Eiffel Tower and the Army Museum

We decided to go to the top of the Eiffel Tower today.  It was almost a perfect day weather wise, so we took advantage of it.  There was just a little fog on the horizon that made things look a little hazy.  After the tower we walked to the Army Museum.  The Army Museum houses Napoleon's tomb and a history of warfare from around the mid 1800's up to WWII.  Here are some pictures:

James and Kate about to go up.

Kate going up.

Paris from the second level.

270 meters to go still to the top... This thing is up there.

We made it!

Can you find the Arc De Triomphe?

Terra Firma!!! On to the Army Museum.

The big dome in the background is Napolen's Tomb.

Views from inside the dome.

Top of the dome.

There he is.  If you open this outside coffin, you'd find an oak coffin inside, holding another ebony cofin, housing two lead ones, then mahogany, then tinplate then finally, you'd find Napoleon himself.

We went on through the rest of the museum.  There were a lot of cool armor sets and other weaponry.  Here are some choice pictures:

Kate checking out some 6000 year old arrow heads.

Kate wondering how James convinced her to go to a museum about weapons...

James hanging out with new friends.

That evening we had a fantastic dinner. We went to a little local place called Au Petit Tonneau. All the dishes are made to order. We started with a pichet (small pitcher) of Cotes-du-Rhone red and escargot with pesto and olive oil. James had rosemary lamb and I had flank steak with melted blue cheese. We ended with chocolate mousse. For the first time we actually slept through the night and feel rested today. Ah jet lag. And now: Off to Versailles. Let them eat cake :)