What was that again? Oh yes, our adventures in Paris.

On day two of our adventures we decided to keep up the family tradition of trekking around the entire city the first day we landed in town. Staying in the Latin Quarter naturally meant our departure point was the cathedral.

Next up…Musée du Louvre.  Personally, I’m more a fan of the D’Orsay but will admit that photographing the Louvre is quite fun. Granted, if you let me loose alone in Paris with my camera, I might never stop…

After strolling the grounds of the Museum for a while we ventured into the garden next to it for a bit of time in the sun. It turned out to be a lovely day and we were lucky to find a few open chairs to people watch from for a bit.

As we continued onward on the trek…

With the fall leaves on the ground it was quite nice just to stroll around the city.

And finally, we closed in on the real Eiffel Tower.

Not to be confused with..

Seeing the line and having been atop the Eiffel Tower prior, mum and I found ourselves a nice patch of grass and sent the boys into the mass of people headed to the top.

Did I happen to forget that T is slightly terrified of heights? Oops. My bad. (You’ll note he appears in later photos so he obviously survived unscathed.)

see? not so high.

He survived.  and onward we went!

We didn’t manage to break the record set on our first trip (12 hours wandering the streets led by my grandmother. she was on her last trip to paris. well, last trip to paris #78…she’s been again since then and might be planning another last trip soon. it’s a bit of a morbid hobby as it’s important to note she’s still hustling the bridge tables and traveling the country without any sign of slowing down.) but we did have a great day.

Tomorrow? Well, perhaps I will show you the Looney Tomb aka…Napoleon’s tomb.  For a little guy, the thing is a little on the cartoon size (by that I mean enormus.)