Paris - Day 2

We woke up around 10AM Paris time this morning. We decided to start the day with a trip to the famous Notre Dame cathedral. The cathedral is so beautiful, adorned with stained glass windows and beautiful stone carvings on the exterior. From Notre Dame, we caught "Les Cars Rouges," which is the double decker sightseeing bus. You can get on and off as you wish and its a great way to see Paris for $24Euro each!

We saw the Musee D'Orsay, Opera (BEAUTIFUL), Camps Elysees, Grand Palais, Trocadero, Tour Eiffel, Champ De Mars, and Musee Du Louvre. We got on and off as we saw things we wanted to explore more. We got off at the Opera and ventured into the Galleries Lafayette, which is a HUGE department store in the middle of Paris. Every designer that you can think of is housed here and the selection is overwhelming! The place is so big, they even have maps in almost every language to help navigate their customers. Believe it or not...I didn't buy anything!! It was fun to look though.

We got back on the bus and headed towards Champs Elysees when we passed the Louis Vuitton flagship store. This is the largest LV store I have ever seen. Three stories tall and a whole city block wide! Of course, I had to go in! It was pretty awesome. I took a picture for all you girls, it was unbelievable!

After LV, we ventured back to the left bank. We walked through the quaint Latin Quarter (which is right next to St Germain Des Pres...literally 3 streets over from our hotel). Based on Linda Burns suggestion, I begged Jeff to stop and get some pastries. I had a Pain Au Chocolate, which is basically a croissant with Chocolate chunks throughout. YUMMY!!!!!!!!!!!! Even though he was hesitant at first to stop for pastries, I believe he was happy in the end. I think it only took him a few minutes to down his apple tart. And then he wanted more! Believe what they say - the pastries are to die for in Paris.

We are now back to our hotel, enjoying some time off our feet. Sara Schulman suggested we check out Buddha Bar for dinner tonight, so we are heading back over to the Champs Elysees area for dinner and drinks.

Depending on the weather tomorrow, we plan on packing a picnic (wine, cheese, fruit, pastry) and heading over to Jardin Du Luxembourg for lunch tomorrow. This is a beautiful garden located in the middle of St Germain Des Pres. Then we will be off to see the Moulin Rouge show! We can't wait!