Paris--Day 2, Part II--The Eiffel Tower

After going to the Musée d'Orsay, we headed off to the Eiffel Tower since it was such a nice day. Sophie absolutely loved it, and still recognizes it in pictures and on TV.




We didn't go up in it since we'll be going when Grandpa and Grandma Fine visit, but Sophie wanted to touch it, so we climbed to the base and posed:


Afterward, Sophie decided she was going to get to the top, even if she had to take the long way:


Here was a picture of the extra security all over Paris because of the Pope. I wonder if the Pope condones such violence in order to save his life?

On the back side of the Eiffel Tower, there was a large map of Europe that you could walk on. Ian took a picture of Sophie next to some of the wording to show what the scale was like:

And then we proceeded to pose on all of the countries/cities that we've traveled to so far. First was Strasbourg:

Then off to Vienna:

Sophie straddling the border of Germany and Switzerland:

And finally Paris!
After the map fun, we spent some time in the park behind the Tower.


Sophie decided to imitate the several people laying on the grass taking a nap:


When we were ready to go, Sophie tried to help get Ian up.

It wasn't so successful.