Aug 6

We started our day with a running tour with Parisrunningtours.com -Jean-Charles was our guide. He planned an excellent 10k route to show us what the city has to offer.  Jean-Charles is full of facts and
interesting information about Paris. It’s clear that he loves what he does!

We learned so much on this tour!  It was a great way to to be introduced to a little bit of everything!  I think what surprised me the most is the Louvres and the size of the building!  Never mind the little glass pyramid!  It’s a humongous building- that is a work of art itself!

I was glad to see Notre Dame de Paris. Funny how a building can evoke emotions... and I am not even sure I believe that we should rebuild it... thinking of all the people we could feed instead with all that money... anyways, I was moved by this building.

After the tour was done, our guide brought us back to our hotel via subway.  I would recommend you visit a city this way!  Gives you insights and ideas of what to visit.

After our tour, we walked to the Arc de Triomphe and were caught in the rain.  Too bad you have to pay to go under it... it would’ve been nice but whatever. We were going to visit the Petit Palais but by


this point, we were drenched, tired and cold. We decided to head to the hotel instead.

Every night, after dark, on the hour for 5 minutes, the Eiffel tower sparkles.  Not exactly sure what that meant, we made our way to see what it was about.  Well! It sure did sparkle!  It was a pretty sight!

We don’t have to wake up early tomorrow- but time for bed nonetheless!