In and around Paris - Day 2

The plan for day two was to see the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame Cathedral, the famous Pont Neuf bridge, Galleries Lafayette (a very high end department store so “window shopping” only please), do some final souvenir hunting, and take a ride from end to end on one of the elevated Metro lines.

Our research suggested that one of the best times to see the Eiffel tower was first thing in the morning so we got up early and jumped the Metro to the nearest station. From there we hoofed over to the site arriving around 9am. The lines were already well formed for the 9:30 opening. By 10am we had our tickets and 20 minutes later we were wobbly-kneed and taking pictures from the top of this marvellous structure.

Safely back on terra firma by around 11:30, we once again boarded the Metro and headed toward Pont Neuf and Notre Dame.

We arrived back at our hotel around 6pm, tired but satisfied that we had "done Paris": we successfully took in all the highlights we had set out to hit over the course of our two-day excursion.  We grabbed McDonald’s one last time (remember: because it was easy…not because it was good...although the “Frappé” – a kind of milk shake – was rather tasty), reorganized our luggage, packed, and hit the sack. We needed to leave the hotel by 6am the next morning.

Here’s the sights for the day.