New Years

Christmas lights on the street in Montmarte
Basilica of the Sacre Coeur
Inside Le Cancan

Outside the restaurant

Looking up to the Arch de Triumph on the Champs-Elysees In front on the Eiffel tower at midnight

Self portrait in front of the Eiffel

We were so excited to ring in the new year in Paris! Considering we spend most New Years in bed....sleeping. Most of the people from our tour group went to dinner. We had a blast. Everyone was there to have fun and we did. We ate at Le Cancan in the Montmartre district. It is a cool artsy district on the North end of Paris. A lot of artsy people hung out there in the early 1900's and still do. Salvador Dali, Monet, Picasso, and van Gogh all had studios there. We filled the whole place. Which isn't hard to do since all the restaurants are very small. We had a yummy 4 course meal. We also had all the red and white wine we could drink. There started Joey's happy New Year! Then a cabaret singer came in to sing a few songs. It was a blast. Then some brave souls from our group got up on stage to sing to fill in the rest of the time before we left.
Then it was a race to the bus to make it to Palace de la Concorde by midnight. The bus driver dropped us off right in the mix. There were thousands of people. They were lined upon the Champs-Elysees from the Palace de la Concorde to the Arch de Triumph. It was amazing. They unloaded the champagne and we all got ready to toast in the new year. At midnight everyone went crazy and the Eiffel tower sparkled. People started shooting off fireworks everywhere. It was a little crazy but awesome! Defiantly a once in a lifetime experience. Joey and I are so thankful to Ingrid and Andrew for watching Hayden so we could go on the little getaway together! It was the best!