Top of Paris (day twenty eight)

Sacre Coeur

view from the top of Sacre Coeur

Eiffel Tower

view from Eiffel Tour

Eiffel Tour

Today was supposed to be the day we ventured to Versailles, but because it was supposed to rain all day we changed plans and decided to have our tour of Paris.  We started our day designing patterns at the hotel.  Designing awesome patterns is harder than it seems.  Three hours to design three patterns was nowhere near enough time.  But you do what you can.  Around two o'clock we ventured out of the hotel.  It was way warmer than expected.  After hiking a few flights of stairs we reached the highest point in Paris, Sacre Coeur. The view from here is amazing.   Our professors released us, so a few of us decided to climb to the top.  It is quite a few, roughly 300 stairs, to the top of Sacre Coeur.  Once at the top you can look out and see what seems like all of Paris.  It was fun to identify places like the Eiffel Tour.  I also noticed the different lines that the streets create.  After the climb and decent I went to an awesome jewelry store.  To finish off a wonderful day I went to the Eiffel Tower.  We realized after standing in line for about ten minutes we realized we were in the elevator only line.  If we had stayed there we would have had to pay more than we wanted and not have had the opportunity to walk all seven hundred stairs.  So we had to switch lines.  Hiking up all of those stairs was lots of fun!  We had already done three hundred so what was another seven hundred.  As we hiked it was fun to see the number painted on the stairs marking how far you were.  Once on the second level you are supposed to get another ticket so you can go to the top.  We made some friends with a family in line next to us.  But when we got close to the front of the line I realized that it was the wrong line.  So I notified Benae and well we got to the front and had to go get the tickets for riding all the way up.  Eventually we made it to the top.  The view was amazing!  Earlier in the day I was able to see the city of Paris in the light, but now I was able to see the city’s architectural details by night.  The Eiffel Tour itself is a breath taking structure. I love the lines of steel.  At night when it is all lit up you get a different feel for the structure.  The steel looks more like gold from the yellow lighting.  Seeing the Eiffel Tour night or day never gets old.