We traveled on the TGV (the bullet train) from Aix-en-provence to Paris and arrived to find warm cloudy weather. Quite different from the sunny warm of southern France. We thought we might catch one last look at the Eiffel Tower so we caught a subway there. When we got off the subway we were challenged to present our ticket. Because we kept confusing used tickets with new ones we got the habit of throwing away the old ticket. Well...don't. The subway police accosted us and made us pay a fine on the spot for not having a ticket with us. Curious that there is no sign in English, only French, and they only positioned themselves at the Eiffel exit. Do I smell a tourist trap?
We got to the Eiffel and climbed up to the second level. Quite a haul up there. 669 steps. All of our stair climbing the past two weeks had been in training for this. It is the way to go in order to avoid the long lines.
From there we caught one of the elevators to the top. The view was fine with all of Paris laid out below us.
We knew the next day was a long one so we had dinner and retired early.
We hope you have enjoyed our little story about two Mid-westerners traveling to Europe. It was a great experience and we hope you can make it there someday and enjoy it as much as we did. We will do one final post about some of our impressions. Au revoir!
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