Le Tour Eiffel

Eiffel Tower view at night

Having fun in front of the Eiffel Tower!!

view from the top (we went to all 3 floors)

Sacre Coeur (yes, we walked up all those stairs in the hot sun)

Today we went up the Eiffel Tower, all three levels. We took an elevator to the second floor which is outside. It was quite high and was a little scary. We then took the next elevator to the tippy top which was a little freaky! It was all enclosed though so that made me feel better. On part of the way down we took the stairs which was pretty cool. Overall thoguh it's fun to say we've been up the Eiffel tower!

Yesterday we explored Montmartre, the artsy part of town and where le Sacre Coeur is. You have to climb a very steep set of stairs to get to the top where the church is. We've walked more in Paris then anything in our life. But i guess it helps to burn off all that cheese and those pastries. Anyways Montmartre is where Madeleine is from as well as where Amelie (a popular french film) was filmed. It's also home to many artists such as van gogh which was cool.

In the evening we walked half a mile down from our apartment to Notre Dame. While we were waiting for the sun to set we strolled across the river to the Latin district which is the new "hip" spot of Paris. On a Sunday at ten all the restaurants and bars were still going full stream. I'm not really sure when they actually work around here, it just seems like one big social event all the time.

Anywho we've been having gorgeous weather and eating yummy food. The metro has proved to be very simple. The only thing I have to complain about is allergies. They are going crazy here for both Kristen and I. Hopefully this will die down in Cannes.

Au revoir...