Our Fifth Anniversary, in Paris

We celebrated our fifth wedding anniversary on August 9, and there’s nowhere better to do that than Paris. Luckily, Paris is only a four-hour drive from our home, so it’s ideal for a long weekend getaway.

We enjoyed seeing the Louvre, which contains more beautiful art than you could see in a week. Here I am with the Code of Hammurabi:

And here is Josh with the Mona Lisa:

The view from the top of the Arc de Triomph is lovely.

And on top of Notre Dame Cathedral, I got to pet a chimera.

Just in front of Notre Dame is the center of Paris, the point from which all distances in France are measured, marked with a bronze disk:
We saw lots of little neighborhoods full of shops and street musicians, and an open air bird market where you could buy a pet bird.
We spent a day seeing the Palace of Versailles, which was built by Louis XIV and was home to Marie Antionette. They had quite a garden: Complete with dozens of fountains:And cute topiaries that I find quite huggable:

I’m afraid it will be hard to top Paris as an anniversary trip destination. I’ve told Josh that for our 10th anniversary, we’ll have to go somewhere really exciting. Like Quad Cities.