Paris!

We had to be out the door by 9:30am to catch our 12:30 flight, so there was no sleeping in today!

After a metro ride and a train ride...including missing one train because of some people who stood at the ticket machine for over 10 minutes because they couldn't figure out what to do...we were in the airport and checked in.

The flight from Rome to Paris is only 2 hours, so after landing, getting our gear, buying our 4 day museum pass and our 5 day transit pass, and taking the right metros and trains to our hotel, we checked in around 5pm and quickly made our way out to dinner. We found 2 restaurants near our hotel that were rated well on TripAdvisor, so we tried going to those, but both were closed, we figure, because it was a Sunday, so we just went to the next nearest restaurant.

Not wanting to waste any time, we took another metro straight to the Eiffel Tower, and stood in the 1.25 hour line to go up to the top! However, as we were about 5 minutes from buying our tickets they said they were closing the very top, so we only got to go up to the 2nd level, but Lindsay thought that was high enough :)

We spent maybe an hour up there just relaxing, taking in the views, taking photos, and just watching the sunset. It really was nice, even without being able to up any further.

The main lighting of the Tower is one one the sun sets, but every hour, from 10pm to 1am , for 5 minutes, they have these little white lights that come on and sparkle, making it look like the Tower is shimmering. It is really neat to see and captivates everyone both on a below the Tower for the short 5 minutes they are running.

After this we caught the metro back to the hotel, and sat and listened to the Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban audio-book for a while, then wen pt to bed.