Day 5
Drawn To Bohemia
Paris
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We started this day out going over to the Notre Dame Cathedral.  We went up to the belltower level, but not the top.  Someone didn't show up to work, and they were the only one with the key to the gate, so the top floor was closed all day.  The grotesques were truly amazing.  The gargoyles are impressive as well.  Notre Dame actually has both.

After we left Notre Dame Cathedral we went over to a place called Montmartre and explored the city, including the Sacre Coeur Cathedral.  (Churches seemed a major theme in this trip.)  After lunch we went to the Montmartre Vineyard and explored the vinyard for a while followed by a wine tasting.  The Montmartre vineyard is the last vinyard left in Paris, all the other vineyards have moved outside of the city.  The Montmartre vineyard makes an exclusive wine that is only sold through auction and is very expensive.  And even though I don't normally like wine, I have to say it was quite tasty, probably the best wine I've ever had.

Later that evening we went to the Eiffel Tower to have dinner at the Altitude 95 restaurant.  It's called that because it's on the 1st floor (not the ground floor) of the tower at 95 meters above the city.  I have no idea why I didn't think to take pictures inside the restaurant, but it had a very Jules Verne feel to the place.  After dinner we went up to the top floor of the tower at 905 feet (276 meters).  It was quite exhilerating and caused a great deal of trepidation from some of our fellow adventurers.

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