After a couple of days in London a month ago, we made our way back to Paris to relax for the rest of the week. I was happy to repeat a few things that I had done the first time I was in Paris, like the Rodin Museum (one of the best museums in Paris because of beautiful sculpture and the fact that it only takes a couple of hours at most to see the entirety of it, including the amazing gardens) as well as a couple things that I can’t believe took me this long — going up in the Eiffel Tower and to the top of the Arc de triomphe. Sprinkle in parties, restaurants, bread, cheese, saucisson, wine, more restaurants, more bread and cheese and plenty more wine and you have the makings of a great last time in Paris, for a while at least.
Pro tips for Parisian travels
Want to go up in the Eiffel Tower? Get your tickets ahead of time here, skip all lines and arrive at your reserved time. I didn’t even have to print them out, they were able to scan the PDF right off of my phone.
We had a nice lunch at Benoit, the only Parisian brasserie to hold a Michelin star.
This was the second time I’ve been to Le Relais de l’Entrecôte and I really recommend that you get there if you can (they even have locations in New York City!)
If you want to take a tripod up on the Arc de triomphe, perhaps to do some night photography, make sure you swing by the office where you get your tickets and ask about a permit earlier in the day. I was unable to use my tripod once I got to the top.
On to the pictures!
Here are a few from the top of the Arc de triomphe 
And at the bottom…
And here’s a few from up in and around the Eiffel Tower
Handstands!
