The meals were delicious which made it impossible for us to leave a tiny bit of the food politely on our plate.
The fact that some of the courses (Norbert's main meal of duck with smashed potato and my desert of whipped cream with chestnut croûtons) were served in big marmalade jars did not influence the quality of the food at all.Sophie timed our return to her home so that we could witness the latest "addition" to the spectacular Eiffel Tower - exactly from Midnight on they make the lights sparkle like little stars all over the tower. It was really awesome.
Our Sunday did not go as smoothly as we expected thanks to President Bush's presence as part of his European Farewell Tour. Many streets and bridges over the Seine river were blocked and parts of Paris were simply seized by traffic jams.Given the short time we still managed to walk around the Eiffel Tower, the global icon of France. Named after its designer, engineer Gustave Eiffel, the Eiffel Tower is the tallest building in Paris and one of the most recognized structures in the world. More than 200,000,000 have visited the tower since its construction in 1889. And with us five more.
We also visited the Arc de Triomphe, the world's largest triumphal arch at the center of a star-shaped configuration of 12 radiating avenues, including Champs-Èlysèes.The arch honours those who fought for France, particularly during the Napoleonic Wars. On the inside and the top of the arc there are all of the names of generals and wars fought.
In addition to the heavy traffic, our high-tech navigation system had real difficulties to find Notre-Dame and failed to lead us to Sacre Coeur.
I guess if we managed to see everything this time we would not be so much interested to come back again.Nevertheless we saw many impressive monuments and other interesting things along the way.
Au revoir and Merci boucoup Sophie - for everything.
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