Paris - Part 2.

We loved the night bike tour so much that we decided to take the day tour too. And why not, it was a totally different route and half price since we already took one.

Prior to the tour, we strolled the streets and had a delicious lunch which was capped off with a nutella pizza. I had never had nutella before. But, a little kid was seated next to us and the look of pure bliss on her face while she ate the nutella pizza was enough for me. And, it did not disappoint.

The tour met at the Eiffel Tower again.


From there, we saw the Ecole Militaire, bullet holes from WWII still present because the French "don't plaster over history," the Dome Church, which contains Napoleon's tomb, and the Tuileries Gardens. In the Gardens, which once served as the house arrest location for Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette (a lovely place to be imprisoned), we stopped at a cafe. In honor of Louis, we had a glass of champagne. From there, it was back to the Louvre, a much different experience in the day:

We also saw the Champs Elysees, the Place de la Concorde, the Alexandre III bridge (under which, we learned that there is a club that gets going after midnight) and the Rodin Museum.

That evening, we decided to go to Montparnesse, which has Paris's only skyscraper at about 50 stories. From there, we were able to take some lovely pictures of Paris at night:


On our way back, we had a delicious dinner at a neighborhood cafe. At our server's suggestion, we had dessert. It was beautiful but this is all we left: