day six, charlotte version

Since we stayed in Paris another night, we spent today first going to Notre Dame. Although we didn't climb to the top or go down into the Crypt, we saw a great deal of the famous church. Our group, the girls we ate dinner with, got hot chocolate across the street from the Fountain at Place St. Michel, after which Haley I ventured off on our own. We decided to walk down the canal to the Champs-Elysees. We meandered our way up from the Christmas festival shops to the Louis Vuitton, Mercedes shops the street is known for. We finised at the Arc de Triumph where we witnessed to fools running across the Charles de Gaulle circle thing, not a smart thing to do when there is no insurance company that will cover you if you get into an accident on it. There are no lanes, no lights, no rules... pretty crazy. They say there's an accident everything 30 minutes, we never witnessed one despite all the honking. After that we made our way to the Eiffel Tower. Once there we climbed our way to the top, what an amazing view and experience to be standing at the top of such an internationally known structure. We timed our climb so well that when we got down the tower was lit up in blue and it was 5 minutes until the top of the hour so we got to see it twinkle, so magical! (yes, I know I'm cheesy.) wish I had someone to share that romantic moment with, oh perhaps years from now I'll have the privilege of doing that. After our day we were pretty beat from all the walking and climbing so we made our way to the metro to make our way home. I must say I'm rather proud of myself for figuring out the Metro so quickly. We grabbed food at the grocery store for dinner and I am now considering heading off to bed. We have an early morning since we have no train reservations for the train the leaves at 8 tomorrow for Lausanne so we can arrive in Aigle on time to get to L'Abri.