Paris - Eiffel Tower

Wednesday, June 4 -- Eiffel Tower! After getting a late start (due to the room party the night before!), we took off for the Eiffel Tower. Decided to take the train which was a double decker train, very exciting for the kids. Nathan was telling everyone "going Eif Tower!" It was so cute, but then again what doesn't Nathan do that isn't so cute. Waiting on the platform for the train, we meet some really nice people from Canada. One spoke French and was able to tell us the correct way to pronounce the name of the river "Seine" which sounds a lot like "sin" to me.

So we get to the Eiffel Tower and just stand under it looking up for a while until one of our new friends from Canada mentioned that we should get in line that it's not going to get any shorter!


We were a little concerned about Nathan at the top because he seems to not like heights recently. Fortunately, he was all about the boats that he could see, and didn't seem to be bothered by the heights.

Family photo at the first level of the Eiffel Tower:


Family photo in front of the Eiffel Tower:


Nathan, Colin and Danni playing in the dirt:


Danni and Nathan making friends with a horse:

Took a boat ride back and tried to see the inside of Notre Dame but it was closed. Maybe tomorrow.

Before going out, I gave the kids some melatonin in their OJ again to help with the jet lag. At first Colin didn't drink all of it, so I told him it was "magic juice". "OK" he says and drinks it right up!

Then Bob and I went out, first to La Gueuze, a beer bar. I know, not exactly following the old saying "when in Rome ...". We had some good beer, they offered a lot of lambics including some pink beer that we saw a couple of guys drinking. Apparently Parisians do not have any masculinity hang-ups about drinking pink beer --good for them! Of course, I had to have some too. Very sweet, but yummy!

Time for some action. Bob and I headed in the direction of our "old hotel" where we stayed the last time we were in Paris. About 10 years ago, on one of our weekend warrior escape deals, we basically stayed on Atlanta time, slept all day and partied all night. Without the address or map or any directions we found "Hotel Eugene" and the Irish Pub across the street. Ah, the memories!

Next blog, a very long day!