Ok so this post has an OVER load of pictures. It's hard to write a post on such an amazing city without lots of pictures and it's hard to put into words how much I love this City. Seriously, I love it. It is gorgeous. I love the cafes, the streets, walking everywhere, public transportation, the oldness, the new parts of the city, the buildings, the people I love it all. This is L and I's second time to come to Paris and for sure not our last. For my parents and my sis it was their 1st time to visit Paris and they LOVED it too!!!
L and I at Notre Dame. We went to Notre Dame and walked around the outside and then waited in a LONG line to go inside. Notre Dame is very pretty but not my favorite church. It is very dark inside. The stained glass is amazing. Very detailed and colorful.
After we ate lunch at Les Duex Magot (where Hemingway visited while he lived in Paris) we walked around the area and discovered this AMAZING church. It is St Suplice. One of my favorite churches and I can't wait to go back once it is completely restored. We really just stumbled upon this church and I am so glad we did. The front of it is being resorted so there were scaffolding set up around half of the front, but still is was gorgeous. The waterfall in the front of the church was so pretty too!!
This is inside St. Suplice. Seriously SO PRETTY!!! I could have walked around for an hour in here. There is so much detail in everything. LOVE IT!
This is outside the Louvre looking up the Champs Elysses to the Arc de Triomph.
The pyramid outside the Louvre
The Mona Lisa. It's neat to see her because of how famous the painting is, but there are SO many people trying to get as close as they can (which isn't very close). The painting is behind glass and then there is a fence thing around it so you can't get very close and then you have to fight through the people to get up close. But it's still great to see.
The inverted pyramid inside the Louvre
We went to a French macaron class in Versailles. It was amazing. Macarons are the best thing EVER. They are not like our coconut macarons. These are little sandwiches with a soft chewy outside and a great filling! The lady that we took the class from, Patricia, was wonderful. She is super sweet and a great cook and we got to take a lot of them home with us! The best macarons are from Laudree. It is a cafe and the main one is on the Champs Elysses my favorite is raspberry and L's fav is vanilla. I could eat a million of these!
At the cooking class
The hubs and I in the gardens at Versailles
The pretty manicured gardens at Versailles. So so pretty!
The wonderful Eiffel Tower
The hubs and I in front of Notre Dame at night. We took a night tour, it was awesome to see everything lit up at night. Paris truly is the City of Lights.
The Eiffel Tower sparkles for 5 minutes at every hour starting at dusk and going until I think midnight. It is so pretty to see lit up without it sparkling, but to see it sparkling is gorgeous. I could sit there all night and watch it! It is wonderful. If you ever have the chance to go to Paris, GO!!! I can't wait to go back!
L and I at Notre Dame. We went to Notre Dame and walked around the outside and then waited in a LONG line to go inside. Notre Dame is very pretty but not my favorite church. It is very dark inside. The stained glass is amazing. Very detailed and colorful.
This is inside St. Suplice. Seriously SO PRETTY!!! I could have walked around for an hour in here. There is so much detail in everything. LOVE IT!
This is outside the Louvre looking up the Champs Elysses to the Arc de Triomph.
The pyramid outside the Louvre
The Mona Lisa. It's neat to see her because of how famous the painting is, but there are SO many people trying to get as close as they can (which isn't very close). The painting is behind glass and then there is a fence thing around it so you can't get very close and then you have to fight through the people to get up close. But it's still great to see.
The inverted pyramid inside the Louvre
We went to a French macaron class in Versailles. It was amazing. Macarons are the best thing EVER. They are not like our coconut macarons. These are little sandwiches with a soft chewy outside and a great filling! The lady that we took the class from, Patricia, was wonderful. She is super sweet and a great cook and we got to take a lot of them home with us! The best macarons are from Laudree. It is a cafe and the main one is on the Champs Elysses my favorite is raspberry and L's fav is vanilla. I could eat a million of these!
At the cooking class
The hubs and I in the gardens at Versailles
The pretty manicured gardens at Versailles. So so pretty!
The wonderful Eiffel Tower
The hubs and I in front of Notre Dame at night. We took a night tour, it was awesome to see everything lit up at night. Paris truly is the City of Lights.
The Eiffel Tower sparkles for 5 minutes at every hour starting at dusk and going until I think midnight. It is so pretty to see lit up without it sparkling, but to see it sparkling is gorgeous. I could sit there all night and watch it! It is wonderful. If you ever have the chance to go to Paris, GO!!! I can't wait to go back! 
Beautiful photos. I think I might be jealous! I found your blog thru safe-haven and realized you are a fellow Okie. I commented on Cohens blog in November and hope he is doing well. Don't know where in OK you are, I am guessing near OKC. I went to college at Oklahoma Christian but am now in the SE part. My blog is www.heymickie.blogspot.com. Nice to meet you.
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