Lazy Sunday...in Paris.

Today, we managed to catch breakfast at the hotel (hooray for pain au chocolat!) and trek all the way across a new route to the Eiffel Tower. Going new routes proved worth it when we stumbled upon the Dome Church, which is the location of Napoleon's tomb (We also saw a lady totally wipe out on the stairs--she was wearing these too-sassy high heeled boots, so we felt bad for her and then thanked God for our tennis shoes). It's impressive how much walking we've done in the last couple of days and today was no different. We were determined to eat at a restaurant with a view of the tower and settled on a cafe northeast of the landmark. We managed to order our now-customary ham and cheese "sandwichs" from a waiter who was true to the Parisienne way of "laid-back" dining (read: he blew us off repeatedly and the entire meal took about two hours :))

We should mention that neither of us brought a watch or a cell phone, of course (I mean, after all, we're on vacation, right??) But we've managed to check the time via Lisa's camera because it notes the (American CST) time each time a picture is taken.

After lunch, we walked across the river to the Eiffel Tower and went up to the top. Awesome but crowded, and let's just say the French have a completely different idea of what constitutes acceptable personal space, and PDA is perfectly fine--in fact, encouraged. Regardless, the ride up the tower was worth the wait and we got some cool pictures of the view.

One last mention before our time at this computer runs out--we saw the tunnel and impromptu memorial for Princess Di today. It is centered around an exact replica of the flame on the Statue of Liberty.