London/Paris trip, 5Jan - Eiffel Tower

Off to the Eiffel Tower! Getting there was easy on the metro and because of the lousy weather, the line to get tickets was very short. When I bought the tickets, I asked if the top (3rd) deck was open and the ticket lady was surprised I was asking, of course it was. So, we got our tickets and went up to the 2nd deck, walked around a bit, took some pictures, etc. Then we rode the elevator to the top deck and took "pictures" of the gray (couldn't see ANYTHING!) and drank champagne! It was cold and damp up there. So, we went back down to the 2nd deck, had vin chaud (warm wine with spice) and do a bit of shopping to warm back up. Then down to the first deck to look for a souvenir spoon (there weren't any). There was a tiny ice skating rink on the first deck, too, but we didn't skate. We then had lunch at the over-priced restaurant, 56 (NOT Jules Verne) and went back to the hotel, Noreen was done for the day. I bought some sandwiches at a nearby shop and a small bottle of wine and we had dinner in the room that night.