14 year anniversary in Paris

We rarely celebrate an anniversary. And getting married on Leap Day this year really added to the evidence that we aren't celebrating-anniversaries-kind-of-people. However, because it was looking like Axel needed a break from Alsace and all that was school, and because Monica was supposed to be in Paris that week, we decided to use this as an excuse to go and enjoy this incredible city.

We stayed near Jardin de Luxembourg where neither of us had been to before. However, when we wandered through it, we realized we that we have seen this garden in movies, postcards, tv, everywhere! Here's why:



The big head!!
...and then our big heads.




We met up with Stephane for lunch in the Marais district (Mel and Tony and I met up here in September for man-shopping. The best place for man shopping). So we decided to saunter our way over there and thought we should check out Ste Chapelle since I just read something about the stained glass being cool to see. However, time was running short and when we got there we realized it was going to be more than a 15 minute jaunt through that place...so we kept walking. And then we noticed this huge clock on the side of the building near pont au change. We were joking about how in Canada, this would have been a huge tourist stop, but here, it's just a big clock on the side of a building. Axel took a closer look and it turns out, it's a clock to keep track of Leap Day!!! So we had inadvertently found our wedding clock!







So we met up with Steph and searched for brunch/lunch spots...along with everyone else in the city. We managed to find a great place that was warm and had good food. During our search, Axel saw this:



a stationary bike, locked on a rack.

Said goodbye to Steph and made our way back so we could pick up our tickets to the Picasso exhibit (Picasso and his masters. A must-see!! If you have any chance of seeing it, do!! they have every piece that Picasso took his inspiration from and put it alongside his own pieces. And their descriptions and explanations are incredible!). On our way back, we paid hommage to the dude and the dame.



charlemagne


...and notre dame

So...the reason we took three pictures. In our haste in the morning to get out and do something, yet because we were both feeling like crap from being sick and barely sleeping, we ran onto the train...then I saw the next station and panicked and thought we were on the wrong train....




so we jumped off after one stop and went around to take it going the other way...which we did for about 5 stops...and then...




we realized we were going the right way in the first place. F!*K. So we jumped off and ran back to the other side. Yes, we were tired. And stupid.



Voila...our weekend in a blog!