The Eiffel Tower

Yesterday we went to the biggest attraction in France, the Eiffel Tower or Le Tour Eiffel. We got up late and walked the whole way. It was a really long walk but there were sights we saw on the way. The most famous thing we saw was Notre Dame which we didn't go inside of or anything because we wanted to save it for later. When we got to the park next to the tower the first thing we noticed were how many people there were waiting in line to go to the top. We laid down for a while because we were tired from the walk and then waited in the long wait. On our way to the tower we had also gotten bagget sandwiches which I forgot to mention. The way it works is, we walk the first 2 floors and then they take us to the top from the second floor. The lazy people take an elevator all the way up but that costs more. It wasn't a bad climb and they had lots of interesting facts about how it was built and such. The most interesting fact to me was that 2 aviators tried to fly through the tower and both died but another guy made it. I didn't see how you could really crash because there was so much space but I guess it's hard to fly that low probably. The Eiffel Tower was built for the world fair by a guy named something Eiffel. I imagined it would take a really long time to build and was a bit surprised that they'd be able to build it for a fair. When we got to the first floor, we thought it was a really amazing sight but reminded ourselves that we were not even 1/3 of the way up. It also had a little restaurant and a place where you could look through the middle of the tower. The people looked like dolls. The same thing happened with the second floor, we thought it looked like the best view possible. We were already the highest thing in the sky other than the top. We had to wait in another line to go to the top and it cost extra but we knew the view would be amazing. When we got up there it looked like we were looking down on the earth from heaven. We could see the whole city and it looked beautiful. There were bars around the whole thing but we could slip our heads through for a better look. When we were done with the whole Eiffel Tower thing we went and got more baget sandwiches and ate them in the park by the Eiffel Tower. We also got chocolate crepes which are my new favorite food. Obviously we weren't going to miss the tower getting lit up at night. We were hoping for fireworks but instead the tower flashed. It was lit up goldish and the flash was white and there were tons of them giving the tower a sparkling look. It was magnificant. The only problem was that it didn't show up on the camera very good so I can't really post how it looked. We took the Metro back because it was so late and went to bed early. Today we planned on having a more laid back day and decided that going to the Luxembourg Gardens was a good idea. We also walked to this and got to cross the Seine River. First I'll tell you about the walk over. We stopped at the huge modern art museum and went in to check it out. What's cool about it is that all of the heating pipes and all that are on the exterior instead of the interior. It has about 5 floors and escalator's all the way up. Dad and Amelia were fascinated but the rest of us were kind of bored. I probably sound stupid saying that but I'm just telling the truth. Although there were tons of famous paintings, it didn't really inspire me. When we were done we had wraps and fries for lunch and then headed for the gardens. I liked the garden's because there are tons of people but it's still relaxing because there's a bunch of people reading and sleeping. We got ice cream or glace before going in and it was the best ice cream we've ever had because it actually tasted natural. In the garden's there was a huge play set, some stands and a pond in the middle with toy sailboats in it. We didn't get a sailboat but just sat there watching, enjoying the day. We also watched some tennis that people were playing and dad thought they looked as good as pros even though they weren't hitting nearly as hard. I've got to hand it to the guy, he's got amazing reflexes. There was an old man and a young guy and I thought the old man was better because when we thought he was done because of some amazing shot by the other guy, he would hit a winner back. We once again took the Metro home and stopped at a restaurant and got drinks. We ate dinner at a Chinese restaurant and that's it.