the eiffel tower... what can i say. we spent a good part of the day here and took far too many pictures. we did not walk up or ride the elevator up the tower, but instead marveled at it from all angles possible. i feel as though the eiffel tower just leaves you speechless, not because it is so beautiful, but because it is this legendary, made out to be larger than life, romaniticized, must see in your life and you enjoy it, but feel not quite as fulfilled as you imagined. 

we spent most of our time in the park just behind the eiffel tower where we laughed at people being all lovey-dovey and tried to take humorous pictures of unsuspecting people and then went and ate the all-so-french crepes for dinner. 

we wanted to see the eiffel tower at night because it was rumored to be lit up blue that month so we waited for night to fall and the lights to come on. once they did it lit up a royal blue and sparkled. it was the perfect ending to a busy and bittersweet day. we saw so much of paris and had a wonderful time, but we had to say goodbye to jess and michele and i were to continue on our adventures just the two of us.