Eiffel Tower

It took us awhile to find another couple who could speak English to take this picture for us. We found an Australian couple who also wanted their picture taken so it worked out perfectly.

The Eiffel tower was within walking distance of our hotel so we visited there right after the Arc de Triomph. We walked through some beautiful neighborhoods along the way. Again I was impressed with the massive size. C'etait magnifique!

This was one of the pictures close up. It was so huge that Paul and I got a little vertigo just from looking up. With the passing clouds it looked like the Eiffer tower was moving.

This was taken from the middle looking up. It was so congested underneath the tower. There were tons of people congregating. Maybe it was because it was a Saturday afternoon and the weather was gorgeous. There were lots of street vendors and Paul got 3 Eiffel tower keychains for 1 Euro. We decided not to go up the tower but it was fun watching the little yellow and red inclines climb the sides.

We walked most of the way back to the hotel and then decided to take the Metro the rest of the way. Neither of us know a lick of French so getting tickets was a little tricky. Paul asked the ticket agent Parlez vous anglais? He smiled and said no, Parlez vous Francais? We smiled and said No. Then we held up 2 fingers and said the name of the station we wanted to go to. I was very impressed with Paul's navigation of the Metro considering we had to transfer to a different line. We ended up in the station right underneath our hotel!

We were exhausted after all our walking so we had a relxing dinner at an Italian restaurant. The wine was incredible, of course, as was the bread. The pasta was very French. Paul had coffee after dinner and was served the most delicious chocolate coffee beans to go with it.