Paris

http://picasaweb.google.com/thehughesfamily1/Paris?feat=directlinkFor my birthday Chris wanted to take me to Paris, well actually I wanted to go to Paris and Chris said that would be my birthday present.  So a month later we went to Paris!!  This past weekend we had a wonderful friend (Karen) watch Braydon so Chris and I could spend the weekend enjoying Paris just the two of us.  We fly in on Thursday afternoon and after two hours in transit (one hour delay from our shuttle and an hour to get to the hotel due to traffic) made it to our hotel. Since it was dinner time we headed to Hard Rock Cafe, we have to go to one if the place we visit has it.  We enjoyed our dinner and several drinks and then headed to Starbucks for a mocha before heading back to the room to call it a night.

On Saturday we began the day with an open air tour bus ride.  We saw Notre Dame, the Effiel Tower, the Arc de Triomphe, and several other sites.  We had baguettes for lunch and ate dinner at Les Relais de l'Entrecote (the best steak frites place).  After dinner we shopped on Champs Elysse and had nutella crepes.

Sunday we spent the morning at the Louvre, and I was very impressed and surprised.  Chris is not an art person and just gave in to my desire to go, but he even admitted that he enjoyed himself.  The rest of the day we wandered into little shops and enjoyed are last day in Paris.

We said goodbye to Paris on Monday afternoon and went back to our lives in Sicily.  It was nice to come home though because I really missed my little boy.  The next trip we have lined up is Munich in December.  After that trip we don't know what places we will visit.  Some of the places in mind are Prague, London, Ireland, and I would like to go to Spain and mainland Italy.