Over the past week, we have had the pleasure of seeing Paris through the eyes of four lovely visitors from North Carolina. Michael's friend from college, Justin, had been planning a trip to Europe with his parents (Ron and Cindy) and his girlfriend, Angela, for about a year. We just happened to move to Paris and move into an apartment right around the corner from their hotel - it was fate :) These four brave travelers arrived last Thursday morning, fresh off a red-eye from the East Coast to hit the ground running. Lucky for me, it was also a French holiday (Ascension), so I got to join Michael and the gang for their first day in Paris. I will break up their visit into separate posts, because each of our adventures deserves its own place in the sun. Day one included a few highlights, including a visit to Napoleon's tomb in the morning, followed by a visit to the Rodin museum gardens in the afternoon. Michael and I had last visited the Rodin museum in February, but were totally unprepared for incredible change we saw in the gardens. The most impressive (shocking!) aspect was that a seriously beautiful rose garden lay dormant until recently surrounding The Thinker. I had no idea that many colors and varieties of roses existed! Absolutely worth a repeat visit. And of course, this happened. This photo was taken further into the gardens of the Rodin museum, and perfectly captures my lovely husband.... a head above the rest! We capped off the evening with an open-air bus tour of the city. I had always wanted to do one when we lived in DC, and finally got to enjoy one in Paris. Although we had the option to hop on and hop off, we rode the bus for the duration of 2.5 hours, and got to see a lot of the city that we had not yet experienced. And we now have the collective experience of hearing Aux Champs Elysées on massive repeat over a good stretch of the audio guide narration. The French love this song... we didn't' so much.
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