Paris

Wow, I can't believe we're on our way back to Paris.  We've had such an amazing time on our 2 week buzz through France and Spain.  Each city had something special about it, and in hindsight, we wouldn't have changed a thing.

We loved...
Gaudi's architecture, le boqueria, and dinner at Commerc 24 in Barcelona...
the paella in Valencia and the beauty of the city's "new" architecture...
the experience of going to see flamenco and a bullfight in Madrid...
the exquisite seascapes of Saint-Jean-de-Luz, their festivities, and seafood, and...
the wines, countryside, and people we met in Bordeaux.

We arrived into Paris early this afternoon and met up with Greg and Tam who arrived into Paris yesterday for the beginning of their honeymoon.  We headed towards the Louvre and the Tuilieres Garden for some sightseeing and a nice walk in the summer sun.  Next, we escaped the heat at the Angelina salon de The just across from the Tuilieres Gardens. We had coffee and hot chocolate with multiple carafes d'eau to quench our thirst.

Still on foot, we walked through the Ile de Cite to see the Notre Dame and then to a nearby park where Greg and Tam took some pictures for an impromptu engagement shoot of Quinn and me.

We walked by a memorial to Michael Jackson and learned he had passed away.  RIP Michael Jackson.

For dinner, we took them to Le Coupe Chou, the restaurant where Quinn proposed to me.  We sat in the dim-lit back room, and we all had the fixed menu for dinner.

To experience a bit of the Paris cafe lifestyle, we stopped at a cafe just across the Notre Dame.  With a great view, we relaxed and ordered some drinks.