Paris Day Six-Bastille Day

What a wonderful day to be in Paris.

We took our time waking up in the morning, as we didn't have much planned for this day. We watched some of the military parade on TV, and then decided to head over to the Tour Eiffel and get a view of the city. This was spectacular. We grabbed some bagettes and waited in line, which looked like it would take forever. In an hour we were in! Not bad at all. In fact, it worked out great because they opened the elevator to the top while we were in line, and thus we were one of the first groups to be able to go all the day to the top. We took pictures from the very top and from the second level, and then I decided to make the trip to the bottom by stairs. When I got to the bottom, I wish that I would have climbed the entire way via the stairs. NEXT TIME.

We then continued the day by going over to Rue Cler and stocking up on the necessary picnic goods for the evening. We eat a quick afternoon meal and headed back to rest up before the big night. We met up with Dr. and Mrs. Maxwell and found out we had to pour our wine into plastic bottles. I have never seen adult feel so out of place. People just out of the doors have this down to a science, but I stood back and laughed at my mother and the Maxwell's stuggling with this. We decided to sit around our hotel for a few minutes and chat, and then head over to the Champs de Mars for the viewing of the fireworks. What a fireworks show it was. The entire thing was set to Music. A spectacle indeed. Reminded me of the Fourth in Washington DC (essentially thats what it is).

All in all a great trip to Paris. The next morning we took off and headed back to London!