trip of a lifetime and back to life

Ben and I just returned from our 7th Anniversary trip. I'm so lucky to have married a pilot, and traveling is a lot different for me than it is for a lot of people. And because of that, Ben and I headed off to Paris on Sunday to celebrate our wedding anniversary coming up. We enjoyed seeing sites both of us had never seen, and it was an excellent time for us to be together and relax. Here is my top five for the trip... in no particular order.
Relaxing on a boat tour of the Seine River. It was beautiful to float down and see the old amazing buildings from the river. You could see Nortre Dame, Hotel DeVille, Louvre, Eiffel Tower. We did this into the evening, so we watched the sun set and all the lights of the city start to twinkle. It was a long day... who knew the sun didn't set in paris till well after 10:30 pm.. the next day we slept in till 11am.. jetlag and sightseeing just got the best of us. loved loved the Eifell Tower. We took the stairs to the second floor. It was an incredible view... and even better was watching it light up in the sky at night. We even caught the five minutes of twinkling lights that come on at the top of every hour. wow... soaking my feet in the fountains at the Louvre was probably the most relaxing. It really was surreal being there in front of the big glass pyramid and just basking in the sunshine. I loved people watching, although they were mostly tourists, it was fun to just observe what was going on.We found a bench to eat our dinner on one night.. it happened to be a Subway sandwhich this night, but we did eat lots of baguettes and chocolate croissants.. and those long skinny ham and cheese sandwiches. ... it was so nice not to have kids with us, and to sit and linger when and where we wanted to. It would have been absolutely crazy with kids.. we'll wait till Noah is lots older to take him to Europe!! And the Sacre Couer.. I loved loved this old church. It's set on a HUGE hill in Paris. From the church you can see out over the city. We could walk to this part of Paris from our hotel and actually went back here the last day to see it again.. and to pick up the artsy souveneers near the church. What a great way to celebrate our anniversary.... I can't wait until the next time we can travel. We never could have done it without the help back home with the kids... and they were even sick while we were gone.. Noah had the yucky stomache sickness and now an earache.. and Leah's got the bug last night and today. I know moms have to do a lot of really gross jobs, but dealing with the upchucks is the farthest down on my list.. I really can't handle it. Life is good and I've been rejuvinated.