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Montmarte (neighborhood) is both where Sacre-Coeur and our hostel was. You can see all of Paris from here. |
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Highest point in Paris (ground level) |
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Sacre-Couer at night. (Ghostly) |
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Looking straight up the Eiffel Tower |
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Just trying to get cool angles. |
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Sarah and Chris at the top of the Eiffel Tower |
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View from the first level of the Eiffel |
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From the the second level of the Eiffel |
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View from the top level of the Eiffel |
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Eiffel Tower has three levels. We climbed the first two before being forced to take the elevator to the top. |
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Gustave Eiffel won sentiment "France is the only country in the world with a 300m flagpole. |
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Sarah holds the Eiffel Tower up. |
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The area around Moulin Rouge is lined with sex shops and strip clubs. Very shady at night. |
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We set a world record on the number of stairs we climbed on this trip |
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Paris Opera House (Sarah) |
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Paris Opera House (Chris) |
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Stain Glass in Notre Dame |
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Arc de Triomphe, On August 26, 1944, British, American, and French troops marched through to the roaring chreers of thousands liberating the city. |
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Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arc de Triomphe. "Here lies a French soldier who died for his country, 1914-1918. 1,500,000 men died during WWI. |
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Arc de Triomphe, Parisians were brought to tears as Nazis goose-stepped through the Arc |
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Our roomates, Jill and Jim |
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Sarah and Chris with Eiffel in background |
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Hotel des Invalides, holds Napoleon's Tomb |
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King Louis number something park |
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The Louvre, we sat at the left corner a wrote our post cards. |
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Hotel De Ville, Germany vs Brizille World Cup Finals |
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