Paris - Day One

My first trip to Paris. Nicole had been before. We had a great time looking at the sites, seeing friends and eating. Yes, eating...and drinking wine (all the food will be in another post...keep your eye out). What a great city to eat...oh yeah, and the sites are nice to. We got to Paris, took the metro into town and then walked to our apartment. After dropping off our bags at the apartment, allowing the cleaning lady to finish cleaning the apartment, we took a walk around. We just grabbed the map and our cameras and made our way down the streets of Paris toward Notre Dame.

Of course we stopped for a croissant and coffee first, which was lovely. We split a regular and chocolate croissant and began our trek. The croissants were flakey and warm and inviting. They didn't last very long. As we wound down the streets of Paris, just before we got to the island where Notre Dame sits, we found the police blocking the streets allowing a column of people pass. We stood and watched and as they got closer, we noticed that it was some sort of Catholic walk for Good Friday.

After they passed, we took a moment and I snapped a picture of Nicole on the bridge.

And then once we crossed the bridge, we found Notre Dame. Let me tell you, Notre Dame is quite the cathedral. We didn't want to go inside because there was a long line to get in and we knew that we were going to see a mass so we stopped and took a few pics.

From Notre Dame, we circled back, ate and then hit the hay...