A Somewhat Morbid Weekend

Saturday, we visited the catacombs beneath the streets of Paris. Here, they have neatly stacked the bones of over 3 million people.


On Sunday, we went to the Rodin Museum. Here, Skylar stands at the famous "Gates of Hell".

Atop the gates of hell is The Thinker. He is supposed to be contemplating the life that led him to this place. The more famous version of The Thinker is in a garden nearby.

On Sunday, we also saw Rue D'Assas in Paris... Not Brandi and Alisha, but the street. (pronounced like "Rude Assas")

And, here is Skylar on a carousel in Luxembourg Gardens.

Statue of LIberty & The Eiffel Tower @ Night

Arc de Triumphe & Eiffel Tower

The Arc de Triumphe is just outside of our hotel. Yesterday, we decided to go to the top and see the skyline. To the left is a picture of the stairs. Skylar told me later that the stairs were his favorite part of the evening.

The view at the top is great. We were there just in time to see the Eiffel Tower light show.

The Louvre

Notra Dame

On Sunday, we went to Notra Dame. There was some sort of ceremony going on and the huge ornate pipe organ was turning out some tunes.

Skylar seemed drawn to the sectioned called "Chapelle de la Sainte-Enfance". The statues here were of a saint holding children in his lap. We let Skylar light a candle and say a little prayer about kids and travel.

Skylar goes to Euro-Disneyland

On Saturday, we went to Euro-Disneyland. We all agreed that it was more like Dollywood than like Disney World in Orlando. For those of you not familiar with Dollywood, picture a country western version of Six Flags. Even though it wasn't as big and grand as we'd expected, we had a good time and Skylar loved it!

Skylar made a mad dash across the Mickey Mouse flower bed at the park entrance... Daron had to go get him.

Skylar's first "big" ride....

This video was taken of Skylar at Disneyland in Paris. He loved the place! During a long day at the park, Sky napped only for about 15 minutes. He was wound up and extremely happy.

This video was taken of Skylar as we exited the park. As you can see, he was still wound up...

First thing the next morning, Skylar said to me, "I wanna go to Disney again." We went to Notra Dame instead... more on this coming in another post.

Family in Paris

Daron is working in Paris again. This time, he took Brandi, Skylar, and his sister-in-law, Alisha. While Daron works, the family plays. We're all having a great time.

Pictures can be found on Brandi's myspace picture page (http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewAlbums&friendID=102959925).