July 11th, 2010 Je t'aime Paris!
Pre-tour
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Above: The view of Paris and the Seine River from the
Eiffel Tower. Below left:My room key at the Hotel Apollinaire Below: Sherry, Alecia & Shauna waiting during our first ride on the Metro |
Our first stop after dropping our luggage at the hotel was to eat. We were exhausted with jet lag, and in my case, I had a severe case of motion sickness from the bus ride from the airport, we definitely need nourishment. And what better place than La Rotonde en Montparnasse. Nothing like a Parisian club sandwich with an egg to get your day started!
Above: This was the last time I saw the girls before I went to take a picture and got separated from them. After trying to find them for several minutes I decided to just take my chances and to go the bottom and wait. I was feeling a little frisky, or just brain dead from the jet lag, so I decided to take the stairs all the way to the bottom.
Did you know? There are 1652 steps to the 2nd level? When I got to bottom and was standing against the fence waiting for the other girls I could not keep my leg from quivering! Can you say exhausted? |
We arrived in Paris a day before the tour started so first thing, after eating, Shauna & I knew we had to take Alecia & Sherry to see the Eiffel Tower. So off we went to purchase our tickets to go to the 2nd level of the tower. The line was long and the temperature was hot but it was well worth the wait!
*************************************************************** Below: Looking up from the 2nd level of the Eiffel Tower Above: Just a few of the interesting people that kept us entertained while waiting in line.
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