July 22

Off to Paris on the TGV (fast train) today. The train was very comfy, spacious and peaceful. Left Lausanne at 9:03 and arrived in Paris at 13:04. The first thing we did was go and see Bastille, which was not the actuall prison form all those years ago during the French Revolution, but instead stood a momument in its place. After a very good lunch at a little restaurant on a street corner with a waiter who was lots of fun, we headed off through the Gardens of Luxemburg, towards Saint Sulpice. The Gardens of Luxemburg was quite neat with a tree laden path and a huge golden head topped of by the Presidential Offices. Saint Sulpice was a big church but very well kept and details galore, with most of its fame coming thanks to The Davinci Code. Our hotel was as we remembered…cooked floors and ceilings and exposed brown beams with white walls. Our two rooms were on the very top floor. Good thing we didn’t have any suite cases. We freshened up and went to the Eiffel Tower…that was about 7pm. After waiting in line for about 45 to 60 mins we climbed the stairs to the second level….what a view!! We didn’t go all the way to the top as it would have been over a 1 hour wait from the second stage and we heard the next day that it was a 2 hour wait to get down. Once down we went to the park beside it and watch a light show on the Tower. It was beautiful. We were happy to be down. We then headed to our hotel and went to bed!