Early Monday morning, we took a train from Brussels to Paris.
After we checked into our hotel, we headed out to see some of the city. This beautiful church was about a block North of our hotel. Our hotel was really nice and in a great location just on the North side of Luxembourg Parc.
We stopped to eat lunch in a café on Boulevard de St Germain.
Our lunch...
A view of the side of the Louvre from the South side of the river.
Looking East down the Seine.
Monday afternoon we took a bike tour. Eiffel Tower was the first stop.
A church built by Louis XIV.
The back side of the Military School. This is where the Nazi's retreated to in WW2 during the Liberation of Paris, when the Allies were regaining the city. They hid here because they knew it was too important of a building for the French to bomb. You can see tons of bullet holes sprinkling the building.
Military school from the other side.
We took a break in the bike tour in this garden right next to the Louvre.
Our treats...a nutella crepe and orange crème brulee.
We finished the tour with a few of the other side of the Eiffel Tower.
Someone at our hotel highly recommended a little restaurant tucked in a small street just North of Luxembourg Parc called Chez Fernand. It was incredible. Our starter...pesto escargot.
Our dessert...cheesecake and chocolate soufflé.
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