Bonjour Paris
We've checked into the hotel now we are heading out to EXPLORE!!
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| Metro station Anatole France to Opera station |
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| WOW!! We come out of the metro to be faced with this absolutely beautiful building the Palais Garnier (Opera House) |
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| Palais Garnier (Opera House) |
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| On our adventures we stumble across St Marie-Madeleine Church |
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| Impressive doorway into St Marie-Madeline Church, we went in for a look it was beautiful inside and really busy! |
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Looking down the street you see some impressive sights -
Place de la Concorde - with the Obelisque and Palais Bourbon in the distance |
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| Down another street - St Augustin Church |
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| Place de la Concorde - with the Obelisque and Palais Bourbon in the distance |
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| Bedlam with the traffic!! |
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| We are heading down the Champs Elysee towards the Arc De Triomphe, way in the distance! |
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| The Grand Palais |
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| Charles De Gaulle statue |
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And across from the Grand Palais is the Petit Palais, Amy was sitting trying to see if the Petit Palais was symmetrical,
looks that way atleast! |
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| Petit Palais golden gate entrance, beautiful xx |
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| Ooooh we are getting closer now to the Arc De Triomphe |
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| Stopped for lunch along the way at McDonald's with the self service order kiosk, all new experiences!! |
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| Feeling refreshed and now EVEN CLOSER!! |
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| WE'VE MADE IT!! YIPPEE!!! |
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| Amy and Col picking out all the nude engravings, ewh Amy not impressed!! Ha Ha!! |
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| So happy, we have made it to the Arc De Triomphe! We were sitting watching the traffic be looney tunes!! |
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| Close up engravings on the Arc De Triomphe |
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| Tree lined Champs Elysee |
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| So we headed home after that adventure and popped into the supermarket. Amy is in charge of the basket on wheels!! Pick up some crisps, bottles of water and bottle of my fav tipple. While in France and all that :o) |
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| Beautiful roundabout near our hotel, very French ha ha! |
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| Statue in the middle of roundabout! |
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| Not sure who the grumpy man is oh wait a minute that is Colin ha ha, not sure who the statue is of I mean!! |
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| Cheap bottle of Champagne, yummy! |
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| Our table for three, crisps, water and bubbly in the hotel room, yummy!! |
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| Oh yeah Amy has got her Paris sticker xx |
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