[Throwback] Paris

There is a lot to see in Paris but as we only had a day, we only visited a few of its most popular landmarks.

Eiffel Tower

As I wrote in my previous post, we arrived in Paris in the late evening. The next day, our first order of business was to purchase overnight train tickets to Lourdes. Once we secured our tickets, we headed out to see a bit of the city. We made our way to the Arc de Triomphe for a quick photo op.

Arc de Triomphe

We then headed to Notre Dame Cathedral. We didn't go in but we did take some photos outside. As this trip was a really long time ago, I still got to see Notre Dame before it lost its spire and roof during the 2019 fire.

Notre Dame Cathedral

My mom visited Les Invalides when she went to Paris before (I got to see more of this place a few months later, and I will write about it in a future post). While we didn't go there, we did catch a glimpse of it...

Les Invalides

...from Pont Alexandre III, one of the most beautiful bridges in the city.

Pont Alexandre III bridge

We also got to see the River Seine.

River Seine

From there, we headed to our last stop in Paris: Tour Eiffel or the Eiffel Tower.

Eiffel Tower

We got there in the late afternoon and we decided we wanted to go up. Since it was winter, the sun set quite early and it was dark when we got to the top (the tower has three levels and we stopped on all three). From there, we got to see some beautiful views of Paris.

View from the top of the Eiffel Tower

We then went back to our hotel to get our luggage (we had checked out earlier in the day) and then headed to the station to board our overnight train to Lourdes.

Next: Lourdes, France