After the Louvre, we drove once again to Rue de Rivoli and then to our drop-off for our Seine River cruise.
Here's a funny sign we saw along the way.
Our bus driver, Jean-Claude, was going to be going off duty for the remainder of our tour, so we took a few minutes to bid him a fond farewell and get a picture with him!
We rode beneath several beautiful buildings as we listened to a commentary pointing out famous landmarks, some of which we saw by land earlier in the day.
Our cruise lasted about an hour.
We met Chiara on the shore, and collected our free beverages before walking across the street to the Eiffel Tower.
We had a few minutes to wait before our 8:00pm reservation, so we visited with our friends, and did our best to avoid gypsies and other merchants selling miniature Eiffel Towers. The people selling trinkets are illegal immigrants, so when police officers were sited, they scattered! I had to suppress the urge to yell, "Police!", just to see what would happen.We lined up at almost 8:00pm to ride an "inclinator" to the second floor of the Eiffel Tower.
The view was phenomenal! Bryan took a lot of pictures, and we walked around, enjoying the sites from this incredible vantage point.
It is possible to visit the very top of the Eiffel Tower, but we were happy just hanging out on the second floor, which is still quite high.
It's hard to believe that the Eiffel Tower was supposed to be dismantled after the World Expo in 1889! It is now the most visited landmark in the world!
The Tower has also been painted several different colors, and is currently a golden brown color.
We got to stay in the Eiffel Tower for about an hour before we began the arduous task of going back DOWN!
The view was phenomenal! Bryan took a lot of pictures, and we walked around, enjoying the sites from this incredible vantage point.
It is possible to visit the very top of the Eiffel Tower, but we were happy just hanging out on the second floor, which is still quite high.
It's hard to believe that the Eiffel Tower was supposed to be dismantled after the World Expo in 1889! It is now the most visited landmark in the world!
The Tower has also been painted several different colors, and is currently a golden brown color.
We got to stay in the Eiffel Tower for about an hour before we began the arduous task of going back DOWN!
There was a huge line of people, and every time the elevator doors opened, the line would push and shove until the alarms indicated that there was too much weight. I think on the third shoving we were finally on our way back to the ground.
It was a very long day, and I think we were all happy to be getting on the bus to drive back to our hotel! It took us about 30 minutes to get back.
Bryan and I hadn't had dinner yet, so we stopped at the hotel's "Hippopotamus Restaurant" (very glamorous name, don't you think?!). Bryan had beef cooked five ways, and I got some goat cheese on toast. We returned to our room after, where Bryan got to enjoy his "Cote de Nuits" Burgundy wine from Burgundy. We both had some Gruyere cheese from Gruyere, Switzerland. It was a nice finish to the day.
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