Saturday 6/22

 Tour Eiffel! L'Arc de Triumphe! Champs-Elyssees! Magnifique! I had a wonderful day. First I went to the bakery with my dad and got some croissants for breakfast. Then we headed to the Eiffel Tower until about one thirty. Ah! The Eiffel tower. We took the elevator to the very top. It was gorgeous. I could see so far! But oh the crowds. That was not do nice! It made it veeery hard to take a picture. Or a million pictures. Either way. We then walked all the way down the steps (but you had to get the elevator back to the second level from the top). I think it was some two hundred steps. But it was easy since we were going down. We then got our Eiffel tower pictures at the bottom and walked to the metro. Then we arrived at the Arc de Triumphe.You have to walk under the street in order to get to it, which Maia loved.
  We got tickets to the top! While in line a German girl asked us in perfect English if she could go to the top with us, since she was only fifteen she could not go up without an adult with a ticket (only adults have to pay for a ticket). So we adopted her and her friend into our family for twenty minutes. They were both fifteen, my age! So sweet. At the top of the arc we.could see.really far, and it was extremely fun to watch the crazy traffic (in the circle around the arc it's a free-for-all). I loved it. At the bottom we looked around a bit, at the military shrine and whatnot, and then went down the Champs-Elyssees. I loved it! So many people. We stopped at a cafe outside which was awful. I am guessing we offended the waiter because he did not serve us readily or whatever. Oh well. He didn't even want to let us try to speak French. Not to mention I couldn't get anything since what I wanted was only served in the morning. Oh well. I then went to a French Sephora and bought a plum lipstick, which I thought was pretty French. There was not a single worker who spoke English. I am still not sure if I like the lipstick, because it is somewhat purply. It was a fun experience since no one spoke English.
     We then went home and bought some crepes on the way. Mmmm! I had a jambon-fromage-oeuf crepe (ham, cheese, egg) it was delish. But I was only able to eat about half, since it was so filling. But I did get some treats afterwards at the grocery store. Then Maia and I knocked on the wrong apartment door. Whoops! Je suis desole!
    All in all it was a fabtastic day. Cold and windy, but excellent. I am so grateful to Jesus for his generosity towards our family! We are so blessed.

^This view is from the second level.

It was sooo windy at the very top!

My Eiffel Tower picture. 

Keiren: you can turn it vertical. Sometimes you hafta.

L'Arc de Triumphe ^

Oh Champs-Elyssees!

This staircase was so long. but not nearly half the amount of stairs to the top of St. Paul's Cathedral!

At the top of the Arc de Triumphe :) 

It was windy up there too. And it started to rain. 

A typical Parisian landscape. 

This is McDonalds. With croissants and cake and baguettes. It was ridiculous. Too bad there was probably 100+ people in that McDonalds! 

Champs-Elyssees. :) 

Please don't mind the terrible picture, but this is my lipstick. It's a little warmer, I think, in real life. The picture doesn't do it justice. Plus my hair is aaaawful!