France 2010 - From the Troc to Moosehead

Last full day in Paris. Tracy and I got up early, 7ish, so we could get into the Eiffel Tower. I had the whole day planed out with all of the Metro stops and connections needed to make the day a success. We took the Metro to the Trocadero stop. It was a clear and cold day. When we got to the Trocadero area, the sun was rising and we took some great sunrise photos of the Eiffel Tower. We arrived at the Eiffel and got in line around 9:15AM. The lines had already formed, the tower did not open until 9:30. As it ended up, we were in the line for a different tower leg than the one we thought we were in. We finial got on the elevator around 10:30. We went up to the second platform. Then we had to get in a queue for the elevator ride to the top. It was very cold Tracy and I were both freezing. We went up and took pictures then decide to head back down. We had a short wait to ride the elevator back down to the second level. We found the queue for the ride back to ground level. We were second in line. We made it back to the ground by 11AM. We were hungry and cold so we headed back to the café in the Trocadero area. I ordered the quiche again and Tracy ordered the onion soup again. I had a carafe of wine. We hoped back on the Metro to go to the d’Orsay Museum. I forgot to write the correct train route, we took the nine train in the wrong direction and should have taken the number six. I discovered my error and hoped on the correct train. When we got to the museum there was a long line again. Therefore, we bagged it and headed back to the Metro. On the way we swung by a cool shop with all kinds of nick knacks. We rode the Metro to the chocolate area and got our treats. I wanted to go back to the Horse Tavern were we had drinks last week. The place was crowed and we were seated in the restaurant area. We did not like the seats so we left to go to the Moosehead bar we saw earlier. It ended up being an America bar with an American from Jersey bar tending, small world. We talked to her for a bit and had drinks. Before we headed back to the hotel I called Troy to see if he was back from the airport. He and his girlfriend had been back, took a nap and were walking through the neighborhood. We decided to meet at his hotel around 6PM. We arrived at six and met up, had drinks in the lobby and took the Metro up to the HRC in our hood. We used our HRC Access card to get priority seating it was great. The waiting time was 45 minutes, we got seated in 10 minutes. The meal was good. Afterwards we went to our hotel for a nightcap. The hotel called a taxi for Troy and his girlfriend, and we arranged for a taxi to the airport in the morning.