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I awoke early to the noise of the street. We could hear the shops being set up in the street. There were many people on the street very early. When we went out we found that most places were closed for Sunday. Seems so strange for us because everything is open at home. (Just like finding things in England and here closing so early, by five or six in the afternoon).

We went to the Eiffel Tower. It is within walking distance of our hotel. It was wonderful. We had to wait in line over an hour. The line was moving most of the time so it didn’t seem so long. I loved being up there looking around. We had been told to try the chicken curry served there but could not find it. However we did find find a post office up in the Eiffel Tower. It was fun sending some post cards from there. And, of course, there was a gift shop. Around the tower we saw military people carrying what appeared to be automatic weapons. We wondered if something had happened or if something was expected to happen but no one else even seemed curious.

We also visited the ecole militaire (the military academy of France). It is on the same grounds as the Eiffel Tower. This is the military academy attended by Napoleon. Out in front people were enjoying the day by walking along in family groups or playing soccer with friends.

We ate dinner at a small French restaurant. Chloe and I had frog legs which we had not had before. They were served with a butter sauce. We both liked them and would eat them again. Trista was not hungry yet and decided to wait until a little later. That was a mistake as everything had closed in just a short while and she ended up getting nothing.