Tour Eiffel

I slept for a long time this morning. It was wonderful!

We spent the entire afternoon at the Eiffel Tower. There are parks and grass and playgrounds everywhere. And then, of course, there's the tower. I don't know if it was the tower that impressed me so much, or what it represented: We're in Paris! That's just crazy.

We walked the Champs de Mars, walked under the tower, and then continued across the river to get a view from the "back" side. After a while of relaxing in a Parisian park, we made our way back down to the tower and stood in line to get our ticket to the top.

We spent a long time at the top, hoping to extend our time on the tower into the night.

We went down to the second floor just in time to see the sun set. Beautiful...even if I do prefer landscapes to cityscapes.

We had a picnic dinner on the tower and wandered around until it was finally dark enough for the lights to come on. We gazed up at the top of the glittering tower.

Making our way down to the first level, we slowly walked around looking at displays and old photos.

Finally, we made our way back down to earth and started the short distance back to our hotel. We took our time though and got to see the light show again. Incredible.