Sorry for the lack of a blog last couple of days!!  We have been so busy, that by night time, we just crash :)

Today was our last day in Paris.  To catch you up a little, yesterday we tackled the Eiffel tower.  We both felt it was something that, despite all the pictures we've seen, experiencing it in real life is breath-taking.

There are 3 levels you can stop at, with the 3rd being the highest observation deck.  We climbed the stairs up to the 2nd level, and then you can't take the stairs to the 3rd (they are only for workers at the tower), so there is an elevator from level 2 to 3.

The views are magnificent, and it also feels incredible because of the way the structure is - it's not like a building where you are totally indoors.

Today, we started with major shopping at Galleries Lafeyette.  It's a HUGE department store - for both size and quality of goods, etc, it puts Bloomingdale's to shame!

We walked this afternoon around the Marais.  it's a great area, full of boutiques, art galleries, etc.  On Rue des Rosiers you find the centre of the small Jewish district, with a number of kosher bakeries and falafel shops.

dinner tonight consisted of great crepes at a restaurant called "West Country Girl".  Take a look at this beauty:

This place makes the truly authentic crepes from Bretagne (Brittany province of France), with buckwheat flour and local organic ingredients.  the pic on the top is of a dessert crepe with baked apple and homemade caramel sauce,  Yummmm!!!

tomorrow morning, off to Amsterdam!