The catacombs of Paris

My last to tourist event at Chateau Vincennes. It was built in 1350. I felt like Robin Hood was going to come around the corner any minute.

YEAH!!!!!! we have made a purchase.!!!!!!!! The saga ends on a postitive not.

The evening view from the top of the Effiel tower.

Sacre Coeur/ The Pope was going to be there the next day.

A view of the city

Effiel Tower

We visied the Sacre Ceur which sits up on the hill above the city at sunset.

One of the halls in the opera house.

Paris Opera House

The Louve was beyond amazing. We only saw the popular items and barely touch on museum.

Catacombs of Paris

This was very intresting walkin the catacombs.

Really, really..........and the saga continues, ugh!!!!!!

Voila the Effiel Tower. Wed. night we will go up the tower.

On my france gotta see was some really really old churches. This is one church close to Notre Dame that is called Sainte Chappel. Every set of windows had a different theme. I can't express or nor my camera show the fantastic colors that these windows show.

Deianne and Laure were just outstanding with all the maps and our tour guide "Rick Steves" via his books.

This is a city bike. It cost 29 euros a month to use. Phillipe said he will turn the seat down and around to make it look broken so it will be there when he gets back. cleaver.

This is window from the oldest church in Paris, Parts of the church are from 900ad.

A very cool fountain.

This is a college of business., Very modern but very interesting.on each of the panels is little lines  

On our tour we saw the sign. Yeah I found it. NOT, the man in the informed me it used to be here. I'm jinxed!

We are in Paris!!! Our first morning was spent with Phillipe. He vounteers to show people his neighborhood in Montparness. He was so much fun. He shared a lot of information we would never would have gotten in a tour book.

On our way to Paris

A view of the countyside on our way to Paris throught on train.

On our last night in Mougins, on the Riviera was a dinner at the hotel with our chef Cedric. He'd been so helpful our first night in. So when we came back for dinner we had made a friend. We learned about his new baby boy and wife and that he had worked on a cruise ship in Alaska and down the California coast. What a nice way to end our first week in France.

After enjoying the site of Old Mougins we sat down for a little relaxing time. Well I must do a little french cafe lait. Oh so yummy..

This is the view from the photography museum. It goes all the way to sea about 15+ miles away.

This is the pipe organ from a church in Old Mougins from the 12 century.

Old Moguins France

So thankful I have been been practing my squats, because this toliet has no other option.

This trip has been such a fun experience for me. I know I waited a long time to nake it happen and maybe it has made me  more apprecitive of the experience. Probably the one thing that stands out the most is how nice and extremly helpful the French people have been. Even with all our preparing and zillion maps we still have have had to ask many many questions and directions in our minimal french and english and pointing. Everyone has bent over backwards to help. We even had people walk 5 ot 6 blocks with us just to get us to the right train or bus stop. The sites here are like being in the Pirate of Carribean in Disneyland and memoriable of course but the people we meet will leave the biggest impression on me. I hope to take back this attitude with me when I encounter vistors to San Diego.

On the way back to our condo on the train we saw to cruise ships in the harbors.