Day 8. Paris

We of course were woken at the crack of dawn! A guide came to our hotel and jumped on our coach and led us on a tour of Paris. I did not learn any of this the first time I was in Paris years ago. She then took us to the Eiffel tower where we were again guided through. It was so nice to just walk right in and not have to wait in the huge long line that was already formed! We spent about half hour at mid level taking pictures and the guide pointed out all the sites she had showed us this morning on the bus. You can see the mini statue of liberty just like the one we got from France and have in new York city. From the tower we walked down a zillion steps - this took about fifteen minutes to do. We headed to the Louvre and had a couple hours where she led us through a few main sites to see in the Louvre. It is so amazing how huge this place is and how full of people it is. Today is the first day of France's vacation. It is weird -they all take vacation the same 5 or 6 weeks. After the Louvre John and the girls headed out for food and some shopping. I spent a couple hours at apple store trying to deal with my broken iPad. They agreed to exchange for a new one but they were out so my next chance will be in a few days in Rome - I definitely am not holding my breath! We raced back to hotel for an hour down time and then got as dressed up as our suitcase permuted and headed to a dinner show tonight. We are seeing the cancan dancers. Should be fun for the girls and hopefully a great ending to a fabulous stay in Paris. We have really enjoyed this place too! People are so friendly and just amazing architecture.

Haven't heard from too many of you and I realize you may not even be reading this as I didn't give out to more than just a couple of you. Sorry if this is boring....I just knew it would help me sort and document our trip after I get back and thought it might be fun for you guys to know where we are. Lori, I bet you are packed to go. We miss everyone!