Miles and Smiles Away: August 14: Mom Turns 40!

The birthday girl was up bright and early this morning! She planned our next few days, while I got to sleep in. Once we got going, we headed down to Notre Dame, where we went straight to brunch. We sat outside and enjoyed the beautiful weather… that was until it started to rain on us. Following brunch, we walked down the street towards The Louvre. Once we got in, we went straight to the Mona Lisa so we could get that out of the way. The crowd was huuuuge! I was determined to get to the front, but mom wasn’t about that crowd life, so she waited on the side. After ten minutes, I was finally able to push my way up to the front and snap a couple photographs. After that I was sweaty and irritated, so I was a joy to be around :-) But we walked around for a little while longer looking at the other artwork. Mom was so mesmerized by each piece -- she was really enjoying all of it! Meanwhile, I’m snapping photos of the funny looking pieces and coming up with my own commentary. Once she was done looking around, we left and went back to Notre Dame. We planned on going inside, but once again, the line was ridiculously long. If we didn’t have dinner plans, we would’ve waited, but we couldn’t be late for dinner. So we headed back to the hotel and cleaned up. Then grabbed a taxi and went down to the river and hopped on a boat. We had a five course meal on the river, while driving by some of Paris’ most famous landmarks. It took a total of two and a half hours, but it was completely worth it. Plus we got to see a guy propose!! *LUAH* After dinner, we walked over to the Eiffel Tower to snap some night shots. Goodness, it really is so beautiful!! It started to rain again, but it didn’t really matter -- there was just something about standing in the rain, under the Eiffel Tower! I will definitely miss this city, but tomorrow we’re off to Zurich, Switzerland!