Paris for the New Year

Alexandra and I left Seattle on the 30 of December in the morning and flew to Philadelphia, PA there we change planes and flew to Paris. When we got to Paris it was the 31 of December, New Years Eve! After taking a train and the metro we arrived at our hotel and unpacked. Time to bring in the new year. Alexandra has family in Paris, so we spent the evening with them having dinner, playing music in the studio, drinking wine and finally bringing the new year. There was a jam session right up until 10 minutes to the new year. Champagne and cake to celebrate 2011!



Sight seeing around the city. The grave of James Morrison in Père Lachaise Cemetery .













The grave of Oscar Wilde in Père Lachaise Cemetery. See the post from Dublin for more of Oscar Wilde.
















Montmartre
















F is for funiculaire, Montmartre. Riding cost covered if you have a metro day pass.













Enjoying coffee and people watching in Montmartre.












Sunset from Montmartre.

Picture the top from the top of the Arc de Triomphe. Alexandra got a Eiffel Tower hat that lit up from a vendor at the base of the Eiffel Tower the day before. I saw a giant rat crawling around the base of the Eiffel Tower, sorry no picture.

Tunnel from Avenue des Champs-Élysées to Arc de Triomphe.

View of the Arc de Triomphe from Avenue des Champs-Élysées.

Musée du Louvre courtyard

Advertisement inside the metro tunnel for the Big Four tour of Europe.

Also a number of ads with Bob Sinclar, French DJ, selling headphones.

Inside the metro on the M2 line, heading to our hotel.

Street art by Invader. Also saw one of these in Montmartre by the funiculaire.

A number of pieces by Invader were featured in the movie Faites le mur/Exit Through the Gift Shop that we watched while in Paris.