Paris Day 3....

Bonjour!

Today was a very busy day, whew!

Goal #1:  To be #1 at the Eiffel Tower - and we were!  Whoa!
The kids were good sports and got up super duper early - left the hotel at 7:30 and went straight to the Eiffel Tower.  We were determined to NOT wait in line for hours and hours and wanted to get to the top.  So, we opted to go to this leg of the Eiffel Tower where you take the stairs up to the 2nd floor, and then get on the elevator to the very top.  We were the first ones!  Wowsers!  So, we had to wait an hour and 15 minutes, but you should have SEEN the line up behind us. Whoa.

 It was a beautiful clear view from the top.  This is just one of the many....

 Everyone at the very top!

 After the Eiffel Tower we did some shopping.  Well, the girls did some quick shopping and the boys were delighted I let them eat authentic French fast food from their chain called "Quick."  Yum yum.  Then we took the bus with our group to Versailles.  Versailles is HUGE and we arrived at quite a busy time, but our tour guide did a good job getting us through.  I took more pictures of the inside but here is our "serious sports picture" at Versailles.

After surviving the crowds at Versailles we had supper and then wandered around town a bit more, and now we are packing up because we have a looooooooong bus ride to Switzerland tomorrow.  Yipppeee.  You might not hear much from us tomorrow because we will be on a bus and then will be getting checked into our hotel.

Everyone is doing a very good job.  Travel teaches you many skills:  patience, flexibility, organization..... :)
I'll have to say, the other groups (teachers) are impressed with our kids.  Props to us.

The kids can ride the metro like champs now, no more dawdling - we can cruise through like locals. :)

Bonne nuit!