The Eiffel Tower, L'Arc de Triomphe, the Champs-Elysees, and the Paris-Plage (Day 3)
Today I rode over to the Tour d'Eiffel via the batobus on the Seine. The structure is impressive with it's complex ironwork pattern and extreme height (1,063 ft). I couldn't stop taking photos of it from the boat. It's breathtaking. From there I went to the Arc de Triomphe and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier buried there under an eternal flame. Stretching for miles below the Arc is the Champs Elysees where I walked and walked and walked. But not without stopping for a big hunk of Camenbert and baguette in a lovely cafe along the way. Later that evening my "tour guide" Patricia and I met at the beach. Well sort of. Every year from mid-July to mid-August sand is deposited on the right bank of the Seine to create a temporary beach. We brought a French picnique with us; brie, baguette, olives, mortadella, fresh tomatoes, radishes, profiteroles and bottles of wine. There's nothing like an evening picnic along the banks of the Seine!