French Cafe

We finally saw the Eiffel Tower! I know it's kind of sad it took a week and a half to make it to the most famous Paris landmark of all, but I've been sick, and then we've both just been so exhausted and so it wasn't until tonight that we finally rode the metro to go see it. Luckily we made it for the flashing part, which happens on the top of every hour for 5 minutes, so it was extra pretty. Though the prettiest is the 1am showing (which we got to see the first time we visited Paris together 5 years ago when we walked like 3 miles to the Eiffel tower since it looked so close... yeah... not so close) when all the other lights are turned off so that it's only the flashing lights. I still want to go up it again, but I'll take seeing it close up for now.

We also ate at our local cafe just down the street for the first time, and wow, was it really really really good. Kara just had the potato soup, which is somehow marked as "Healthy" (though in French of course) but there is no way that is good for you. I had the lamb, which was delicious. It is expensive ($25 a plate), especially when compared to Austin (same meal would be $15 a plate probably), but about average price for a French cafe in central Paris.

Kara did get a bit frustrated that our waiter kept trying to talk to us in English while she kept trying to talk to him in French (so she could practice). Googling it though, it seems they just want to practice their English and/or just be as efficient as possible. Kara's been picking up a lot of French already though from just one week of classes and living here for a week and a half.