19 May - Eiffel Tower in the Morning
The tour group of 20 went to Versailles
Maggie and I decided to go to the top of the Eiffel Tower
Walking across the bridge over the Seine River, where we will
board a ship when we come down from the tower
We arrived at 9:00 AM when the park opened and waited an hour before we could buy tickets
Our new friends from India who waited in line with us
In the elevator on the way to the half-way point
View from the lower platform
280 meters (918 feet) is as high as you can go. The top is 324 meters or 1063 feet
Looking over the Bassins du Champ de Mars to the Wall of Peace, a monument dedicated to world peace.
Looking Northeast from the top
We are 882 km (550 miles) from Berlin
The Seine River Cruise leaves from the base of the Eiffel Tower
Abord the boat for a one-hour ride
Pick a language, any language
Listening to information on what we are passing
Pont Alexandre Bridge
Assemblee Nationale
The National Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of France
under the Fifth Republic, the upper house being the Senate.
Maggie went on deck to check the wind
Tour de l'Horloge du Palais de la Cité
Clock Tower in the Palace on the island de la Cité in the Seine River
The clock is on the wall just around the corner on the left
Institut de France
Grand cupola-topped building in baroque style, the headquarters of five French intellectual academies.
Pavillon De La Tremoille
The Musée d'Orsay is a museum on the Left Bank of the Seine.
It is housed in the former Gare d'Orsay, a Beaux-Arts railway station built between 1898 and 1900.
The museum holds mainly French art dating from 1848 to 1914
Pont Alexandre Bridge, again, from the other side as the ship returns
At the base of the Eiffel Tower
Leaving the ship
Late lunch at Café Kléber
Shrimp Pasta
Walking to the Floderer Restuarant for Dinner
We got our share of rainy days in Paris
A great Seafood Selection
General Manager, Christian