Paris!

*For some reason this didn't post a couple of nights ago. This was our first day in Paris! Our second day is described in the post just after this one!*

We rode the train from Frankfurt to Paris this morning. It was nice to just sit back, relax, and let the train take us where we need to go. The train went around 200 miles per hour, and we arrived in Paris in just under 4 hours.

Paris is lovely! The city is very clean and our apartment (through Air B&B) is right by the Eiffel Tower. We love Paris!

Today we saw St. Chappelle and Notre Dame. I love the "gothic" and "neo-gothic" styles of these churches! St Chappelle was built in the 12th century and Notre Dame was completed in the 14th century- these churches are archaic!  The stained glass in St Chapelle was amazing, and I LOVE the exterior of Notre Dame!

St. Chappelle...

Notre Dame...

Afterward, we took a tour of the Eiffel Tower. It was interesting and we both really enjoyed it! We went all the way to the top level (3rd floor)! The tower glowed pink for breast cancer awareness.

View from top level of the tower...

View from our apartment window (the tower always sparkles for 5 minutes at the top of every hour)...