London and Paris

Just got home from a great trip with my mom to London and Paris. We spent 3 1/2 days in London and 6 days in Paris. On our last day in Paris, we picked up Joe from his mission home and he showed us the sights. Here's some of the highlights:

Stonehenge (in the snow)...and yes, it was FREEZING

Bath...basically a high end spa for the rich people back in the day.

Found a Banksy! (in London they preserve his work instead of ripping it down)

Mom and I at Buckingham Palace where we were told we saw Prince Charles (but who really knows)

Me in front of one of my favorite pieces of art (Winged Victory) inside the Louvre

The 3 of us at the Arc de Triumph...and yes, we climbed the whole thing because we were told the lift was only for the physically handicapped. It was hard and made us very dizzy.

The Palace of Versailles. The gardens were closed because it was so cold, but the inside was amazing.

The eiffel tower of course

Notre Dame...also due to the cold weather, we were not able to climb up to the top.

The Sacre Coeur in Montmarte

The catacombs in Paris. I highly recommend going here. We had never heard of it until Joe mentioned it and it was well worth the time and effort to get there.

We took a bus tour to Normandy. Very cool.

If you're wondering why we look so cold in the pictures, well, it's because we were FREEZING. It was so cold, but because it was so cold, there were not as many tourists. We were able to do a lot of things and take a lot of pictures that might not have happened if there had been more people.

This was a GREAT trip and I had so much fun with my mama!