I’ve debated with myself long and hard about how I was going to start this blog.

Do I start by telling you a little bit more about myself? Or how about a little post about the places I’ve been fortunate to visit so far and then what’s on my ever-growing list? Or the fact that I just love a good list period? Any kind of list, but especially travel lists. Or what kinds of things I think I’ll end up writing about and sharing on this little blog o’mine?

In the end I’ve decided to just jump right in instead. Eventually all the rest of those things will come out right? Let’s get to the good stuff!

So, without further ado, let’s start with my favourite — or maybe I should say 2nd favourite city in the whole world (More to come on this dilemma in time. Ooh a teaser already!). Well at least it’s my favourite so far. I still have a lot of world left to see yet.

Today we are off to the City of Lights or the City of Love… Paris. (I’ll have to report back at a later date if the second name is indeed true. I have a sneaking suspicion it is.)

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Paris was the first city I visited outside of North America and really was what started my love affair with all things French, European, historical and royal.

This love began on a cold day in February 2005 (Nope, not Paris in the spring or summer. No, I go in February! Brrrrr!) and has only grown since. I’ve been to Europe a few times since 2005 and almost every trip has included a stop in Paris. I can’t get enough of it and every trip includes new things I didn’t see the time before. Each trip also, inevitably, includes a visit to the Louvre. Honestly this blows my mind sometimes. If you’d have asked me even 10 years ago if I’d see the Louvre in my lifetime, I would have probably said yes. But to have seen it several times and to actually have favourite pieces and know my way around? No, I never would have thought that. But I feel so very fortunate that I can.

So today, I’d like to share a few of my favourite photos of the Musée due Louvre and tell you a little more about the museum itself. These photos were taken in 2011 when I was able to share the experience with my mother. She came over to visit me when I was in France on a work assignment and this topped her “must see” list for Paris so off we went one beautiful July morning.

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