Lucerne to Paris, France

We are finally heading to our final city and it seems like yesterday that we left.  I took French in high school and again I wish I would have listened instead of do who knows what.

France is off the Seine River and is the 2^nd largest county in Europe with a strong economy.  They specialize in cars, wine, and aerospace.  Paris is the most visited city in the world. Escargot, frog legs, and crepes are very popular along with Chanel and Louis Vuitton.

The Louvre is closed on Tuesday so we rushed to try and make it before it closed.  Unfortunately we missed the Mona Lisa, but I guess that means we just need to visit again.  We started off with a bus tour around the city visiting opera houses, towers, first Chanel stores, Notre Dame, Louvre, grand palace, military fortress, and ending with the Eiffel Tower.  The Eiffel Tower was for the 100 anniversary after the French Resolution at the World’s Fair.  It was only supposed to last seven years, but they put radio antennas on it so that is why it still stands today.  It is made by ship makers so throughout the structure it is supported by rivets.

Louvre Courtyard

Grand Palace

I felt the most unsafe in Paris and I think most of that went to the fact that we had five kids try pick pocketing our tour group and got busted by undercover cops.  We had to stay extra so we could get testimonies and go through the entire police process.  From that point on I was always on high alert.