Paris!

**Disclaimer: I'm about a week and a half late on this post!  Whoopsies!

Paddle boating in Parque Retiro!

Right after I went to Galicia with my program, my boyfriend came to Madrid to visit for 12 whole days!  It was amazing to have him here, and we had tons of fun just exploring the city and enjoying time together.  For our two year anniversary and his belated birthday, I got us tickets to the Spain-France World Cup qualifying match.  It was so much fun to go to a futbol game in Europe!  Too bad France scored in the last moments of add on time...ughhh Spain what were you doing??  Also in Madrid, we wandered around Parque Retiro, went to the Prado, and ate some delicious food!!

As if that all weren't enough, we went to Paris for the weekend to stay with my brother, Chuck, and sister-in-law, Laetitia.  Here are just a few snapshots of our 4 days as super tourists in Paris!

Pepper!!!!  It was so nice to have a pet to play with :)

The Louvre!

Notre Dame! 

Sacred Heart

Big person carousel...

Little person carousel!!!  Which one should I use?

The Eiffel Tower at night...beautiful!!!  Unfortunately, it was foggy and there was no visibility at the top.  But Clarke and I can still say we went together!  And of course, we had a champagne toast at the bottom with Chuck and Laetitia!

SPARKLE

To put it simply, Clarke's visit was exactly what I needed!