The Eiffel Tower

On our last day in Paris it was clear enough that we could go to the top of the Eiffel Tower, For the last two days Paris had fog and you could not see the top of the tower.

The tower is 1063 feet tall, it is the height of a 81 storey building and has 1665 stairs to the top


The yellow compartments is the elevator that takes you to the top, They are connected together, they can load both compartments at the same time.


The view of the city from the summit of the tower. It was an amazing site.

Well tomorrow bright and early we fly out of Paris to Amsterdam and then on to Calgary, it is going to be a very long day. I must say we are not looking forward to the flight home. This has been the most amazing trip, it definately was a trip of a lifetime. Bruce and I have seen so much over the past three weeks. We cannot wait to share our travels with you all. I hope you have enjoyed our blog, It was great to be able to show you some of what we have seen. I hope some day some of you will be able to experience what we have, it was amazing!!!

Sights of Paris

Our hotel is three blocks past the Eiffel Tower. When we decided to walk to the Champs Elysees, the Louvre and Notre Dame, etc. we forgot you still have to walk home. 7 hours later we arrived at our beautiful little hotel room. I have never been so happy to see a bed in all my life, LOL!!










A barge going down the Seine River.












Yah our room, cannot wait to get my shoes off and have a beer.




It was not very big but they even managed to fit a chair in it. This a superior room would hate to see how big a regular room was.

Notre Dame Catherdral

Some of the architecture throughout the Catherdral.









There were so many carvings and stained glass windows.

This is the side of Notre Dame. This church is huge.

Sights of Paris

This is the oldest walking bridge in Paris











There are 200 independent booksellers in Paris, set up along the Seine River in little tin kiosks. The tradition extends back to the 16th Century. Some of them have books that are 100 years old.










One of the narrow sidestreets that we walked along.







Notre Dame Catherdral. This church is amazing. The architecture and the stained glass is absolutely beautiful. The church was started in 1163 and completed in 1250. They said they get about 13 million visitors a year.

The Louvre Museum

One of our stops for the day was the Louvre Museum.









The glass pyramid is the newest part of the museum, It is now the entrance. this museum literally has thousand of paintings and statues
Everyone flocks to the Mona Lisa , as did we, it was actually the only painting we knew anything about.


There were so many paintings, alot of body parts showing, Bruce said, "uh they call it art we call it porn," that is when we knew we were out of our league.



Bruce not having a good time, he was very diappointed there was no Bobby Orr paintings in the place. We left shortly after this.


They said if you looked at every painting and statue in the facility, it would take you a week to go through the museum.

Sights of Paris

We were so happy to see a McDonald's, finally an affordable meal!!!











The Arc de Triompe, one of the many beautiful monuments in Paris. They have a tunnel so you can get right up to the monument, a good thing because the traffic is so crazy in Paris you would put your life in danger trying to cross the street.












An eteranl flame burns in front of the Arc de Triomphe, It has only gone out once, a mexican man pee'd on the flame and put it out. His little prank resulted in him being arrested.

Champs Elysees Blvd

The Louis Vuitton Store was more bags, than you can imagine.















The famous Arc de Triomphe. It is at one end of the Champs Elysees Blvd. The Arc was commissioned by Napoleon in 1806.