Paris

Photos from Paris! Unfortunately no Pat or Federbär for this trip, I (Katie) went on a trip with my oldest friend, Eleanor! We took the train up on a Saturday and I came back on the Monday, and El stayed a bit longer before rejoining her family. About 80% of the photos I took are of the Palace of Versailles so I might put them in a separate post. Here are the other photos: 

Us on a train! It's about 4 hours from Zürich to Paris.

We approached Notre Dame from behind, this is me standing in front of the back.

Notre Dame from the front

This photo doesn't do it justice, but this is the impressive organ in Notre Dame for the enjoyment of my dad.

It was my first time in Paris, I can't not visit the Eiffel Tower, didn't bother going up though. 

The Seine

The missing Berlin Bears! When I was in Berlin last November, we'd heard about these bears and went to see them but couldn't find them anywhere, despite asking about 5 people for directions near where they were supposed to be. Turns out, they'd been moved to Paris! 

If you look closely this Creme Brûlée is still on fire (I was too slow taking my camera out) 

Sacré-Cœur Basilica, this was on the hill just above our hotel, very pretty at night, and an awesome view over Paris form the top of the hill.

A cheese dish with snails in it. Yes, I ate snails.

We happened to walk past the Moulin Rouge, so I thought I'd grab a picture.

All in all,  a really fun weekend! Plenty of good food and good company and Paris is definitely a very busy and lively city (maybe I'm just getting used to quiet Zürich) it reminded me a lot of New York, it's at least as dirty. :P The highlight was definitely Versailles (we spent a whole day there), so I'll have to post some more pictures.