Hands down, New Year's 2014 was the best! We spent 3 days in Paris and everyone throughly enjoyed themselves. I don't think Cameron even whined once, and if you know him that is truly remarkable. The only downside to this trip was how busy Paris is during the holidays. We managed the crowds and got to see so much in our little time. I would love to go back when it isn't as busy and just stroll the streets.
On day one we arrived at noon and went to The Louvre. We mapped what we really wanted to see, as it would take a whole entire day, if not more, to see everything as there are over 30,000 artifacts. We made sure to visit the Mona Lisa, and Cam wanted to see the Code of Hammurabi as he just studied it in school. After checking into our hotel we ate dinner and afterwards we drove through Paris to take in the city of lights. We stopped at a platform to get a good view of the Eiffel Tower with its lights on.
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| The Louvre |
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| Eiffel Tower at night |
On day 2, we rose early to visit the royal palace of Versailles which was a good call as we got there 30 minutes before the doors opened and once they let us in we were on our way. When we left the palace the line was so long it was a 3 hour wait to get in. We then made our way to the Opera House, Arc de Triomphe, and Les Invalides. After a short nap, we then took a cruise on the Seine River and headed to our French restaurant where we had a 4 course meal and rung in the New Year. Our tour guide had smuggled fireworks in from Germany as they are illegal in France and once the New Year came in, we fired them off in a square just outside The Louvre. We left in a hurry as the police came and from the stories I hear, you don't want any trouble with them. Overall, we had such good time that night. Lots of good food, wine, laughs, singing, etc...
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| Versailles |
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| Opera House |
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| Arc de Triomphe |
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| Les Invalides |
Day three we had a late start, obviously, and went to visit the Notre Dame cathedral. Then for about three hours we went to the Eiffel Tower and spent 3 hours just walking around, taking in the sights and eating/drinking at a French Cafe.
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| Notre Dame Cathedral |
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| Eiffel Tower |
Hopefully, this was a New Year's my boys will never forget as it will be a great memory for me.
