Day 4 - Wednesday

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No card games at 2 am last night! We slept in until 9:00am, packed up and headed off to the metro stop to take the train into Paris. We had to make one change, but everthing went smoothly. Our hotel is delightful! Its location is on a quiet street about a ten minute walk from the Eiffel Tower, in an area near many markets and shops. As you can see from the photos, the elevator (lift) is very small! We had to go up one at a time with our luggage. After unpacking, we decided to explore the area and eat lunch. We walked down Rue Cler, a street noted for its open air markets and small restaurants, and found “Ulysee en Gaule,” a family-owned Greek restaurant. We bought delicious crepes filled with cheese, ham and peppers and ate them as we walked the street. We knew we would be taking the metro a lot, so we purchased a “carte orange” which allowed us unlimited rides for a one-week period. We took the metro to the Arc de Triomphe, which is located at one end of the Champs Elysee, a noted street in Paris. We walked down the Champs Elysee, window shopping at stores which included Cartier and Sephora, until we reached the Place de la Concorde, a very historic part of Paris (a guillotine was used here during the French Revolution). We hopped back on the metro (thanks to Jana’s French teacher, Madame Brown, who let us borrow a “Paris Metro” board game, we were quite adept at using the metro!). For dinner we went to the Hard Rock Cafe - Chelsea was getting tired of tomato and mozzarella sandwiches, and Jana has eaten at a Hard Rock in three countries (US, Canada & Mexico) and wanted to make it four. After dinner, we went back to the hotel for a quick stop, and walked to the Eiffel Tower. The lines to go to the top of the tower were long, so we decided to come back at another time. It is an amazing structure (1,000 feet tall, 7,000 tons of metal and 50 tons of paint!). We stayed until dark to see it lighted and returned to the hotel around 11:00pm. To see what the view from the Eiffel Tower looks like, check out its website and click on "view of Paris!"

Note: I also added six photos from our evening at Disney...return to photos, day 3, to see these.