We freshened up and then headed to the Eiffel tower for a bird’s eye view of Paris. Logan stayed back at the hotel to watch the soccer game between Spain and Germany. We arrived just as the sun was setting. It was a beautiful night in Paris. When we arrived the soccer game had just ended which was on a big screen in the park beside the Eiffel tower. Thousands of soccer fans were parading through the area underneath the tower. Well, the Spanish fans were parading. We had about a 30 minute wait to get our tickets then took the first elevator to the second stage. We spent some time looking out at the city. Then it was about a 45 minute wait to catch the elevator to the summit (top). Now that was a great view of the city and the surrounding areas of Paris. We also had a wait to get down from the top. We finally got our feet on solid ground. It was about 12:40am so we headed to the subway station. We caught our first train back to the Arc de Triomphe station and waited for the second train to take us to our hotel. Unfortunately it was after 1:00am and the trains had stopped for the night. The station manager came down and spoke rapidly in French. Taryn stood up and started crying. I did not know what he had said but I thought it must have been catastrophic. Then she told me that there were no more trains for the evening. We had to walk about 4 blocks back to the hotel. Taryn’s feet and body were so tired. When we arrived back at the hotel she literary fell into bed. What a day!!!
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