"All the Blocks in Paris Look Like Pizza Slices..."

Ordy is making fun of me because that's all I say... and I say it a lot haha. But really, they do!

Pizza Slice Blocks

We took the Metro down to the Champs Elysees tonight and decided to go to the top of the Arc de Triomph. We planned on going the first night we were here, but it was overcast and I figured it wouldn't be worth the $20 if I couldn't even get a good quality picture... Best decision ever because tonight was incredible! We got there around 8 and decided since it didn't get dark until 10:30'ish we should have dinner and then make our way to the top. So we went to an Italian restaurant called Ziti, and it was delish (mine was at least)! Ordy ordered some kind of linguine with calamari and ummm...it looked interesting. And when I say interesting, I mean so gross I couldn't look at it while eating... hahaha

Ordy's Meal... Yikes

We have (Ordy has) come across the most incredible ice cream flavor EVER here, banoffee! It's Haagen Daas and hopefully America has some. Wait, no... hopefully we DON'T have the flavor, because I plan on detoxing and following a strict diet + P90x the minute I get back!! Anyhow it's incredible. Banana + Coffee and Caramel Swirls. Mmmm.

We rushed as fast as we could to the Arc because we were worried it was getting dark and we wanted to catch the sunrise. We got to the Arc and noticed a long line and were so bummed that we would have to wait in it and possibly miss the pretty view. Then randomly, two girls walked up to us and said they had just purchased tickets but had to go, and wanted to know if we wanted theirs for 5 euros instead of 9 each. They seemed honest, and we went ahead and gave them 10 euros for 2 tickets... I was kind of nervous there was a catch, but Ordy felt confident it was 'legit'... and it was :) We got in for basically half the price AND we didn't have to stand in the long line!!! We took our tickets and walked straight into the Arc to make our way to the top.

The Arc de Triomph at sunset

We quickly had to pay for the calories we consumed... we climbed the 284 stairs to the top of the Arc and oh.em.gee. I have never in my life felt so out of shape! Shame on me for being 24 and praying for a resting area nearby! I was out of breath when we got to the top and my thighs were burning! I thought the end was never in sight. When we got to the top the view was SO beautiful it was worth every step. The sun was setting right then and the sky was the most beautiful shade of orange (and purple, and pink, and blue)!!

Unreal! Our View after the stairmaster workout

Ordy Boy at the top

Me and my crazy hair. yuck.

The Eiffel Tower all Sparkly!

Champs Elysees (Pizza Slices...)

I had an amazing night tonight and am so excited to be able to enjoy Paris in the summertime. The nights have been a little chilly here, but a light jacket is really all you need. Tonight was 68 degrees and so nice. Well, I'm headed off to bed, we have a long travel day tomorrow! We're taking the train to London to visit my family in Brighton for the weekend. I'm so excited!! I will update the blog if I have internet service, if not I'll just update on Sunday night when we're back in Paris :) 

The Adventures of Moody and Joon

Ordy Boy got back from work around 8, with Wednesday's flowers, and I loved them, peach and yellow gladiolas. Ordy planned on having dinner by the Eiffel Tower so we could see it at night and I absolutely loved the idea. He wasn't really himself, but I just assumed he was hungry (since that's when I get grumpy...), so we rushed out the door before it got any later. We made our way to the metro and he was still acting really weird. That's two days in a row! I finally got it out of him that he was pretty miserable. He is not a fan of France! It doesn't help that work has been stressful. He's ready to be home, at his house, in his routine, in his comfort zone, and able to just jump in his car when he wants to go places. He was honestly homesick it seemed. I guess two weeks was just too long, he said he wished it was just 2-3 days. I just think he didn't like the way his shirts were dry cleaned. He says he hates France because: the showers make no sense (no doors, get water everywhere), he has to ride the stinky metro and bus just to get to work (which is hot with no ac), everything is filthy, the nearest grocery store emits the most rank rotten produce smell which he has to pass every morning to work, **this next one is funny** he gets trapped in elevators (this morning at work), no Jimmy Dean for breakfast- only cold cuts he doesn't recognize, and nowhere takes American Express. He also freaked out that they don't starch shirts (the way he likes them)... He made it very clear he would NEVER return to this country... Sad. I was hoping to have a villa here one day haha.

Moody Boy getting on the metro

We went down towards the Eiffel Tower area and got pizza to go enjoy at the park. It was so beautiful at night and every hour on the hour the tower would light up with a ton of sparkles, making it look like glitter all over the Eiffel Tower.

Our pizza was delish! I guess the scenery helped a little too. It was 11:00 p.m. and there were so many people out and about having picnics, kicking a soccer ball around, and just hanging out it made it seem earlier.

Trying to Make Moody Laugh

More Goofing Off for Moody Boy

Enjoying his pizza

Enjoying MY pizza

Honestly, as convenient as the metro is, I am spoiled at home. I hop in my air conditioned car and go where I want... It's hot on the metro, everyone is crammed like a pack of sardines and it seems as though deodorant is optional here... For someone as clean and put together as Ordy, I can see how the chaos of the sloppy, gross, hot Metro bothers him! This is the guy that showers 2-3x a day...and he comes back from work sweaty and wrinkled- and obviously grumpy because of it!

After dinner and our evening at the Eiffel Tower, Ordy was himself again and ready to finish off the week. Honestly, I don't blame him. It makes so much sense, I totally understand where he's coming from and how he feels- I miss my family so much! I can't wait to squeeze my little nephew! I'm ready to be in my own house again with my puppy even though it's been an amazing vacation. It adds up when we were away the week before too! Tonight was very memorable and I had a blast with Ordy even though he had a 45 minute pity party haha. He was his cute, quirky self at the Eiffel Tower and the ride back, so that's all that matters!

p.s. this is a repost from last night because of the mess ups. the posts were running into each other so i had to delete the old and just repost it.

HE PROPOSED!!!!

On top of the Eiffel Tower! Don't worry- he got someone to take a picture of the whole thing, and he got on one knee- the ring is beautiful, and...before I give anyone else a heart attack I'm totally talking about someone else :)

I asked Ordy at breakfast how many proposals we would see today and sure enough someone proposed to his gf (and we saw two weddings). It was too fun not to start today's post with that- especially since I didn't lie! HE did propose- to HIS gf. hahaha.

Ok, enough of that... haha, Ordy and I had a jam packed day of being total tourists, I'm definitely feeling the hours of walking on cobblestone. We finally got to see the amazing Eiffel Tower and WOW! SO AMAZING! Here are some shots (keep in mind, we took 560 pictures! wowzers...)







And some more...







After taking pictures, we went and purchased our Batobus tickets that allowed us to hop on and off this bus/boat with 8 different stops, all popular tourist attractions. We made our first stop Notre Dame, and it was amazing. Ordy Boy liked it a lot. Afterwards, we enjoyed nutella banana crepes in front of the church before we headed back to our next stop. We got back on batobus and stopped at the Champs Elysees to catch what was left of the Tour de France since it was there today. We realized it was already 6 and our "summit" tickets to the top of the Eiffel Tower were at 6:30, so we hopped back on the boat and headed back.









The view from the top was incredible. You have no idea how huge it is until you're up there and everything down below looks fake/small! The weather was incredible and we are so blessed to be here!








Sorry for the scare guys :) No one's engaged!

My New Friend, Sara

I have gone to the cafe across the street (Doreen Cafe) and have noticed this particular girl always working. She's extremely tolerable with my broken French (who am I kidding, my lack of French), and allows me to be myself by pointing at what I like to order, with an apologetic and goofy smile, hoping to make up for the language barrier. She always smiles back, never making me feel bad, and even speaks English back to me (most French people here won't do that, though they can speak English, it seems they'd rather watch you squirm while they continue speaking French, almost faster than they normally should/would/could). Sara doesn't. Sara is the nicest French person I've ever met. She's also the first...

I feel the urge to apologize to her for not speaking French, because I want her to understand I'm not arrogant expecting her to speak MY language in HER country. She says she understands, and she doesn't blame me at all, why would any American want to speak French? I asked her how she spoke great English and she said she visits Sweden- I told her my dad is there in Sweden, and it just so happens that it's exactly where she visits when she goes. She speaks English because that's how her Swedish friends and her communicate. It reminded me of just the other night I was telling Ordy how English is becoming the universal language. We saw an Arabic man ordering dinner, and the French man taking his order, and how they were both speaking very poor, very broken English- it was their middle ground and the only way anything was going to get done.

Sara joined me outside while I ate my lunch. She made me a beautiful banana crepe. We brought out my maps of Paris and she showed me where I should go to get away from tourists but still have a good time. I very much so enjoyed my time with Sara and I hope she's back tomorrow. I'll stop before I sound creepy hahaha.




Ordy Boy got back later than usual tonight, a little after 7:15 p.m. I told him there was a 30% chance of rain this morning, to which his response was lots of laughter, and "you just made that up"... so I was kind of happy when it started raining around 6:30, because where ever he was, I KNEW that he knew that I was right :) It's the little things...

In my rush to pack, and in the 68lbs of baggage, I managed to forget a sweater. I had 3 different quarter sleeved cardigans, but no real sweater to actually keep me warm. I told Ordy I saw a huge sale at a department store nearby and he volunteered to walk with me. Ok, I kind of made him. But we had to go out for dinner anyway... so it wasn't too bad. I walked to the jacket department and didn't find a single sweater, but managed to fall in love with three jackets that were begging for a new American home. Like Angelina Jolie in a third world country orphanage, I gladly obliged. I am the new owner of 3 jackets. HA, only I can walk in for one thing and walk out with 3 others... Sweater, jacket, same difference, right?

Here's me putting on the first one... I put this picture up because I look crazy, and for some reason, it looks like a straight jacket in the pictures, and Ordy calls it my Michael Jackson jacket, but I think I can make it work with the right outfit back home.









It was on sale like WHOA because of missing buttons, and to my surprise, I found 2 in the pocket- so now I'm only missing 15. Just kidding, I'm only missing 2 now. Better than the whole row missing!

The second one is a stretch- you either like it or you don't. It reminds me of a jacket my Bobo (grandpa) used to have... so I naturally love it haha. AGAIN, with the RIGHT outfit this fall, I think I can make it work- I love it!





And lastly, the third jacket looks just like a Gap jacket I have at home, only a different material. It makes all the difference in the world, I promise.







Anyhow, we got back to the hotel to drop off the massive shopping bag I had and so Ordy could finish a little work. Poor guy, always working... We're about to head to dinner near the hotel and hit the sack early because tomorrow is a BIG BIG BIG day!!! We're planning on hitting up the biggest French flea market and then go to the Eiffel Tower afterwards. I'm SO excited I don't know how I'll be able to sleep tonight!!! I can't wait to see it in all of it's glory again! The cameras are charging tonight because I will be exhausting them tomorrow :)