Easter in Paris

Getting to spend Easter in Paris was an experience. The city pretty much shuts down for two days, but there are thousands of people in town for their holidays.

We decided to take a tour of the Seine and go to Notre Dame. Our schedule was full for the next three days, so it was nice to have a day to relax.

The Eiffel Tower is more beautiful in person than it is in pictures. Pictures really don't do it justice. We had tickets to go up in the tower, but due to our crazy way of getting to France we missed our reservation. After walking around the tower and seeing the line, really there were three lines with hundreds of people in each, we decided to try and get reservations again.



Then we decided to go on a cruise down the Seine. It was nice to see Paris from a different prespective, but it was super cold. We did get to see all the beautiful bridges. The French don't do anything half-ass.



We got to walk through Notre Dame. It was a little odd because there was an Easter Mass going on while we were there and the priest just kept on going. I can't imagine being at church and having tons of people walking around taking pictures. Odd.



We did get to see a beautiful carving representing the ressurection of Christ. It seemed pretty fitting for the day.



That was pretty much our Easter. It was nice to take it easy after going for two days straight.