Paris, France - Day 2

We woke up early the next morning, hoping to get in a few more sights before leaving in the afternoon. First, we made our way to the Musée du Louvre, hoping to get inside and see some of the famous works. Unfortunately, the line was hours long. Since we didn’t have much time, we decided to move on. However, we did get to see the Louvre courtyard, with the Louvre Pyramid, the Inverted Pyramid, and the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel. From there, we stopped by the The American Dream Restaurant for lunch, and then headed to the City Island.

Along the way, we passed the Place Saint-Michel and La Conciergerie. Finally, we arrived at the Notre Dame Cathedral, which was terrific to see. Although it was getting late, we decided to try to see to The Moulin Rouge, so we quickly took the metro in the right direction. We weren’t exactly sure where we were going, but we ran right into the Sacré-Cœur Basilica, which looked beautiful atop its hill. Then, up around the corner, we found the Moulin Rouge.

After having seen just about all we could, we headed back to our hotel, picked up our bags, and took the metro back to the Palais des Congress, from where we caught a bus to the airport. There was a lot of traffic, and we barely made our flight, but we were back in Bremen before we knew it. We took the first Bahn back to the Bremen train station, but we missed the last train to Braunschweig for the night by 10 minutes. So, we took the last train to the Hannover train station. There, we passed 4 hours until the next train home, mostly sitting in McDonald’s. At least something was open! Finally,we made it back to Braunschweig around 6:00 am, where we decided to catch up on some sleep. Paris was a great trip, and I’m so glad that I finally got to see the city!