there's a running bet that you won't want to come back and will abandon us to become an emigre in one of these lovely places.
Hope the rest of your trip is just as amazing and that you both have a safe trip home!
Al