Day 9 - France

After not waking up until 11, we decided to take a walking tour to see the main sights of Paris at 1.  Unfortunately we never found the tour because the meeting spot was in one of the most crowded places in Paris, Notre Dame.  Since we were on our own we figured we would just start seeing the city and that idea turned into 11 hours of walking.   

Notre Dame was obviously the first place we went, since we were there already. 

After Notre Dame it began to rain so we ate some lunch.  It was still raining after our meal but we walked to the Louvre anyways (about 25 min). 

Like the idiot tourist I am, I was wearing sandals and shorts with no umbrella.  When we walked into the Louvre we were absolutely soaked and cold. 

Adrian, and Ms. Lisa

Seeing the Mona Lisa was first.  If you ever want your personal space volated for 20 minutes as you push your way to the front, you definitely want to see this work of art. 

The Louvre had many great pieces of art but also housed indescribably awful pieces of crap like this "artwork."  More pictures from the Louvre:

The ceilings were amazing

After the Louvre it was on to the Arc de Triomphe.  The walk was was long and more uphill than we anticipated.  It sucked, but it had at least stopped raining.

The Arc

The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, under the Arc

Since we hadn't walked enough it was time to go to the Eiffel Tower and take the stairs up.  We were there during the sunset so the Tower was lightup when we left

After the long walk up the stairs it was time to take the Metro home.  When the train stopped at our station we waited for the doors to open but the train just pulled away.  Apparently you have to physically open the doors to the train in Paris, somethng which they don't tell tourists.  At least the ads were interesting; reindeers are attractive.

Paris has been fun, we have today and then we leave tomorrow. 

Scott