Paris

 Evening 1
We walked to the grocery store, bought bread, cheese, salame, a four-pack of red wine mini bottles and lots of fruit then took our feast to the lawn of the Eiffel Tower!  It was spectacular- we saw sunset and beautiful clouds in the best view ever.  We gorged ourselves then ate gummi bears before we braved the long lines to get to the top of the tower via elevator (we are so over taking the stairs when theyre over triple digits in count!!)   Oh, and one GREAT thing here is that there are discount rates almost everywhere for youths under 26 years old! So basically a student discount but better! So we went up at a slant (whoa... not the best feeling) then walked around at the first level before waiting in line for the real-deal elevator straight up to the TOP!
They packed us in like cattle but that also made me feel kind of more safe for some reason (I dont really like elevators ever since the Empire State Building 80 story one... ahhh!).  We got to the top and it was so windy on one side- reminded me of OBX with the relatives atop lighthouses, including Kash losing her push-pop over the side only to find it pulverized on the cement below.  :)  We took lots of pictures of the city of Paris from the top, they even have a map of in what direction countries are located and how far away.  Very cool to orient yourself!  Theres even a restaurant at the top, cant imagine how expensive or not-tasty that food is- location location location?
Then we walked home, for a big and busy city, Paris felt surprisingly safe to walk at night in our gaggle of girls. 

 Day 2
So we got off to a rough start this morning with no sheets on the bed and kinks in our necks- only half of us (barely) made it down for a free but so-so breakfast consisting of muesli cereal, coffee, concetrate OJ, break and jam or butter and... nope, that was it.  The coffee was plain but heavensent.  We had to be out of the room from 11-4pm today for lock-outs so we went out on the town. Stopped at a bakery for more breakfast and first breakfast for those who missed the first breakfast (I sound like a hobbit with their many meals!)  There were wasps in the bakery pastry displays so you dont need me to tell you they were good pastries!
We saw lots of things I cannot pronounce, much less spell (my French woes again).  We waited two hours in line for the Catacombs which were very cool in an creepy sort of way, got cafe au lait the first hour and then, the second hour got crepes with banana and nutella while we waited in line- delicious!!  We walked soooo much!!! I am so tired but also so energized about life! Yay!  So much to see!

Prospective
Tomorrow we go to the museum of museums, the Lourve!  I am excited but overwhelmed cause rumor has it that it is impossible to see the whole thing in a year so Im not really sure how much I will see just in a few hours... but I will do my best!
Tomorrow night we fly to Dublin!! Yay!!  We are going on AerLingus and I am pretty sure that my bag is going to be overweight, I think I am going to dress in many, many, silly layers so as to make my bag lighter...oopsies.