Paris-sight-seeing and shopping

Wow-Paris is amazing! From the drive from the train to everyday we have been here has been incredible! Our friends from NZ were there at the station to pick us up-thank goodness! We had no idea how to converse but thanks to Rachel's fluent French( she now lives here) we found our way to the Hotel and then an amazing walk along the Seine,taking in all the famous landmarks-the Eiffel Tower,Arc de Triomphe,outside of the Louvre and back along the Champs Elysess-hours within arriving. The weather was nice then-but the rain is setting in-not stopping us though! Rachel's sister Helen was with us and we have just had such an amazing time-especially our all day trip out to the massive shopping mall while Troy and Grant went to their all day trip to Normandy. I was very restrained-haven't brought much yet-still time!! The Louvre was fantastic and great to actually experience going under the glass pyramid into an amazing collection of artwork-the wooden statues I have never seen anything like it-Mary magdalene especially-Vanessa you would not leave the Louvre-you would love it! Yesterday we had our first experience on the sidewalk having lunch,glass of wine and watching the people pass by-truly French experience. Today was something very special-thanks to our friends and their family we got to see Chateaux Versailles-this was not on our schedule due to trying to get there but thanks to Rachel,Helen,Cyril,Emily and Lisa we got to see the highlight of our trip so far-this is a must for anyone coming here-the ballroom with the chandeliers and the incredible gardens with fountains flowing to music was spectacular. From there,to an authentic food market to get lunch,back to their Chateau-an experience we will never forget. Grant has a cold unfortunately but thanks to my I-phone and the little French dad taught us as kids I was able to converse with the chemist-haha-I actually typed in what I wanted to say into my phone- put it on translate and voila! She knew what I was talking about. The language is beautiful and I love hearing Bonjour Madame everywhere I go. Tomorrow hopefully we will get up the Eiffel Tower but some pictures in the meantime:























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Location:Paris