We've arrived in Paris!

We've safely arrived in Paris!  When the plane landed, the pilot announced how great the weather was...beautiful and sunny skies.  From the airport, we took a bus which dropped us off at the Arc D'Triomph.  From there we had to walk 2 blocks to our hotel.  Suitcases in hand, we started walking.  And it promptly started raining.  Somehow the rain doesn't seem to bother people here.  They walk around like they don't even notice it.

The hotel's nice...small but really cute. We have a balcony that overlooks the lane outside.  I'm feeling very French right now.

After we quickly showered up, we went to the Arc for a photo-opp, then walked down to the Eiffel Tower.  It's amazing how late it gets dark here.  We were there around 8:30 and wanted to see it lit up at night.  The Information lady told us it lights up at 10.  We cursed the odd timing and decided to go have dinner instead.  In the middle of dinner, around 9:30, we glanced outside and noticed that it still wasn't completely dark outside!  Ok, so we're no longer complaining about the Eiffel Tower lighting up at 10pm.  We're planning to check it out tomorrow after we're well-rested. 

Tomorrow we're heading to Versailles in the morning, then spending the afternoon shopping, drinking coffee, and generally milling about town.  Keep your fingers crossed for us that we don't run into too much more rain.