paris

we went to paris 

day 1, 2, 3 of our journey 

this was the view from our hotel room

gorgeous

traveling so far with my husband was a dream come true. 

before leaving our neighbor advised, 

'just get lost in paris, you're never too far from a metro'

so we did

we wandered and discovered wonderful things

this cathedral was one of my favorite 

saint chapelle was built by a king for personal worship

after waiting in line for 30 minutes and paying 15 dollars you get to enter

you enter a room with many murals 

i admit that i thought, 'this is it'

but once you climb about 40 narrow spiraling stairs 

to come upon this

and entire cathedral on top of the other 

each square of stain glass depicts a bible scene

starts in genesis and ends at the resurrection

it was absolutely breath taking

one of the most beautiful unexpected sights

we also saw some not so beautiful sights

which kept us laughing

i discovered that the french have the most beautiful parks 

complete with carousals 

beautifully groomed 

well equipped with comfortable lounge chairs

orchards, tennis courts, bands, ponds

i could spend my entire day people watching in the paris parks

 but we didn't we enjoyed them long enough to rest our tried feet 

and then scurried away to see some other wonderful beauties

some of which include