Another fun day in Paris and today we decided to head to the Eiffel Tower.

It took us three hours to walk here- of course we had a few coffee stops on the way- as well as a little shopping break at Bon Marche- where I finally got the long length gloves I've been searching out for months. The shop had a great display in the windows which consisted of different fabrics and pictures with kaleidoscopes that you could look through.

Once we reached the tower we had the crazy idea that we'd not done enough walking and headed up the 328 stairs to the first level. Everytime I've visited the Eiffel Tower it's been with people who wanted to go no further than the 1st floor so anyone who's braver than that and wants to go, let me know- one day I'll get to the top!
But still the views from the 1st floor are pretty amazing- especially those of the jaw-droppingly awful dark tower block that dominates the Paris skyline. I have no idea what this building is or how it was allowed as it ruins the view looking towards the Eiffel Tower from The Trocadero Gardens.

Back to the hotel with a stop off for some yakitori and a few beers siting on the street waching the world go by.