Sunday, October 16, 2011

Day 25 - Paris

Today is another full day of walking and we head of the see the tomb of Napoleon, on our way we encounter a street parade, many cultures with tall figures are heading along the street to the sound of music.
We enter Napoleons chapel and visit his tomb, then it is off down to the Grand Palais before turning and heading for the Place de la Concorde.
Lunch is taken in the Tulleries garden before heading to see Monet's lilies, many people are lined up but our museum pass works wonders again. After taking in the paintings it is off to the metro to catch a train to the Arc de triumph. The arch is flooded with tourists and after taking some photos it is onto another metro train to the Trocodaro
To visit the Musee de Marine, the museum is full of ship models, all in exquisite detail.
4.30 approaches and it is time for a trip to the top of the Eiffel Tower, I have booked the tickets on my phone so we can use the reserved ticket entry, good thing as the line for tickets is very long and would easily take an hour, we enter with only a 5 min wait, through the two elevators we make our way to the top of the 324 m tower, the view is a good one, a little hazy and a cool wind is blowing. We stay for the sunset from the second level and watch as the lights of the tower turn on. Another excellent ending to a day.

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