Paris

The weekend after Valentine's Day Davis and I headed to Paris for our last big trip during our time in Europe.  Paris was one of the last big places we both wanted to go (even though we have both been in the past) before heading back.  Don't get me wrong, there are about a million other places we wanted to visit while over here, but there is only so much you can see in 2 years.
We got in the car after Davis got off work on Thurs. and ended up driving through an awful snow storm that slowed us down a lot.  We eventually got into Paris at about midnight and checked in and passed out from our long drive.
Friday we woke up ready to go. We had not made any real plans so we just hopped on the subway and headed to the Eifel Tower. It was kind of overcast this morning, but after lunch the clouds cleared and the rest of the weekend we had sun. It was still freezing though.

Grey was not too into the Eifel Tower

 

Grey perked up for the bike tour we took

The military school



The church where Napoleon is buried

I don't think they have too many bike trailers in Paris because everyone seemed to stop and stare at Davis and Grey...Could just be cause they are cute though :)

Note to self:  white puffy jacket + 30 weeks pregnant = not the best look

So excited to run around a bit

Feeding the ducks after eating lunch and falling in a mud puddle

The Louvre

Bike tour at 30 weeks was a good idea for the first hour or 2, but by hour 3 I was ready for it to be over.  My equilibrium was a little off....it was a fun way to see the city though!

It totally wore Grey out :)  I think he looks like a homeless man in this picture.  He was soooo dirty from falling in the mud puddle.

Bottom of the pyramid at the Louvre

Grey had been in his stroller a lot this day so we found a park semi-gated grassy area for him to run around in so he could get some energy out and hopefully sleep that night.

Day 2: Notre Dame

sweet boy

Grey could not get enough of the pigeons so we saved bread from lunch to feed them.

Sometimes he got confused and ate the bread himself :)

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We eventually ran out of bread and he started throwing rocks....that was the end of the birds hanging around

This face cracks me up....I think he had just seen a horse and carriage or something

We chased Grey around a LOT

Watching big boys play soccer

Grey got to ride his first merry go round

He wasn't too sure of it at first and didn't like that it passed us by, but quickly learned it was fun to just wave and see us the next time he came around.

We got to this neat park right as everything was closing so all we really got to see was the backside of the ponies leaving, but Grey was still amazed

I somehow managed to get no pictures from Versailles from the last day.  We took a train there and spent basically the whole day there.  Grey was not in a good mood and strollers were not allowed in the palace so it made for an interesting day.  I ended up having to wear him in a backpack on the front on top of my large pregnant belly and he didn't like it any more than I did.  After the tour of the palace we did end up having a nice walk around the gardens and a little lunch by a pond with more ducks so we ended on a good note. 
All in all our trip to Paris was a success.  There was lots of walking and lugging the stroller up and down subway steps, which made for one sore pregnant momma.  It was totally worth it though and I am so glad we finally checked Paris off our list. 
Now it is back to reality and starting to pack our house because we move back to the states in about a month.