Pictures (Basel, Paris & Cote D'Azur) and Montpellier

Basel
Anna and I making fun of one last statue in Basel


On the way to Paris I finally ate the NOW! bar Anna gave me for my birthday

Anna wanted a picture of her too


Paris
We got to Paris, picked up Emily and checked into hotel Rohan...the bathroom was small

Here are the sights around Paris:
Sacre Coeur

Arc de Tiomphe






Us under the Eiffel Tower


Me holding the Eiffel Tower


Outside the Louvre


The Notre Dame

We had olives and wine outside Notre Dame, and we all managed to get olive oil on us


Moulin Rouge


Sacre Coeur by night


Us at Versailles


The train ride back to Paris


Eating lunch at les jardins du Luxembourg I managed to be a bird lady

We posed


Anna and I had some serios street meat for dinner that night


Then we went into the Louvre
We saw the Mona Lisa

and had fun taking pictures wit statues

hercules


We then saw the Eiffel Tower by night

It was relly bright

The next day we left for the coast

Nice
Us on the beach enjoying the sun

In the warm, crystal clear and incredibly salty Mediterranean water

The beautiful Mediterranean view

Random silver letters on the sidewalk=perfect photo op


Monaco
At the jardins japonais

Overlooking the bay

Unlike Chamonix, speedos are prohibited

A race car in Monaco


Upon our return to Nice from Monaco we discovered that you can buy a life size pirate for only 999 Euros....what a deal


Montpellier
After the huge ordeal of being robbed on the train on the way to Montpellier (spending the whole next day reporting it all to the police, being surrounded by french military, and coming to terms with our losses), we had some French Chinese food for dinner

and enjoyed the beautiful town of Montpellier


The next day we slept in, and prepared for Tour de France viewing...live
We went to the Monoprix and got the necessary box o wine and baguette



Then we headed to the tour!
Look we were really there


We got there 5 hours before the riders came in but it was fun

They gave away lots of laughing cow cheese



and lots of other sponsor swag


We bought matching shirts


Anna and I took a rest from the sun under these giant hands


It was like a giant parade and festival for adults...there were cool floats



We took more pictures...look how happy we are!



And after watching the jumbotron for a while, they turned it off and we knew the racers were coming soon. They came so fast you could have blinked and missed them

We were front row, so we got to see them pretty close up


It was a great day


Emily the true Tour fan


Tomorrow we are off to Barcelona...