Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Honeymoon Part 2

Ok lets finish this off!!

Back to Paris.....

Atop of Notre Dame where the bell is 


This is the tiny little door you have to go through to see the bell :)
Notre Dame at night--- check out those flying buttresses

The top of the hill you can see Sacre'- Coeur Basilica

We loved all the gargoyles on the Notre Dame

Can't go to Paris with out seeing the Eiffel Tower lit up at night

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We spent an entire day at the Louvre and could have spent another week to really take it all in

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Venus de Milo

Winged Victory of Samothrace
Mona Lisa

Again my love of ornate ceilings-- can you imagine this in your house?

One of my favorite rooms in the Louvre-- I love sculptures!

Latin Quarters-- across the river from Notre Dame


Stairs to the top of the Arc de Triomphe

Champss- Elysees (Our hotel was down that road)

From the top of the Arc de Triomphe-- view of Eiffel Tower at sunset




I said great shopping right?? Well we found the original Christian Louboutin store!! A girl can dream right?

London!!
As great as Paris was we were more than ready to speak English and truly know what foods we were ordering :) The summer Olympics were going on while we were in London so it made everything very busy but to see that many cultures all jammed into one city at a time it truly was amazing. We could sit at breakfast at our hotel and hear 10 languages being spoken around us. We loved all the excitement and team spirit of Team GB. 

We were able to go and watch the bike portion of the Men's Triathlon for free!! 


 
This is the Olympic Mascots-- Weird I know!

 
Houses of Parliament- View from the London Eye


Night Time ride on the London Eye

London Eye

 
Here is the Tower Bridge with the Olympic rings

Tower Bridge at night


The first picture is of a building that inspired the First Tiered wedding cake!




The Underground!


 Shakespeare's Globe Theatre

We went to see one of Shakespeare's plays

 This is inside the Globe Theatre


 London Hotel- it is a renovated train station

Look like Harry Potter???

Well look what was across the street :)

Chris was in heaven 


Ok we can all take a deep breath now-- our trip is done and we are now back in the states. As sad as we were to have it all come to an end, to be honest we were both wiped out! Traveling through Europe is not sitting on a beach reading a good book, it was busy busy morning to night. We loved every moment  together exploring and learning. 

I really think a big test to a relationship is how you travel together. When you travel for 25 days to 7 countries you have to be on the same page and I'm glad to say Chris and I passed the test! We are perfect travel partners which I am so thankful for because traveling is something I love to do. Thank you Chris for the amazing honeymoon that I will never forget. 

Hope you enjoyed the mini- vaca as well :)







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