Paris, France Day 2

2/16/08
Today we visited the Eiffel tower for most of the day. It was an amazing experience. The tower is really amazing in person. Its incredibly large and really intricate. It means so much to us to have seen it. Once the sun goes down it glows like “a ballroom gown” as they say here. We began our day in the Jardin de Luxemburg again today because it is a sunny day and when we were there yesterday, we didn’t take time to explore it. We walked further into the garden and were pleasantly surprised to see not only fountains, but huge grass landscapes and chairs to sit and relax everywhere. We noticed how fit the French are. We’ve seen very, very few fat people. It seems that everyone is out jogging or exercising. We were surprised to see so many groups of people doing martial arts in the park. We took a few photos and moved on. We went straight for Saint Sulpice. The meridian line goes right through the middle of the church and it was made famous by the Da Vinci Code. It was a great church with a lot of great architecture. It was a little more run down than the others were, but it was still beautiful. We then went to the modern art museum and the George Pompedeau centre. We had lunch from a vendor on the street. I had a hot dog in a great piece of bread covered with cheese and Pam had a sandwhich with goats cheese. We sat next to the fountain and enjoyed our meal… then headed to the day’s destination, the Tour de Eifel.