À la prochaine Paris!

Well we have come to the end of our stay in Paris.  It has been a life changing experience for both of us.  We have never felt so alive than we did here.  The air, the FOOD, the art, the culture, the FOOD! There aren't enough good things to say.  We did our best to try to see everything we wanted to - some worked out - some didn't but all in all this was the perfect honeymoon.  Before we go we thought we would show you the apartment we stayed in (and from every angle) and a few pics from around the neighborhood.

The Apartment:  64 Rue Jean de la Fontaine

view of our front door... it was so heavy and COOL!  I loved it here!

Thank you Google Street View!  lol  We were on the very top with the uninterrupted balcony.

walking in the front door

i loved these tiles!

make a right after you go through the double door and you have a choice --
a million stairs or the tiniest elevator in the world!

this literally fit Jeremy and I and THAT'S IT! 
There was a little metal gate that closed behind you before it went up/down and Jeremy
would always be scared it was going to get caught on his butt! HA!

front door!

cutest little peep hole ever!

I am standing in the door way from the kitchen - the curtain on the right is where the front door is.

there were adorable antiques everywhere!  This was was full of tools and other odds and ends.

Standing in front of the front door looking to my left into the kitchen.  There was also a full sized fridge that made pigeon noises - Jeremy found this quite humorous.

standing in front of the dresser by the front door - looking into the dining room. Jeremy was eating - oops!

Our last dinner in Paris
Left over bouillabaisse and poulet roti from last night, the rest of our street sammies from lunch and the rest of our wine!

This is where we would go every evening to drink wine and people watch.  You can see one of our chairs on the terrace.

such a cool fireplace

a gorgeous antique hutch that acted as wine glass and platter storage

I fell in love with the blue doors going from the dining room to the living room

Here I am standing in front of one of the 2 doors going to the bedroom

another view from the dining room

view from the hallway in front of the front door

View of the bathroom from the hallway across from the other bedroom door.

the shower -- crazy!

view of the bedroom standing in the door way from the hall across from the bathroom

view from in front of the curtains in the bedroom to the living room

i wanted to steal this boat so bad!

Standing in the doorway by the boat looking into the bedroom.

This was an amazing apartment.  The best was hard as a rock but other than that we really enjoyed staying here.  We especially enjoyed our neighborhood!

A Boucherie near the apartment... we discovered an entire new section of our neighborhood the last night we were there!  We will be back to explore some more!

Notre-Dame-d'Auteuil near the Église d'Auteuil metro station. 
"Auteuil was originally a hamlet and commune with its own parish, and it was only in 1860 that it was merged back into Paris. The present church was finished in 1892, having been designed in the Romano-Byzantine style by the architectural practice of Joseph Auguste Émile Vaudremer, the diocesan architect."

detail of the Madonna and child at the entrance to the church

detail of the massive organ inside Notre-Dame-d'Auteuil

view of the organ inside Notre-Dame-d'Auteuil

Le Ribera is the brasserie we stopped at for espresso every morning.  They were so nice! 
We made sure to stop in and have one last cup and a goodbye before we left for the airport.

And of course Desgranges... The best quiche -- well the best pastrys we have ever and will ever have!

And of course our favorite view...

Side Note:  Every night when we got home we would turn on an amazing local jazz station and drink wine on the terrace.  One of the best souvenirs we have is an app called TSF Jazz that plays this station live (Paris time) through our phones. We listen to it almost every day and it takes us right back to this view and those awesome moments together. 

night view from our apartment terrace

We are forever grateful to everyone that contributed to our honeymoon registry.  Without you, this amazing trip wouldn't have been possible.  We appreciate everything and hope you know how much we love and appreciate you!

We left Paris with heavy hearts but knew that, no matter what it takes, we will be back. 
We lived our dream life for 10 whole days. 
We woke up to the sounds of people on the streets talking and laughing as they opened their businesses, we got lost, we wandered, we ATE, we drank, we enjoyed the city to its fullest, and above all -- we did it together.  

To Our Readers,
We send you all our love - and thank you for taking this trip with is all over again!

:: elizabeth and jeremy brown ::

                                    À la prochaine Paris!

(A special thanks to Kristina Frey for holding down the zoo/fort while we were gone)