Last Day at the Zoo!

Well, today was our last day in Europe... and it was a crazy one. Why? Because it was Bastille Day, the French version of the Fourth of July. Which meant that everything was absolutely jam packed with people everywhere. It was an total zoo! Except that at this zoo, there are ten million animals and they are all on the loose all day and night! Everywhere we walked we were surrounded by tons and tons of people. It was a little too much for us.

For most of the day, we just relaxed and didn't do too much. We didn't really leave the hotel until after two. I felt a little bit lazy, but we ordered room service breakfast, so that counts for some effort. Then we went to the Luxembourg Gardens, which is a hot spot for Parisians to sit around and live off of the socialist government. There were lots of people playing and benches and ice cream and that is just a really good combination for a fun afternoon of chilling and people watching.

For Bastille Day, they shoot fireworks from off the Eiffel Tower! I know, it sounds really fun to ten million Parisians, too. So, we decided to avoid the downtown crowds and head up to the Sacre Couer, which is this sweet basilica located on the highest point of Paris, so it has great views. I don't know why I assumed this wouldn't be as crowded, but I was very, very wrong, and it was very, very crowded. Even though we were at the highest hilltop in Paris, it was so jam packed that the only view we could find was clinging to a fence and peeking over some buildings to barely see the very top of the tower. But hey, we saw fireworks on the Eiffel Tower, so that's cool enough.

We wandered around for a couple more hours, taking our last snapshots and getting our last crepes. Mmmm, crepes! After a couple last views of the Eiffel Tower, we headed in to call it a night and a trip.

Our time in Europe has been wonderful, and now it is very near to its end. We fly out tomorrow (Wednesday) morning, and we can't believe it. It feels like we have been gone for a very long time!

I'm sure we'll write more and post some wrap up photos after we return, but I just want to say this has been an incredible time and I'm so grateful to have been here with the love of my life.

Thanks for reading and for your comments.

Happy Travels to All.

Waiting for the metro, with luggage. Too familiar.

Insanely delicious macaroons. The taste hits in delicious waves.

Luxembourg Garden, where everyone relaxes.

Watching some French ballers. I think I saw Tony Parker...

The Sacre Couer is breathtaking at night, absolutely gleaming.

This is only the small part of the crowd that we could fit in our picture. It seemed infinite.

On the steps of the Sacre Couer.

Watching fireworks from the fence!

CheyAnn's so hot she stops traffic on the Champs Elysees!

Contemplating mysteries of the universe, and crepes!

No it's not photoshop, we did get some good fireworks shots.

Au Revior, Paris!