From Belfast, we flew to Paris. We went up the Eiffel Tower (36 years ago when I backpacked through Europe after University, we couldn't afford to go up, so said "we'll come back", well I actually did come back and made it up this time). Though it wasn't easy - lineups to get tickets, to go through security, to get on the elevator, to buy more tickets, to get on the next elevator to go to the top, and then to get on the elevator to come down. But it was great, we were there as the sun went down so saw the sunset and the tower all lit up.

We also rode bikes around the city, did the sewer tour and saw the Notre Dame Cathedral. Notre Dame is 850 years old - it is amazing at the grandeur and complexity of what they were able to build that long ago.

We also took the train to Bayeux where we went on a WW II tour where we saw the areas where the Canadians fought and the Juno Museum. Bayeux is a very pretty old town that wasn't damaged during the war, so just seeing it was worth the trip.