Back in May we took a long weekend in Paris to revisit some of our favorite spots from last Christmas and to see some of the places that we didn't have time for before. It was really a good trip. We stayed in a neighborhood very close to the Eifel Tower and every morning the markets spilled out into the streets. We started each day by buying quiche or a pastry or something in the market and then walking to our first sight to see. Good times.
The weather stayed fantastic for the whole trip and was nice for evening walks along the Seinne by Notre Dame (first picture). We also got a chance to see something that Kristen really wanted to see our last time in Paris- the catacombs. It may seem morbid, but Paris has millions of Parisians buried in tunnels under the city from the Middle Ages. The priests who reburied folks in these tunnels thought it would be nice to arrange the catacombs by bone types (and arranging skulls into the shape of a heart amid the tibias- look closely) instead of by persons. Today you can walk nearly a mile of dark tunnels completely lined with the bones of former Parisians.
While we were there we also repaid a visit to the Orsay Museum, Eifel Tower, saw Napolean's Tomb, and the Rodin Museum.
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