Shopping in Paris

Paul had his big presentation yesterday afternoon and it went great! Afterwards we decided to hit the metro to do some shopping. The metro was crazy busy at 7pm. It was more congested than the DC metro at rush hour. There was a wonderful violinist in the tunnels though.

The first place we went was Printemps, one of the largest department stores in Paris. The window displays were so artistic! We got there a little late with most of the street vendors closing and so we just walked around a little.


I think this is the Opera house. After our brief shopping spree we decided to hop back on the metro to head closer to the hotel. We walked most of the Champs-Elysees which is the grand boulevard in Paris. It was beautiful at night. We found some great places to shop and some nice restaurants. We got some cute little gifts for the kids and a souvenir Christmas ornament for me. This was one of my favorite photos of the Arc de Triomphe from the middle of the street.

It was completely dark by the time we made it to the Arc de Triomphe and I was so excited that I figured out how to use my dark settings on my camera.

We ate 4 cheese pizza for dinner at a little cafe and it was very French. The 4 cheeses were mozzarella, Parmesan, Brie, and Gorgonzola. Very interesting. We were so hungry after all that walking that we ate the whole thing.