Days 10-12: Pisa and Cinque Terre

I was SO excited to edit these pictures because Cinque Terre was my favorite stop of the 8 cities we visited. We stayed in Vernazza which Rick Steve's calls "the jewel of Cinque Terre." It was there that we had the most beautiful views and the tastiest food. I'd never experienced "al dente" until I had it there. Mmm.. spaghetti vongole. 

We had to stop in Pisa to take the train to Cinque Terre, so we had a lot of fun taking pictures of kicking it and pushing it over. We're such tourists.

 Arrived in Vernazza at dusk!

View outside our window, and where I hung my socks!

 View of Vernazza from our hike across the 5 towns

 They actually had vineyards and farmland up here!

 Between 2 of the cities there was a "Lovers Walk" where in olden days, lovers from the neighboring towns would come and meet each other.

 Like these two...

 The following are of the same shot but at different times of the day.

I LOVE this set! Let me know what you think!

Paris Days 4-9: Photo Summary

Paris Paris Paris. A golden city with purple skies, brilliant sunsets, and women in bonnets and dresses with full-bodied skirts strolling along the River Seine with their significant others. This is what I pictured over years of built up expectations. What did I find? That Paris was very... normal. My initial impressions were disappointing as I encountered a place that was noisy, with dirty subways and restrooms that I had to pay 2 euros to use. Our hotel had a full-sized bed and a sink. The bathroom was out in the hall, and we had to pay 3 euros to take a shower in a stall so narrow that I couldn't turn around without turning off water by accident.

However, as we finished the touristy sites one by one, the city's charms grew on me. I love just walking along the bridges, going to the bakery downstairs for their delicious brioche, drinking cafe cremas, and strolling through neighborhoods without any particular agenda in mind. I took over 500 pictures in that one city, but narrowed it down to these. Hope you like them!

Crossing the Seine from the Lourve to the D'Orsay Museum

 Snuck a picture inside the D'Orsay

Napoleon's Tomb

Sacre Coeur Church

 Inside the Sacre Coeur Church

 Eiffel Tower at Night

 Notre Dame

 Eiffel Tower

Overlooking the Paris skyline

Painters in Montemarte

 Latin Quarter of Paris where we stayed

 Eiffel Tower on our Bike Tour

Arc du Triomphe

Staircase inside the Arc du Triomphe

 Inside Louis XIV's private chapel

 At our subway stop

 Inside Sainte Chappelle Church

 Inside the Notre Dame

 Lourve Courtyard

 Inside the one of the halls of the Lourve

Winged Victory Statue

 Fence of locks outside of the Notre Dame

 Outside of our hotel in Paris

 Outside of Ceci and Wayne's Apartment

 One of a few pictures that we took altogether

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