Paris Day 1

 Well, this morning was used to mainly take care of some necessities. We found an optician and Madison chose a set of frames she liked. The hope was to get them back today by 3:00. After that we went and bought Metro passes and museum passes. There was no line to buy passes at the Musee de Arts Decoratifs, so we started there. We then, as Bailley said, got just a taste of the Louvre.

 Here we are out front of the pyramids.

 We only went through a small section so we could get back to the optician to get Madison's glasses. I believe the history of the site and some sculptures. Just by chance we saw a sign as we were trying to leave... hey, there's the Venus de Milo. Yep, there it was.
 We get there, no glasses. We go get drinks to wait. Cindy and Madison go back. The glasses did not come in, but the lady gave Madison contacts for this weekend and worked with her so she could put them in. Now she has French contacts while we wait for her French glasses.

  We went and rested, then took the Metro to the Eiffel Tower. Man, it's a beautiful and awe inspiring structure.

 Another good shot of it.

 And another... I took lot's of pictures and Madison did too. It's just so iconic it's hard to believe it when you are standing beside it.
 We then went to grab some food since everyone was tired and hungry. The plan was to go back to the Louvre as it is open late on Fridays. After dinner, we would of only had 45 minutes at the museum, so we decided to change plans: Arc de Triomphe.

 Me and the girls right outside the Metro stop. It's a real impressive monument, but an additionally great thing about it is you can go under the road, then climb stairs to the top. In fact, if you try you can see the people at the top behind us.

 And the view is something else. Looking down the Champs Elysees and over to the Eiffel Tower at sunset was just stunning.

 Well, a busy day... we'll see how far we get tomorrow.

Bonne nuit!