I apologize for the lack of posts, but between our busy days seeing the highlights of Paris and the general lack of good wifi, it has been challenging, and I'm not one to spend a lot if time hanging out in Starbucks for fast wifi( until today). It is my last morning in Paree, and I bid a fond farewell at 4:15 am to my sweet daughter in law, Rita. She has been a dream travel companion. She can look at a map and quickly identify where we are and between the two of us we have found our way around this city pretty well, even on very tired legs. I've always known that Rita is easygoing, but I can't say enough about how fun and easy it has been to have her for my travel companion.
She had her agenda, which really helped to structure our days. My theory is that you should do or see the things that are most important first, so we set off to see the Eiffel tour on bus 69.
We weren't sure if we would go up in the elevator or just observe from below, but we just had to go see that view...
It was cool and a little windy, and me without a jacket...but it was cozy in the elevator!
We opted not to take the stairs!
Gray skies didn't deter us.
We got someone to take our photo after we decided that we didn't take good selfies. Guess we do need that selfie stick afterall. The very nice fellow was determined to get the tower in the photo and was nearly laying on the ground to get this shot! We appreciated his dedication.
Afterward we walked past this beautiful vertical wall in front of Quay Branley museum.
Then I coaxed and cajoled Rita into going for a spin on bikes. I have tried the velib system with some success in the past and had some fun ( and scary) moments. She was reluctant, but agreed. It was nice when there was a path, but it would disappear. We gave it a go until we reached St Germaine where it was just too busy, and not fun.
We stopped at Pain Quotidian for some fabulous salads. Everything people ordered looked equally good. I know it's a chain, but the food was delicious, and the place was packed!
We founds some fun shops along the rue du Dragon. I had never seen this street before, but we'd both return for good browsing.
And here's a classic Paris view.
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