France - Paris Day 2

Our second day in Paris we went to the Arc de Triomphe, and then walked down the Champs Elysees to the Louvre.

To get to the top of the Arc there is a lot of stairs. 284, actually. I did it in four minutes flat.

Panoramas are my favorite!

Birds are another favorite. This guy was the bird whisperer!

The Louvre. My thoughts? It was cool. However, I realized that I'm not much of an art appreciator. 

Poor sphinx was missin' something important! 

Despite the fact that these fellows were missing their noses, they were my favorite.

I was informed these pieces were from the "broke" period of art. :)

Looking for fire-breathing Jack Russel Terriers? Then you've gotta get to the Louvre!

Me with some cool statues with mostly no clothes on. Cool!

Bet'cha didn't know the Mona Lisa has glowing red eyes.

Photoshop? What's that? I would never..

Don't you hate it when you're Jesus and you start glowing? 

tip: when you're in a place that's been photographed a million and two times.. find a new angle or try to get details.

The Champs Elysees at night.

Last but not least, the Eiffel Tower again, BUT this time.. at night.

Hope you enjoyed the pictures! Despite the sarcasm, crowded Metro, and cost-my-arm expensive food, Paris really was awesome. France in general was really awesome. It was a hard and long missions trip but one with great blessings for the whole team. :)
*to the blogs I linked with today, I'm having issues with buttons/links. Sorry for not linking up!

France - Paris Day 1

Since you've probably seen enough pictures from the Alps to last a life time, I suppose I'll finally move onto the last leg of our trip - Paris. We stayed with missionaries about an hour out of the city and went around Paris for two days. In said two days we saw most of the iconic "Paris" things and had lots of fun!

Team picture with that big tower thing.. what's it called again? Well, we went up to the top of it, yes we did!

Montmartre with lots of sky. I love negative space.

Find the important landmark! Hint: Not the Eiffel tower.

We went all the way up to the top! 

The Seine river. 

A little b/w love for the Effiel Tower! 

This amused me. When I took the picture originally I thought she was shirtless, but looking at it on the computer I realized she is indeed wearing a shirt, yay clothing! 

Notre Dame.

Important people doing something that looks important in an important church.

Tomorrow? The Arc de Triomphe & the Louvre. So come on back and check it ouuuut!
:)

Did You Know..

...that there's this weird big pointy thingy in the middle of Paris? Why a triangle? Why Mr. Eiffel? WHY?
I'm really tired (if you couldn't tell by the AWESOME post title) but I thought I'd tell you all that I was in Paris. We all had a grande old time. I'm homebound with another member of our team tomorrow! I'm very excited. It's been a great month, God has really blessed our time here. I'll start blogging pictures when I get home (after I sleep for two days). Okay dokey smokey?
♥