The statues along the Seine were incredible… and gilded!
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Small details
Paris was a lot to take in, but the small details; the carvings, the intricacy, the amount of art on full display open to the elements just blew me away.
L’arc de Triomphe
On our first full day in Paris, we took a guided tour of the city. We’re so glad we did this – there was no way we could drive, with all the random one-ways and aggressive drivers, and taking the subway to all these locations would have been exhausting. Instead, we had a driver who took us to the major sights of the city and was allowed to park for short periods of time and take pictures of us in front of incredible landmarks like this one. We didn’t go into any of the places we saw, but it was incredible just to see the outsides.
Cool shot
One of my favourite views from the cruise on the Seine was at the end of the tour. There is a miniature version of the Statue of Liberty, and the tour boat did a 720 degree turn so that we could see it with the Eiffel Tower in the background. It was stunningly beautiful at night.
Apologies for the blurriness. I guess you’ll just have to go and see it for yourselves! 😉
Twilight in Paris
We chose the last tour of the day so we could see the Eiffel Tower in daylight, twilight, and darkness. Here it is in twilight, with the lights only just turned on.
Louvre
The Louvre from the water was super impressive – it just kept going and going and going! This picture isn’t even all of it!
Golden statue
We were constantly amazed by the quantity and quality of incredible artistry on display in the city. There was so much that I have no hope of remembering what they all were.
Statue under Bridge
We really enjoyed the complexity of the statues on each bridge that we passed under.
Om-nom-nom-nivore
The TARDIS was tasty for this dinosaur. Ignore the part where the dinosaur is all bones and no skin.