Cat and I got up early, grabbed breakfast and headed to the Eiffel Tower to get in line to get the elevators to the top. We arrived 30 minutes before it was supposed to open and lined up. There was hardly anyone there! We were probably 50th in line and felt really good about our positioning.

Since H is afraid of heights he came to meet up with us in line after he had booked our train tickets for the next leg of the journey. The plan was that he would find a coffee shop and then meet us at the park under the tower. 

Elevators were supposed to start going up at 9:00am. 9:15 came and went, 9:30…9:45. Then we noticed the information booth closed and all of the staff walked out of the tower. This didn’t look good. Then these signs went up.

Rumors of a 4 hour wait started whispering through the crowd. People started leaving the line and giving up as well.

Since I have already been up to the top of the Eiffel Tower, I told Cat it was her decision to decide if we stayed and waited or we left. She decided she wanted to stay. So… out came the bouncy ball and we made the best of it.

At 11am we started noticing employees walking back to their work stations and by 11:30am we were on our way up.

We had moved significantly up the line and were one of the first few up to the top. Cat was in awe of the view and to be honest the heights didn’t phase her. I looked over and she had her head over the barrier.

All that waiting did leave a strain on our bladders. We had a giggle about leaving a deposit that high up!

 We saw where H was waiting for us and waved furiously at him but he never saw us.

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We had a quick ice cream while we enjoyed the view and then went down to meet up with H.

From there Cat wanted to go to the Museum of Modern Art and see the expo on clay animation which amongst other things, focused on Shawn the Sheep and Wallace and Gromit. It’s ironic that Cat has such an attraction for Shawn the Sheep and Wallace and Gromit as H and I had 2 stuffed animals as our mascots for pictures during our early years as a couple.

Afterwards we went to the grocery store and grabbed some food for a picnic and ate dinner on the lawns underneath the Eiffel Tower. We thought we were original in our idea but that wasn’t the case at all!!

City officials even handed out garbage bags  to everyone so there wouldn’t be litter everywhere!

The atmosphere was lively and buzzing and just was a fun way to end our Paris trip. We waited for the light show that started at 11pm; which was “dazzling” and then headed home.

We stopped for a quick pic under the tower…

 

It was after midnight by the time we got home which was bad timing as we had a 7:30am train to catch the next morning and a big day ahead of us!

Paris….Caitlyn loves you! Thank you for a great visit!