Honeymoon Chronicles: Ah Paris!

Having finally arrived in the "City of Lights," we were ready to start seeing the sites. Sadly we were stuck in our traveling outfits as we weren't able to check in yet, but aside from our footwear, we were all set for the chilly weather.

Not having much idea of where we were headed, we just started walking and figured if we kept looking up, we'd see the Eiffel Tower at some point! Of course as we were walking and searching, and as my toes were starting to go numb (again, didn't have my insulated walking shoes on) I started to question why we decided on a European Honeymoon when we could have been on a beach with a pina colada in hand...but just as that thought crossed my mind, sure enough we spotted the top of the Eiffel Tower, and at that moment I realized this was in fact the perfect honeymoon!

Having spotted the Eiffel Tower, we kept it in our view, so we could walk to it. All along, as our stomach's were growling, we realized that stopping somewhere for coffee and breakfast was probably a good idea--though we were both too intimidated to enter a Cafe and actually order food. Finally we got the courage (I think it was mostly brought on by a desire to use a restroom) and we enjoyed our first cafe' and chocolate croissant. Mmmm, the "coffee" there is to die for!

After breakfast we found our way to the Eiffel Tower, snapped some photos and did some more wandering. On our way back to the hotel, hunger struck again and so we found a little sandwich shop and shared a tomato, basil and mozzarella panini which we still look back on as one of the best food experiences on the whole trip!

At long last we were able to get into our hotel room and after warm showers we took a quick nap and woke up to a late afternoon snow shower! We had heard all along that it NEVER snows in Paris and not to get all romantic thinking we'd see snow...well we had two days of snow thank you very much, and it was the perfect addition to what is already a gorgeous city.

We bundled up and headed back out into the snow (it was a light snow-just enough to provide great atmosphere) and we decided to walk back towards the Eiffel Tower to see it all lit up at night. It was quite a sight!

We then found a nice little restaurant for dinner (though we fear we ended up at more of touristy place, but that's ok, the food was good and the wine was much needed after a day of touring around.) Afterwards we walked back to our hotel, stopping at a grocery store to buy a bottle of wine using leftover Euros that our friends Megan and Chris had given us (they had just been to Ireland on their honeymoon). We got back to our room, enjoyed some more wine and were happy to finally call it a day!

Next up: Day 2 in Paris--more snow, shopping, and escargot!