Walking, biking and More Walking

Our second day in Paris was great! We started our morning off with a trip to the eiffel tower to meet up with the Fat Tire bike company where we took a 4 hour bike ride around Paris, it was so much fun. Here are a few of the highlights we saw: Ecolé Militaire (Where Napoleon went), Église du Dome (Church built by Louis X and houses Napoleon`s tomb), Hotel des Invalides (built to house injured soldiers that were not able to care for themselves when they returned from war. This hospital began medical specialization. It now houses a military museum.), Pont Alexandre III (the most famous bridge in Paris where many movies are filmed, fashion mag photo shoots and weddings are held), Jardin des Tuileries (magnificent garden where we stopped at a cafe for lunch), Musée de Louvre (From here you can see all the way to the Arc de Triomphe). Next it was a trip up to the second level of the eiffel tower, climbing 450 steps, the view was amazing. After that we walked back to Louvre, but we were tired so we stopped for wine & cheese! Once we entered the Louvre we were overwhelmed... There was so much to see and we only scratched the surface, but we did see the Mona Lisa! We walked back along the Seine river to a sidewalk cafe for supper followed by a boat trip on the Seine to see Paris all lit up. The Eiffel was stunning. All in all we walked a minimum of 15km today and biked 10km so our feet are tired! Good night.