Miller Time in London: Paris

I'm finally posting some pictures from Paris with my mom and Kathleen. I'm not writing a lot in this post, just posting a lot of pictures. It's taken me long enough just to get the pictures up. I think this post has too many pictures and is taking up the whole page. Make sure you don't miss any of my older posts like my trip to Nice. :) I apologize now for all the pictures of the Eiffel Tower in this post, but I think it's absolutely amazing. I didn't really understand until I was standing underneath it. I've always seen pictures of it and I've seen the dog leap off it in National Lampoon's European Vacation, but it's completely different being there.

Gare de Nord (Paris train station)

We took the Eurostar train from London to Paris and it's awesome.

It only takes 2 hours and 15 minutes and you don't have to deal with all the airport stuff.

View of the Eiffel Tower from our flat. It is zoomed in a bit.

The metro

Inside the station waiting for the metro

Point Zero - center of France (in front of Notre Dame)

Side view of Notre Dame

Notre Dame

View of Eiffel Tower from dome of Notre Dame

View of Sacre Coeur from dome of Notre Dame

The famous gargoyles

A little disturbing

Climbing down the stairs of the Notre Dame

Inside Notre Dame

Notre Dame at early evening

Sainte Chapelle

Rose Window inside Sainte Chapelle

Palais de Justice (French Supreme Court)

Kathleen was trying to recreate the Rocky movie

The Eiffel Tower (from the Place du Trocadero)

At the top of the Eiffel Tower

On the other side of the Eiffel Tower (Champ de Mars)

Another "had to do it" picture

I have one just as cheesy of me pushing on the Tower of Pisa in Italy.

Underneath it at night

From the Champ de Mars at night

At the top of every hour after dark the tower "sparkles" for five minutes.

It's hard to capture in a picture.

Musee de l'Orangerie which contains some of Monet's Water Lilies

Monet's Water Lilies

In front of the Louvre

The Louvre

View from the inside of the Louvre looking out

It's a HUGE museum. There are two wings like the one you see on the right.

Inside the Louvre along with the stampede to see the Mona Lisa

And there she is

The less crowded part of the Louvre

Enough museums - time for a rest and some ice cream in the Tuileries Gardens

Kathleen and Mom strolling down the Champs Elysees

Arc de Triomphe

In case you were worried, I am not about to get hit. I was on a divider in the middle of the Champs Elysees.

Mom and Kathleen under the Arc de Triomphe

View of the Eiffel Tower from the top of the Arc de Triomphe

Musee d'Orsay

It used to be a train station and is gorgeous inside, but no pictures allowed

The Thinker at the Rodin Museum

Inside the Rodin Museum overlooking the gardens

The gardens at the Rodin Museum (museum is in the background)

Sacre Coeur - beautiful church up on a hill overlooking Paris

We rode a funicular to get up to the Sacre Coeur

Inside the funicular

View of the Eiffel Tower from the Sacre Coeur

It seems like wherever you are in Paris, you can see the Eiffel Tower

Walking downhill from Sacre Coeur into the main part of the Montmartre area of Paris

Cafe des 2 Moulins

One of my favorite movies is Amelie. It is a French movie about a shy innocent girl living in Montmartre who loves to do good for others around her, usually secretly. She was a waitress at this cafe.