Eiffel Tower

We left here yesterday morning and headed towards the Eiffel Tower, but we got sidetracked a couple of times along the way. First we had to cross the Paris Half-Marathon twice. There were thousands of runners and it was tricky trying to weave our way through them.

We finally made our way onto the islands in the Seine. We crossed Pont Saint-Louis, which is a bridge connecting the two islands. It's one of several bridges in Paris where lovers place locks on the rails and throw the keys into the river to symbolize their everlasting love.

Once on the other side of the river, we stumbled onto the Great Canadian Pub. Adam told me about it when I saw him the other day. We went in for brunch. They serve Tim Hortons coffee and Caesars. We had the Great Canadian Breakfast. The bacon was pretty good but it still wasn't the same we get back home. The door handles are hockey sticks.

As we walked on the Left Bank of the river, we had a great view of the Notre Dame Cathedral.

Eventually we made it to the tower, but because it took us so long, the lines were enormous and I wasn't in the mood to wait. It was the first sunny day since we've been here. I think everyone was out yesterday.

Lori is off to the Kurdistan region of Iraq for a couple of days. She'll be back on Wednesday.