Our first stop was the Louvre. I had no idea how huge it was! We came in on the backside and it took forever to walk to the front! The line wasn't too bad and we got in pretty quickly. We walked around completely amazed at all of the art, paintings, and sculptures. We made our way past the first two floors and were close to the Mona Lisa when an alarm sounded and they asked everyone to leave. We litterally power walked to the Mona Lisa so we could see it before we had to leave. Once we got there, the alarm quit sounding and we were able to stay. I was surprised that we were able to take pictures throughout the entire museum...including of the Mona Lisa! We walked around for about 3 hours and maybe saw an eighth of it. We were worn out and hungry, so we set out a blanket on the front lawn and had another cheese and bread sandwich.
Our next stop was the Notre Dame Cathedral. It was free, which made it even better. It was very beautiful! The tall ceilings and huge stained glass windows were beautiful!
We headed to the train station to pick up our overnight tickets for tomorrow, then headed to the Eiffel Tower. As it came into sight, we had to pinch ourselves to be sure that it was real! It was so amazing. We actually WALKED up to the second floor...668 stairs. After already walking around London, we were very sore...and even more so after the 668 stairs. But hey! We saved about 4€! The only way to get to the very top was by elevator, and we were okay with that! The view was AMAZING! We came down by elevator, and made our way to the lawn where we spread out our blanket and spent hours just looking at the tower. It was breathtaking. We had another picnic supper of peanut butter crackers and apples. Around 9, the light show on the tower began. It looked like the whole thing was sparkling!
Tomorrow will be a leisurly day of simply strolling the streets of Paris. Tomorrow night, we take an overnight train to Fussen.
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