Tuesday October 1, 2013, Moving to Our New Hotel, Visiting the Eiffel Tower, and Taking a Seine River Dinner Cruise

After breakfast we moved to the Champs-Elysees Plaza hotel near L'Arc de Triomphe. We did a quick walk up and down the Champs-Elysees in our neighborhood and then headed off to the Eiffel Tower.

Park to the south of the Eiffel Tower. We think Katherine and Megan must have sent us some pictures from this spot:

On our way up in the elevator:

View of Jill on the north end of the tower, 2nd level up, looking out over the Seine:

Same view:

Looking eastward:

Looking down:

Heading back down:

Then it was on to our Seine River cruise! Unfortunately the lighting was not very conducive to picture taking, and the boat had curved glass windows that created a lot of reflections. But here are a few shots:

Notre Dame...

The Eiffel Tower:

Our timing turned out to be perfect. The Eiffel Tower twinkle lights started just as we finished the cruise: