A Birthday in Paris

Paris was wonderful. I had a fantastic weekend and a wonderful birthday. The first night we were so exhausted we just wandered around Paris for awhile and then eventually settled at The Eiffel Tower for the evening to watch the sky grow dark and the tower light up. It was beautiful

So now begins the series of ridiculous amounts of Eiffel Tower photos.

Our first glimpse of the Tower
A lot of our group that went for the weekend.

I just really love this picture

Getting darker....

Every hour on the hour the tower sparkles for a few minutes which is incredible. However, it's a bit difficult to capture on camera so I'm really quite proud of this shot.

Day 2 in Paris (Saturday and my birthday)

First thing we did for my b-day was go shopping.... and then we found the giant bunnies. It was some sort of strange ad campaign. Either way I bought myself a dress and a scarf which I love, so happy birthday to me.

Then we had a delicious lunch, after which I got this instead of birthday cake. It was way better. Sooo good. Let's just say real whipped cream and rich creamy chocolate ice cream in a massive glass. best ice cream ever.

We then walked by the Louvre, but it was getting a bit on in the day and we were afraid we wouldn't have enough time to see everything we wanted so we went back the next day. This turned out to be a great idea because we ended up spending a good three or more hours in the Louvre. Seriously, it's massive.

We spent quite a bit of our weekend walking along this, which made for quite a lovely weekend. 

And then we ended our day of tourism at Notre Dame.... pretty much my favorite church in the world.

I couldn't take flash photography (out of respect) so I had to alter these images a bit in iphoto but I feel like they turned out fairly well.

And that's where I'll leave you for now. I'll post the rest of my Paris trip soon. Thank you for all the birthday wishes and birthday cards!