Tuesday was a pretty laid back day for us. Jeremy had to go into work at around 4:00 for a meeting, so we knew we weren't going to have a big day of sightseeing. He had a complicated commute to get to a co-workers hotel all the way across town and then to IBM Paris. He had no idea where he was going, so he needed to leave early to make sure he got there in time. So we just tooled around close to our hotel for the day.
One of our main priorities was to go to our favorite pastry shop, Paul. They had the BEST chocolate eclairs. I had a coffee viennois which was awesome and Jer had a few plain shots of espresso. YUM! After that, we headed to the Arc de Triomphe to take the tour.
Well, we got there and we found this posted on one of the walls (read the last paragraph):
The civil workers in France decided to strike and that strike had just started that day. The workers were mad because the government was going to change the retirement age from 60 to 62! 62...must be nice! So, we just walked around it and took some pics and video.
I took my life in my hands to take this one. Crazy European drivers!
Jeremy left for his meeting around 3 and I spent some time alone in the room. This was a great spot:
And this was a great spot too!
This is where Jeremy was when I was in the tub:
La Défense is the prime high-rise office district of Paris.
The district is at the westernmost extremity of Paris' 10 km long historical axis, which starts at the Louvre in the middle of Paris and continues along the Champs-Elysees, well beyond the Arc de Triumphe before ending at La Défense.
If you look through each arc, you can see the other. Pretty cool!
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