Paris

What can I say but Ooh La La Paris was wonderful!  We stayed just down the road from the Eiffel Tower.  We could actually see it from our bedroom window.  The first night there we got there in the evening so we only walked around a bit and got something to eat close to our hotel.  The second day we all got lots of exercise walking all around Paris.  We began the day by having pastries at a wonderful deli.  They were soooo goood, The line at the Eiffel Tower was very long so we decided to purchase tickets online for the following day.  We walked on the other side of the river to Arc de Triumph which sits right in the middle of a round-a-bout and you have to walk thru the tunnel that goes under the road to get there.  The view from the top of Arc de Triumph was beautiful.  After that we did lots more walking, ate lunch, walked around a Christmas Market, and then headed back to the hotel and out for dinner.  The next day we went up the Eiffel Tower.  It was rainy and foggy, but the view from the 2nd level was nice.  We took a taxi over to the Louvre Museum and walked around there for hours seeing things like the Mona Lisa.  I was surprised by how small it was.  After the Louvre we decided to walk over to Printemps to see the shops and the street window displays which were beautiful.    After that we had dinner and headed back to the hotel.  Then it was back to the Eurostar Train the next day to head back home.