Keep in mind, I don't speak ANY French. I also had a cold and laryngitis (lost my voice), so really couldn't speak at all. I think the French people took pity on me (and didn't know what language I was trying to whisper in!)
Below are pictures of the Louvre. My hotel was about 1/2 mile away from it. I was amazed at the size of the building!
My goal was to see the Mona Lisa, which is soon discovered was much smaller than I thought it would be.
I walked for about 10 minutes through the building before I reached the correct room!
Next, I was off to Notre Dame Cathedral. Along the way I traveled beside the Seine River,
And, of course, I had to stop off at Starbucks!
Finally I reached Notre Dame!
The inside of the church was incredible.
This screen was hand-carved depicting scenes from the Bible.
I was able to go to the international Mass in Notre Dame on Sunday morning. Portions of it were in French, English and Spanish. The bulletin, thankfully, had all the readings in several languages, including English!
I also had a chance to see Arc d' Triumph
and the Eiffel Tower.
I'll have to ride to the top of the Tower during my next visit!
Then I was off to Paris Disneyland and meet with my friends K and E and their two children N and e who came in from England.
We stayed in the Davey Crockett resort which had cute cabins. Although, I have to say, the cabins didn't feel so 'cute' when a thunderstorm with high winds occurred!
I loved seeing e and N experience Disney and the characters for the first time. We even had the chance to go to a character dinner!
Even the adults were speechless!
Thanks so much for a great trip, K, E, N and e!
2 comments:
We're so glad you could join us, we had so much fun! What a great picture you got of Minnie! And yes, I remember thinking the same thing about the Mona Lisa. "That's it? All the fuss over this?" I guess that's why I'm not an art buff!
So cool that you met up with the B____ family! You have become quite the world traveler.
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