Paris

We drove to Paris the day after returning from the cruise.  Aside from me, it was every ones first time there so I did my best to play tour guide.  Our first stop was the Arc de Triumph.  Pretty impressive with a massive roundabout surrounding it.  Dad was the only one who wanted to climb it so he ran up and enjoyed the views while the rest wandered and I waited.  We met up at the best meeting place...McDonald's.  From here we walked down part of the Champ Elysee then made our way via side roads to the Trocadero Gardens which has the best view of the tower.  On the walked we saw a bunch of scooters chained to the fence.  A pretty funny site, but that is apparently how kids get to and from school.

Some great picture to go with a fun (but cold and rainy) day.  As we were taking pictures, Guillaume wanted to take one of himself holding the Eiffel tower between his fingers.  I had to take the pictures below to help explain it wasn't possible.  Good times.

I had never actually been up the Eiffel Tower so I was excited when we decided to climb it.  There was a huge line for the elevator, but none for the stair (plus the stairs are less expensive). 

I had though from here we could walk over to an area I knew of that had a lot of little restaurants.  We ended up taking the bus instead and it's a good thing we did.  In a pretty direct route on the bus it took about 20 minute to get there.  That would have been a long walk.

We found some interesting place to eat, but settled on a corner creperie that had covered tables outside and heating posts.  I don't love savory crepe, but every now and again they hit the spot...especially when you're in the city of crepes.  However, I would say I still like sandwiches more...mom's was delicious.

We started our last walking tour across the river at the Notre Dame Cathedral.  From here we worked our way over to the Mémorial des Martyrs de la Déportation which is a memorial to the 200,000 people deported from Vichy France to Nazi Concentration Camps during the Second World War.

As we continued the walk Guillaume decided to give feeding birds a try and it worked.  We walked pass some lock bridges (couple lock their love there and throw away the key).

With all our traveling I have gotten pretty good with catching some good pictures.  I think my favorite is Dad's Mary Poppins type jump with the umbrella and all.

 That was the end of our Paris trip.  After Guillaume used his smooth talking French to get us into some nice hotel bathrooms with keypads we took the metro back out to our car and headed home.