Day 7 Paris - Versailles, Catacombs, Boats and Eiffel Tower

This will be a little briefer than usual as we are finally in our room and it is close to 1 in the morning!! It was a wonderful if very cold and sometimes rainy day. This morning a guide met us and took us on a bus tour of Paris showing us all the major sites and discussing their history etc....after the bus tour our group divided up with some going to Versailles and some going to the Catacombs. Those who went to Versailles were blown away by the grandeur of this wonderful palace where the Treaty of Versailles ending WW I was signed in the Hall of Mirrors which is totally amazing. The students and adults who went to the Catacombs were absolutely fascinated by the underground tunnels filled with the bones of Parisians that could no longer be buried in graves in the city - long interesting story - have them tell you all about it! This afternoon we met back up at the Garnier Opera House (home of Phantom of the Opera) and went to dinner back in Montmartre ( very good salad - chicken - French fries with ketchup ...quite unusual in France ;) Tonight was the boat ride around the Ile de la Cite on the River Seine which was enjoyed by all followed by out trip to the Eiffel Tower which did not end as expected but fun was had by all and most finished off the evening with crepes fantastique! Tomorrow we will see Notre Dame and the Louvre   the Champs Elysee and go up the Arche de Triomphe.....hopefully we will be awake to tell you all about it :)

I'll upload pics tomorrow, it can't happen tonight, sorry.

UPDATE: Pics up now at http://picasaweb.google.com/jlphil7584/2010EnglandFranceTrip02#