Well, we awakened early this morning (about 9:00 a.m.) for a train ride to the Eiffel Tower. To our surprise, it is still snowing and snowing hard. Still we Singers are a determined lot and decided no problem. We got dressed and headed out to the train station with our directions. No sooner than we were on the sidewalk, we knew there was a problem. Right, the snow had turned to ice and many areas were very slick. Regretfully, we decided to wait until after lunch for a thaw before departing.
We had lunch nearby at Le Parvis Restaurant. Julie says that it has great cheeseburgers. Jaime and I have vegetable soup, a salad and I had creme brulee. After the delicious lunch, we decided that the ice age was subsiding and that with only two remaining days in Paris, we must make a try for the Tower. Jaime and I found RER C line and boarded the limited stop train for the Eifeel Tower. I managed to miss the Champ de Mars stop for the Tower, but we were able to get off at the next stop. Just a few blocks to walk back to the Eiffel Tower.
We arrive at the tower to find that it was closed due to bad weather! Well, we still made photos before leaving.
We stopped at the Le Castel for coffee and hot chocolate. The train ride back to Notre Dame ended very successfully.
It is about 6:30 now and we plan to have dinner at the restaurant we ate at on Sunday night. Tomorrow will be our last full day as our plane will leave after lunch on Saturday.
I will post to the blog again on Friday for the final installment.
Au revoir,
Sam
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