We had schedule an illuminations bus tour for that evening so we went back to the hotel to rest.
A few hours later, we decided to head to the Louvre so we would be close to the bus' pick up area.
This is the bus stop...
Haha... right?! The bus stop was right in the middle of the road that cuts through the plaza of the Louvre and drops you in front of the pyramid. Crazy!
We were stunned by the beauty and massiveness of the Louvre.
So stunned, we had to call home while there... it was just too much... we had to share!
So I took the above picture, turned around and saw this...
OMG! Eiffel Tower! Just there! I cried. It was just such a magical moment :) Worthy of a picture, in the opposite direction... haha...
Next, we started walking through the gardens of the Louvre at sunset...
And again, there in the distance, the Arch de Triumph and Cleopatra's Needle...
Geo and I were pretty excited to see Cleopatra's Needle for several reasons. 1.) His Mom and Dad are pretty in love with all thing Egypt and 2.) We have now seen all 3 Needles: the one in NYC, the one in London and the last in Paris. Pretty sweet, uh?!
And of course, the Arch de Triumph made us weak in the knees!!!!
One last pic of us at the gardens while we wait for our tour bus. This will mark the last nice picture of the evening...
The rest, from the bus tour, all turned out like this...
So we LOVED the Louvre, the Glass Pyramid, the gardens and the view.
We didn't love the tour.
They picked up us in a nice area, central to public transportation, which was nice. The bus was enclosed allowing for no pictures. The bus route made it that all the sites were on the left side of the bus; we were on the right. But the French music in the head phones we nice... but a vocal tour would have been great!
We would have been okay with all the above IF they hadn't dropped us off in a completely different area that had low lighting and ZERO public transportation options. AT MIDNIGHT.
After walking around aimlessly and consulting our Rick Steve's tour book, we found out that you need to go to the taxi stands to get a taxi; you can't hail them like in NYC. So after an hour of trying for a cab, we jumped in a cab with another couple heading in the same direction.
Overall, it was a great night. I got to see (some of) a glowing Paris with the man I love.
Next, all of Paris in a nut shell!
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