La Tour Eiffel!

The day finally arrived...time to go to the Eiffel Tower! We had a quick breakfast at Laduree, home to the best macaroons in Paris, we are told. And they were amazing! We did a little shopping and then were off to la Tour Eiffel for lunch. Since it was high season and the lines would be long to get up in the elevator, we had made a reservation at the restaurant for lunch...a quicker way to get in.

We went through security and headed toward the restaurant. When we got to the lobby, they immediately asked Patrick if he had pants. We both looked at each other and though maybe we were misunderstanding the French. But, since Patrick was wearing shorts, they had a dress code and wanted him to wear pants! Fortunately, or unfortunately, they had a spare pair in the coat room. Patrick was a good sport and put them on for lunch.

While lunch left much to be desired, the view was spectacular! And we got up to the top fairly quickly. Of course, both kids said their favorite part of the day was going up in the Eiffel Tower. 

For dinner on our last night in Paris, we ate at La Fontaine de Mars. It was, by far, the happiest and kindest wait staff that we encountered in Paris, and the food was phenomenal! And they even had Ice cream from Berthillion. Delicious!