We wake up in the hotel and I feel Elliot's hand wrapped around me. It's amazing to wake up to this, a husband I love, in a place I love, happier than i've ever been. He slowly starts to wake up, and I can hear his breath become more regular. "Good morning baby" He says, squeezing me tight. "Good morning" I say back. "Did you sleep well?" I ask. "Yes, I always sleep well when i'm next to you" he says with a sweet smile. We decide today is the day for sightseeing. We wanted to see the Eiffel tower up close during the day, although nothing could beat last night. We also wanted to see the notre-dame cathedral, and the louvre. We walk down to our cab and get in. "The louvre please!" Elliot says. We drive up and just the outside is amazing, we can't imagine how amazing the inside will be.
After going through all of the security and getting our maps we begin to walk around. We know the main stuff we want to see, of course the Mona Lisa, and the venus de milo. We walk around and see some pretty random pieces of art. Mostly stuff we don't know, but still pretty nice to see. There are statues and paintings and murals, it's amazing. We see the easter island head, and numerous statues of ancient queens and religious figures. After walking for a while we walk upon a beautiful painting, housed inside the glass about 5 feet away is the mona lisa, staring back at us. I've never really been a big art person, but when it comes to seeing something like this, arguably the most well known piece of art in the world, i'm taken aback. I've seen so many pictures, and always just thought of it as the mona lisa, but there is so much more than just a face i've seen many times before. When you're right there you can see so much more. She does really smile, it's faint but you can see it. The time taken to paint this is so evident, in the definition of the trees in the background, and the contouring on her cheeks. The attention to detail is crazy. I look over at Elliot and he is in awe too.
After seeing other pieces of artwork and being astounded a few more times we head out to get some lunch. "So, what do you think so far?" Elliot says. "Are you kidding me? I'm loving this! It's the most amazing day of my life and it's not even over yet" I say, hearing the excitement in my voice. "I'm so happy this is where we went" Elliot says. "I'm so happy that we got married. I'm so happy I met you, and dealt with you long enough to like you, and grew to love you more than anything in the world" I say, letting the romantic in me take over. "I love you more and more every day Olivia" Elliot says back, placing a soft kiss on my lips. We break away as we see that our food is coming. "So, where do you want to go after this? The catacombs?" Elliot says with too much excitement. "I know how much you want to go, but it's just so creepy. I mean it's heads!" I say with a laugh. "I know but it's just so cool" he says. "How about the palace of versailles?" I say. "It's supposed to be beautiful, and i'm sure we could get in now that it's later in the day." He thinks about it for a moment. "Alright, but I really want to see the catacombs at some point" After a quick sandwich we decide to go to the palace of versailles, which is beautiful. We walk around and see the beautiful marble floors, and murals. It's beautiful. This is a tour, so it's not as free range. We finish our tour and Elliot decides to see the Catacombs. I'm not one for going and seeing tons of dead peoples heads, but he really wants to so I decide to go.
We follow the tour guide and go underground through tunnels and come out on a ledge looking over the catacomb. I look over the ledge and see the heads. It kind of grosses me out, thinking of all of the people they would have been, but I guess it's cool. We learn some interesting things about the place, and then finally it's over. Elliot loved it, I don't know how I feel about it. We do some more wandering around, and soon find ourselves tired. Elliot has some sort of surprise for tonight, so we decide to get some "Rest" back at the apartment before it's time to go. After our "Rest" we each shower and get ready for the night. He said to dress up like we are going out to a fancy dinner. We leave just as Elliot get's a call that everything is ready. After getting in the cab I feel the excitement, I again have no idea what's going on, and last night was so amazing under the same circumstances. We get out and I see that we are right next to the seine river, we walk over to a beautifully decorated gondola just for us. There is champagne and food awaiting us. Elliot helps me in and we sit down. The beautiful lights are accentuated by the dark of the night. We begin to flow down the river, as we sip our champagne. The man paddling turns on some soft music, and I look at Elliot with a smile. I cozy up to him, his arm around me. He kisses my head, and we sit like this, enjoying each other for who we are. "I love you so much" He says, placing a soft kiss on my hand. "I love you too" I say, feeling like i've never said something more true.
