Well we can't figure out how to rotate these images with the programs we have avaliable...oh yeah that reminds me (Loren...I'm typing) that the computers are set in their language so we can't read any of the commands and the keyboards are different. But anyway, here are a few pictures from our fist day in Paris...which was great! The people were a lot nicer than we expected. So, when we arrived of course as you all know by now we dropped off our heavy bags at our hotel...which was very small but lovely. The shower was probably the smallest so far...don't drop the soap unless you can pick it up with your feet...haha. We started our self guided walking tour through Paris...walked by the Louve (freakin HUGE), continued down Champs-Elysees to the Arc de Triomphe...what a lovely stroll. You can't imagine how big the Arc is until you are actually standing under it...you have to go through a tunnel to get to it...very neat. From there...we walked to the Eiffel Tower. We found the shortest line and waited to buy our tickets...it wasn't until we bought them that we realized we had to climb the stairs instead of riding the lift. Wow, what a climb it was...trying to keep up with Pete's pace was exhausting! We decided that the 2nd level view was good enough for us (also cheaper). The first picture is a view from the second level...gorgeous with the setting sun. Fortunately, we were able to ride the lift back down where we met a couple from Georgia on the last night of their honeymoon...they gave us some great tips. One of which was to see Sacre Coeur, a basillica that rests of the highest point in Paris. All in all, we walked about 15- 20 miles our first day in Paris.
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