Keeping Up With The Kartoffelchen

Serge and I (along with a good chunk of the German population) spent the Tag der Deutschen Einheit holiday weekend in Paris. I'm pretty sure I say this every time we come back from somewhere new, but this was seriously one of my favorite trips we've taken thus far! The weather was beautiful - 80's during the day and mid 60's at night, and we never once saw a cloud! We had done some sweater shopping in Frankfurt a few weeks prior to the trip, but we ended up having to get our summer clothes back out - no complaints here! We spent the first two days walking around the city and sightseeing, then after stumbling upon a Disney store on Champs-Élysées, we spontaneously decided to buy 2 tickets and spend the next day in Disneyland. We've looked at so many monuments, churches, and museums over this past year; it was so much fun to just let loose and play at Disneyland! :-) Another highlight of the trip was a boat cruise that we took at sunset down the Seine River. After the interesting experience we had in Portugal, Serge was a little apprehensive about taking another river cruise, but this one was perfect! Paris is so beautiful at night, and the one-hour guided boat ride was the perfect way to see all the bridges and buildings lit up and reflecting off the Seine. We hope you enjoy our pictures!

Bienvenue à Paris!

Walking to the Eiffel Tower on our first day

I'll show you Paris in the morning.

Ya ready for all those steps, Sergio?

Making our way up the Tower

View from the top!

Hôtel de Ville

GAME.... COCKS!!!!

Yes, we brought our laptop and watched our game against Auburn. This was before that...

Notre Dame Cathedral

Walking to the Arc de Triomphe on day 2

Feeling triumphant!

This is why all our pictures are taken at arm's length by ourselves.

Like this one!

Crossing the Seine

Oh hey there, Eiffel Tower!

Sam Adams in Europe - what?! Totally worth the 6 Euros!

This is as close as we got to the Panthéon.

Serge said he thought he might collapse if he had to enter another monument :-)

Luxembourg Gardens

I love palm trees.

Luxembourg Palace

Walking to the river for the boat cruise

Eiffel Tower and carousel at sunset

Notre Dame

Cruising down the Seine

Institut de France

I really love all the reflections on the water.

Eiffel Tower, the moon, and Passerelle Debilly

Paris is so pretty at night!

Disneyland Hotel

Sleeping Beauty's castle

At the top of Big Thunder Mountain Railroad

Weeeeee!

Le Château de la Belle au Bois Dormant

Inside the castle

Le Carrousel de Lancelot

Hold on tight, Sergie!

Lost in Alice's Curious Labyrinth

Que le monde est petit!

Le Pays des Contes de Fées

Watch out fellow drivers of Autopia, this girl hasn't driven a car since June!

Disneyland Paris!

But I don't want to leave! :-(

Walking around the Disney Village

Newport Bay Club Hotel

Coffee and a "kwahson" (Is that how it's pronounced, Momma? ;-))

at Fauchon on our last day

J'aime Ladurée!

Caramel à la Fleur de Sel Macaron - Yum!

Galeries Lafayette - I think I could get used to shopping here!

Serge's dad came to visit us for a few days, so after showing him around Wetzlar, the three of us took a quick trip down to Würzburg. We had a really nice time walking around the town and catching up over a few glasses of wine at the festival that was taking place.