Welcome to Paris!

We took the Eurostar from London to Paris which took us through the Chunnel, the undersea rail tunnel that stretches 31 miles. An amazing feat, indeed. We would describe it as: Dark. Before we knew it we were in Paris and on a bus with our amazing guide, Dominique, who was with us in London as well. A fascinating guy who was born in Italy, spoke many languages, but has been a citizen of England for decades. He should have been a history professor and SO charming! (shame on me, no pics of him!)

I was surprised to get any good shots out of the bus window. Here's some interesting wall art.

Next stop, the Eiffel Tower. We are just here for pics and a walk around. As luck would have it, there is some sort of construction or repairs going on right underneath the Tower.....I'll be PhotoShopping later!

Since we knew we weren't going to be coming back and going up the Tower, I snuck in the back way for just a "touch"....missing the guard by seconds! :)

Now we're off to Notre Dame de Paris, which means Our Lady of Paris. This is a photo of the Cathedral from the south, on a bridge crossing the Seine. It turned into a beautiful day!

Lighting candles inside Notre Dame...

Feeding the birds wherever I go!

Lunch at a Cafe with our new friends from Canada, Pat and Frank.

Coolest idea, ever! This building is covered with 100 different thriving plants.....Paris is very green!

 

We went for a cruise on the Seine, tough to get good shots as it was getting dark. Here are a couple of houseboats. Saw lots of these along the way. Wonder what it's like to live on the Seine?

 This bridge is covered with locks. I didn't know the story behind these until I looked it up. Apparently, these are "love-locks" put up by lovers expressing their undying love after throwing the key to the lock in the Seine, check out this link: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/lovelocks-return-to-the-bridges-of-paris-2293506.html

One more shot of the Eiffel as we head home. Spectacular at night, won't be able to do it justice.