Paris with Bottles of Red (Part 3)

I awoke at 8:45 AM and tried to wake the crew up. That wasn't very successful, but hey, "I tried." Breakfast was delicious and we ended up getting our start on the day at about 10AM. We had a few things to do that day which included going back to the Lourve. On our second visit I went off on my own saw the archeological pieces in the museum as well as Napoleon's private collection. It was amazing, gold, the leaders of the Revolution's potraits and jewels. Some of the Babaylonian pieces I saw dated back to 3000 years and I can never call anything historical in the States old after seeing these artistic sculptures and writings. We ended up a bit tired at the Lourve and decided to have a cheap and knowledgable lunch. So McDonaldds we went. It was efficient and better than anything I'd eat in the States. After that to wake ourselves up we had some coffee at Starbucks right across the street and talked and shared stories for about 2 hours right outside of the Starbucks. It was fun.

Our next stop at about 2PM was the largest military history museum in the world. We had a long walk ahead of us. I love history especially military history and we saw countless knights and weaponry from long ago in the feudal period. I can't explain the ornateness these knights had for their armor back then, but I'll always remember it. Compared to the Tower of London what I saw in France was 100 times more effective. We then meandered to the WWI and WWII sections of the museum.. I wasn't impressed, though I saw a lot of European uniforms the French didn't give the US much credit for their liberation in both wars. However, its alright they didn't contribute much either. (sorry for the bantar).

We made our way to the monument next to the museum where Napoleon was buried, and I explained to Matt and Fran the French Revolution and Napoleon. Such a small man had such a large coffin. It was a bit much!! We eventually ran into some of our friends on the street to the Eiffel Tower and we decided at that moment that it would be the right time to go up and see Paris from its most famous landmark.

The elevator took us up to the top and I got a great deal of pictures and I really culminated my experience up there. It was a "Last Hurrah" for me, I'd seen what I'd really came to see in Paris at that moment, everything that we'd see from then was just Icing on the Cake! I signed my name on the Eiffel Tower in pen and it will be very fun saying that to all of my friends when I get back. After about an hour and a half, single and alone on the Eiffel Tower looking at the couples we decided to try and get to the Chanz de Leeze to see the Arch de Triumph and have dinner.

We ended up finding a Chinese restaurant that was family owned and ate some great Chinese food. It was tasty and we all enjoyed fine red that I picked out for the group. We ended up making it by metro to the Chanz de Leeze and walked towards the Arch de Triumph. It was crazy, seeing the French drive around it and realizing that Napoleon himself built it for his troops. It was getting late and we all wanted to experience the Eiffel Tower again that night. So we hopped on the metro and bough a few bottles of red from a vendor and enjoyed an hour and a half with our bottles. We toasted our friends back home and realized that we only had one more day in Paris. Our walk back was interesting because we drank our wine so fast, and lets just say it was patriotic as well. We found a cab and got back to our apartment for less than 10 euro. I stumbled to my room and fell asleep waiting for my last day in Paris.