Best Laid Plans…

So yesterday was May 1.  May day here in France.  They take this pretty seriously here.  There were parades complete with thousands of police with riot gear, most shops were closed, museums were closed, and everyone in France and most international tourists were in the city.  This meant our afternoon plan of getting to the Eiffel tower went, while not awry, not exactly as planned.

  The trip down was great.  The Paris subway iPhone app is amazing and worth the $1 I spent for it.  However…when we got to the tower it appears everyone and their brother had the same idea we did – go see it at dusk.  There was a 3 hour line to get in.  Sorry it’s cool but nothing is worth waiting 3 hours for.  So we took the obligatory photos and wandered on.  As Burns (Robie not Mr.) said “The best laid schemes o mice and men aft gang a glay” or as Mr. said “Excellent”.

One last comment – I don’t feel quite as bad because the top level was closed for some reason so you could only go to the first two (which is where the best views are from but I’ve got to settle the cognitive dissonance somehow).