The One with La Tour Eiffel

I didn't set an alarm before I went to bed last night... I woke up on my own at 12:30 and it felt amazing. I'm actually working off that jetlag! Last night was a lot of fun; it was basically a girl's night where we went to the street with all the bars and tried out a few places. They were all pretty expensive but we had a good time looking around. The best part of the night was probably around 2:00 AM when we went to the crepe stand. For anyone who visits Paris and wants a little taste of heaven at 2:00 AM, this is the place to go! It was definitely worth the 3 euros.

Today we ventured toward the highlight and symbol of Paris, the Eiffel Tower. Again, we took the metro and got across the city pretty quickly. Though I've seen dozens of pictures of the Eiffel Tower, none of them really do it justice. We came out of the underground metro station, turned left, and there in the distance, towering over a sea of people was the Eiffel Tower. After taking a plethora of ridiculous pictures together, Courtney, Jamie, Torey, Monica and I decided to explore that part of the city.

We saw a huge golden dome in the distance and decided to find out what it was. It turned out to be Le Musee d'Armee, or army museum, and had a giant statue of Napolean. The architecture was incredibly ornate and we read about a few of the other war heros featured inside. Unfortunately we didn't go in because it closed in the next 15 minutes so after taking a look around outside, we popped into a neaby cafe for a cup of hot chocolate. When it was dark enough, we went back to the Eiffel Tower to see it lit up against the night sky. We all looked like kids in a candy store and we were completely taken by surprise when at 7:00 PM on the dot, the entire stucture began to twinkle with flashing lights for 5 minutes. It was mesmurizing. We headed home soon after, went out for bowls of french onion soup, made a bucket list of all the things we have to do in Paris and also Europe, and we're about to head out for night 2 on the town. It's fair to say that we'll pay another visit to the crepe stand in just a few hours...