Paris in a day

In February I spent one day in Paris. It doesn’t sound like a long time, but because of how Paris is set up it was enough time for us to see almost everything we wanted in one day. Unfortunately the temperature was in the low 20s and most of the day we were walking.

Tower in the morning fog

We started the day at the Eiffel tower, because it was nearest our hotel.

View from the middle (top was closed for repairs)

After that we headed across the Seine river and towards the Arc De Triumph.

After thwarting a pick pocket we crossed into the circle to see the arc up close.

Then we headed down Avenue des Champs-Élysées and grabbed lunch before heading into the Louvre. In the Louvre we took the obligatory trip to see the Mona Lisa.

Louvre

Beautiful girl in front of a beautiful painting

After seeing some of the other art in the Louvre, we were off the Centre Pompidou modern art museum. This museum was pretty disappointing. The best part of this museum was the view of the city from the top floor. Maybe I just don’t get modern art.

The front of Pompidou

View from the top of Pompidou

It was now time to cross back over the river for Notre Dame de Paris. We didn’t have time to tour the bell towers, but we did get to walk around the inside.

We jumped on the train to head out to the Palace at Versailles. Unfortunately we arrived after the inside had closed. We were able to wander the gardens, which even in winter were beautiful.

Palace at Versailles

Versailles gardens

All in all I would say it was a pretty good one day spent.