Day 4 - London & Paris

France isnt quite as connected as England was. We are now in Tours about 3 hourse southwest of Paris in a Holiday Inn. So as a recap...

Wednesday London -
We went to see Westminister abbey in the morning. There are alot of tombs in this place, some of the names we recognized was Dalton and Sir Issac Newton. So then we rushed back to the hotel to catch the train. The train ride was quick the chunnel was just a long tonel i think about 30 miles maybe. Dont remember exactly. The only notable things about the train ride here was the speed. The GPS we have when it had coverage clocked us at close to 200 miles per hour.

Wednesday Paris -
After arriving at the train station we picked up our car and headed toward the hotel. Unfortunatly and also maybe luckly, a little of both, it was rush hour. The bad thing is you dont get anywhere fast, the good thing is neither does anyone else so not too many people cut us off. The only crazy intersection was the one with the arc of the triumph, which is one big roundabout with way too may streets going in and out. So after finding the hotel we walked up the main street Champs all the way to the park at the end. At the entrance to the park there is a perfect little stand that beckons you to buy crepes or waffles. We had a strawberry crepes, yummy. So we then walked thru the park to the louve, which was open till 9:45pm. We saw the greek venus statue some more egyption and other paintings. We saw the mona lisa which looked rather small being that it was in the center of a huge room by itself. Did I mention the Louve is huge and the steps overwhelming. We were tired so after seeing the main sites we headed out. We then decided to check out the eiffle tower, so we crossed the river and took the river walk way all the way down to the tower. You would think at 10-10:30 things would be slowing down but far from it. After waiting in line for tickets, you then take one elevator up to the 2nd floor. From there you wait again to go to the top. And oh my is it tall. The 2nd floor is above all the building in paris, thats the fat piece of the tower but then you go up the skinny piece and you are very very high. And the tower was packed. Everything was all lit up so it was real neat. Well after eventually making our way back down we found a bar still open, 12:30am, and had dinner. Then to bed.