Paris-days 2 &3

The second two days of Paris were just as exciting. Sunday we went to Notre Dame and were there during Sunday mass, but it was a bit tacky because there were tourists walking up and down the sides while mass was going on. after Notre Dame we walked to the Pantheon, which i thoght was really cool being where all those influential people are buried, like Marie Cure, Victor Hugo, Voltaire and others. We walked through the Luxembourg Gardens trying to make our way to the Catacombs but they were closed because of vandalism. The gardens were beautiful though, it was a sunny day and we spent a few minutes just relaxing and enjoying the sun and view. After the failed attempt to see the catacombs we went to Musee D'Orsay for the last hour that it was open. Unfortunately I didn't make it to the impressionism floor before it closed, which was a huge bummer, but I guess I'll just have to go back :) Although what I did was was incredible. After the museum closed at 6 we walked across a bridge to sit in another garden and funny enough as we were walking across the river on the bridge there was a massive amount of locks that people had locked and left on the side as 'locks of love' each lock had a personal message, most said 2 names and a date, some said they left their hearts in Paris and some said they wished love and happiness to those who walked past their lock. It was surprisingly my favorite part of the day because it wasn't in the guide book and you almost feel all the happiness all those people left there. and reading all the different locks was fun too. We went back to the hostel and met up with a girl we met at check in and went for the best quiche I have ever had under the Sacre Coeur. After stuffing our faces we walked up the hill to see everything lit up and it was gorgeous, beware to those who go though...at night, be careful to say the least. there are some creepers! but the beauty made it worth the while. we then went to the Eiffel Tower and there was no one there so we sat and talked until 1 and watched all the lights go off and the tower sparkle. Although because we stayed so late the metro stopped and we had to take a cab home, that was interesting... Day three, Monday, was Napoleons Tomb, The Louver, H&M and yep you guessed it last night under the Eiffel. Napoleons Tomb was crazy, I didn't really know what to expect but you walk in and BAM! there's this abnormally large, what I guess you'd call it a casket. The Church and Tomb was really cool though. There were also others there and I liked knowing that the original building, before the tomb was commissioned, was for the sick wounded and elderly from the King. We made our way to the Louvre at around 2 and went in with the intentions of only seeing a few things and then getting out, but a friend and I went through about an hour and a half and sat down for a drink thinking we had only seen 1 of the 3 sections but we found out we had seen 2 and we still had an hour so we decided to power up and see the rest. We were on overload but the last things we saw were worth seeing, Napoleons apartment and the armor of King Louis were really cool to see. We stayed, wandering what seemed like the never ending halls of the Louvre until closing and then met with all the others waiting outside. We went to Chinese for dinner and then went to the very large H&M and then ended our last night meeting new people and drinking wine and talking about traveling until we went home to bed so we could wake up to catch our train home. Paris was eye opening before we left I almost didn't let myself get my hopes in by thinking, "It's just a city, how 'magical' can that really be??" but little did I know, it's unexplainable, there's something about it that just sucks you in.(or sucked me in) and I wasn't even there with a significant other...I don't think I'd know what to do with myself if I ever end up there in that situation. I might just be sucked in forever haha.