And finally we have come to my last day in this great european adventure! It has been quite a trip and I am really going to miss it over here! On our last day, we went to a couple different places. One of the museums we went to was the Musee de Orsay. (hopefully I spelled that right) It was such an amazing museum full of impressionist art and lots of other things. My favorite section was the Art Nouveau. I love the Art Nouveau period because it is so different and fun and freeflowing. Here are double doors and a bench that I thought portrayed the Art Nouveau period really well. We also went to the Pompidou. This was specifically built to display art. I like the exterior of the building better than I do the interior! The elevators are on the outside of the building in the zigzag thing. The view at the top is great! You can see out all over Paris!
This was my favorite piece of art inside the Pompidou. I like geometric art.

Here is the Arc de Triomphe! This arc was built for Napoleon to march his men through after they were coming back from battle. I never realized how big the arc was and how much detail it had on it until I got to see it up close and personal! Here are some of the statues and carvings closer up. Too bad they turned out kind of fuzzy!

Today we went to the coolest building I think I have ever seen. It is called the Grand Arche. It is a giant skyscraper with a huge hole through the center of the building. This is pretty much the epitome of great architecture! Whoever designed this is pure genius! I can't even describe how amazing it was!This picture was taken standing under the Great Arche. These are the elevators that go clear to the top of the skyscraper. We also went to the Saint Chapelle. It is considered one of the most beautiful churches in the world. It has gigantic stained glass windows. I don't think I have ever seen this much stained glass in one room!
This is a random sculpture of a giant thumb. I am not sure why it was built, but it sure was fun to look at!

Here I am at the Louvre!

Today we went to the Louvre! This is underground inside the Louvre! This is the ever so famous Mona Lisa that you are no longer allowed to take pictures of. And if you are wondering...yes I got yelled at for taking this picture! This is looking up inside of the main pyramid of the Louvre. After the Louvre we went to the Notre Dame Cathedral. The architecture and details everywhere were amazing!
This is the back of Notre Dame. Here you can see the technique that used to be used in architecture called flying buttresses. They help support the weight of the building so you can have higher ceilings than normal. Flying buttresses are no longer needed nor used now days.

Today was a free day, so me and a few others went to the Villa Savoye house. This is a really famous house that was built by the architect and pretty much pure genius CORBUSIER!! He built it clear back in 1929 for the Savoye family and it is the most amazing house ever. It is such a modern house even for now days, so I can't imagine what the people thought about his desings clear back in the early 1900's. This is part of the master bathroom. I love the built in lounge chair that you can lay on after you bathe!
This is the front view of the house. I love the front double doors surrounded by glass! These chairs were also designed by Corbusier. I love them! On the second floor of the house there is an outdoor patio with a ramp up to the roof. There is another patio on top of the roof. This is a room on the second floor that has one wall that is entirely glass. The whole glass wall slides open so the patio and room kind of just become one big room! This is Adam and Seth pushing open the glass wall...which wasn't supposed to be touched! Luckily they didn't kick us out!

After the King had thrown Nicholas Fouqet in jail, he took all of his designers and builders and had them build Versaille. It is so incredibly massive! Here are the some pictures from our day at Versaille Versaille has hundreds of fountains all over the grounds. These are only a few of them.
This is the chapel inside of Versaille. This is a part of the grounds around Versaille. I thought this picture was really neat!
Even though every palace we have been to has been decorated so ornately, it still amazes me every time I walk into a room how much detail and extravagance every room has! So much gold and rich red and blue and green colors that just scream royalty!

Today we went to another palace called Fontainebleau. In the front courtyard it has a big horse shoe shaped stair case to the front doors. This horse shoe shape became sort of the symbol for this palace. Here you can see how ornate and decorative the ceilings were, with magnificent chandeliers everywhere. This is one of the few places we have been allowed to take pictures inside. I really like these chairs. They are so elegant, yet they are still very simply shaped without too much decor and frazzle.
Here is the funniest fountain I have ever seen! If ya can't tell, the water is coming from the dogs...you get the picture!

The next place we went to was called Vaux le Vicomte. This palace was owned by Nicholas Fouqet and King Louis XIV got really jealous of it. Nicholas always threw huge parties at this palace, and one night after a huge party the jealousy of the King became too much. So the next morning the king had Nicholas arrested and thrown in prison. Nicholas never was released and ended up dieing in prison.

Today we went on a walking tour of Paris. This is a building covered with plants that we passed. I just thought it looked really neat!

This is me outside of the Louvre! We didn't go inside yet, but we are going to in a few days. This is an oblisk that Napoleon had his army steal from Egypt after conquering one of their cities.

This is the Hotel des Invalides. It is where Napoleon's tomb is.

And here is the ever so famous Arc de Triumphe! Napoleon had this built so he could march through it on his way back from war.

Today was moving day and we headed to Paris! It was quite the trip getting there, but none the less we finally made it! When we got there we went out to dinner and then walked around the Eiffel Tower. It was beautiful!

This is me in my little shoe box of a room. I had the smallest room out of everyone in the flat, but it was my cozy little space! This is our kitchen/dining room. Looks great huh!

The ever so famous EIFFEL TOWER! This was built by a guy whose first name I can't remember at the moment, but his last name was Eiffel. He also designed the Statue of Liberty! The tower was supposed to only be a temporary exhibit, but obviously ended up staying a bit longer than that! The people hated it at first and thought it was so ugly. The tower was so well designed and built that even today in high winds, it only moves up to 4 inches! That is really amazing!

Today we went to Buckingham Palace. The interiors were really pretty, but I would have to say my favorite part was all of the Queen's dresses. The Queen turned 80 this year, so for a birthday celebration they displayed 80 of her most beautiful dresses. They also had her jewelry on display. It was so beautiful! This is me at the back of Buckingham Palace. The front of the palace is the picture with the giant statue.






Today was our last day in London, so we figured we had better take some pictures of places that we walked by every day. This is a flower stand outside of our tube stop that we walked by everyday. They had cala lillies and I always thought about our wedding each morning when we walked past!
This is outside of our tube stop. Good times at the South Kensington Station!