The seventh day in Paris was our last full day in the city.  I know it seems odd that we didn’t fly out of London to go back home, but it was actually cheaper to take the Eurostar back to Paris and then fly out of CDG.  Apparently flights out of Heathrow were outrageous.  So we spent one more day in Paris, and spent it doing some of our absolute favorite things.

First, we went across the river to Notre Dame and then decided to eat at a nearby cafe.  It had started to drizzle so we took our time at the restaurant.

I also had my first croque-monsieur.  It’s basically like a grilled ham and cheese sandwich, with the cheese on top.  So delicious!

After our meal we walked over to the Pont des Arts [the Love-Lock Bridge].  It was adjacent to our next stop, so we decided to be super cheesy and purchase a cheap lock and borrow a Sharpie and commemorate our 4 year anniversary.  We decided to place the lock near the fourth lamp post [for four years] on the Notre Dame side of the bridge.  We attached it to the chain link, locked it up, kissed the key – and kissed each other, then threw the key in the river.  It is somewhere in the depths of the Seine now.

We walked around the 1st Arrondissement for a while, had another crepe break, and then made our way over to the Louvre.

We took a picture in front of IM Pei’s glass pyramid [just like on our first date] and then ventured over to the galleries.

We both have explored the Louvre before, not the entire museum – that would take you 40 days!  Literally, I heard that if you spent 1 minute in front of each piece of art you would be at the Louvre for almost 40 days straight.  But we had seen everything that we wanted to see.  So, this particular visit we stayed in the most popular wing of the museum – the Denon.  We always go to the Louvre on a Friday night.  It is open past 9:00 pm only on Wednesday and Friday nights and it is so much more peaceful.  The giant tour groups and school field trips have usually disappeared by 6:00 pm – so that’s usually when we arrive.

We saw Ms. Mona…

…and my favorite sculpture in the entire museum – Nike of Samothrace.  We also stopped for a visit at the Venus de Milo, the Egyptian artifacts, and some other great sculptures before we decided to go to dinner.

We went to the Musett – the same restaurant we ate at on our first date.  Yes, I know…we are quite sentimental and repetitive, but it was so much fun!  We got a fillet and some lasagna.  We then walked back to the metro station, with a short stop for ice cream, before heading back to our apartment.