Day 1: French Bread

Adam:
We made it! Today was our first day in Paris and it was amazing. We started by attempting to take the Metro from CDG to downtown Paris. We got about half way before realizing it was morning rush hour and our big backpacks were making it hard to make the train transfers. We navigated through the metro station maze and finally found the way out "sortie". We caught a quick glimpse of the eiffel tower while searching for a taxi station. Our hotel room wouldn't be ready for a few hours so we took to the streets. After a quick French breakfast of cafe creme and toast, we headed to the tower. It's huge and so amazing! We hung around there for a while before catching a ride on a hop on/off bus trip around the city.

Our bus took us all over this beautiful city. We hopped off at Notre Dame which was breathtaking.

Shelby:
Salut! Ok continuing on with what Adam was saying about Notre Dame. Seeing the real thing actually made me tear up a bit as it was just incredibly beautiful. I decided that if Indy falls through for a wedding location this would be a great backup. One of the most amazing facts we learned is that Notre Dame was built just shy of 850 years ago. I kept asking myself how they did it so long ago. All of the other Irish fans would have been very proud. Haha :)

Tonight Adam and I went to one of the neighborhood Brasseries for some local cuisine. We had Croque Monsieurs, frites, wine, cafe au creme (best coffee ever), and of course an apple pie tart to top it off. Needless to say the food has proven to be nothing short of delicious! If you think French bread is just another boring bread you need to come here to sample the real deal. At breakfast they serve it with butter and jam...something so simple had never been so good.

After dinner we decided to see the city at night from the top of the Eiffel Tower. Once we finally got to the top I realized just how high up it is. I believe it's somewhere around 900 to 1000 ft tall and the view doesn't get much better than there.

I guess I should probably wrap it up now. We are completely exhausted with the time change. We will check back again in a few days. Tomorrow we plan to visit the Louvre as well as some sites where Napoleon spent his time here.

Bon Soiree! (good night)
Adam and Shelby