Last day in Paris

The next morning, August 29th, we woke earlier than we had been to beat the long lines at the Eiffel Tower. We got some lunch that we brought with us as we took the stairs to the first level where there were actually tables and chairs and we had lunch. We walked around the first level to see the view and then headed to the second level where we could see everything a little better. We headed down and walked down the park below the tower, the Champs de Mars, before beginning to head to the Louvre again, this time to go inside.

On the way, we stopped at a seemingly cheaper then usual place for a quick dinner and then ended up getting ripped off as we had to pay 10 Euro each for one 16oz fountain soda. With 10 Euro coming out to about $15, I was not very happy with this. Nevertheless, we headed to Louvre, where we got in for free since it was Friday night and began our treck around the huge museum. My favorite part was the sculpture of the Winged Triumph. We also saw the Mona Lisa, along with the 1000 other people trying to take a picture of it, the Venus de Milo, and we also walked through the Roman, Greek and Egyptian exhibits. We came out to see the pyramid entrance was lit up and then went back to the hotel and got ready to leave on the train the next day.