Just when you thought I'd forgotten...

my New Year's Resolution List is BACK! While I had planned (and hoped) to be spending this week showing my family around Paris, an Icelandic volcano had different ideas. So, my friends and I have found ourselves in an unexpected "staycation" in Paris (I know...poor us).

Instead of sulking in our respective homestays, we have decided to take advantage of this week and be the biggest tourists we can be for the sake of those who can't get here. We spent Saturday at the Eiffel Tower, Sunday at Parc Buttes Chaumont, and yesterday our first stop was La Notre Dame de Paris:

2. Climb to the top of the Notre Dame

I had been inside a few times before, this time we made a 400 step climb into "les tours" (the towers) of the cathedral.

If you're wondering, yes. Being stuck in Paris really is as hard as it looks.