Last day from Paris!

Hi guys. this is our last day is Paris. i am still trying to figure out the keyboard and had my message all done and couldn't figure out the right key to enter the entry and wiped out my message so I am starting over. Oh well, we are not on a schedule this morning.
I love Paris. it's beautiful. we can't figure out how people get around with cars. there is no visible parking anywhere. they must know something we don't. and Paris has a lot of tourists.
we got up Friday morning and took off on our tour bus (hop on and hop off) and went to Notre Dame first. wow, and wow. the stain glass inside was so beautiful and the arched ceilings were so high. then we walked around it and the flying buttresses were impressive. it was way bigger than i thought and it's out on a island in the river. we then went next to the Concorde plaza, like a central located plaza where their major streets branch off from. you could see the Arc de Triumph and the Champs Elysee street (forgive my spelling, not sure) there were fountains and beautiful old buildings. we then got on the bus and went to the Arc de Triumph which has about 8 streets branching off it and the roundabout around it is crazy. we had lunch by it at a outside restaurant and people watched. but as we walked around the Arc it was hugh. beautiful carvings and reliefs carved in stone and the French's tomb of the unknown soldier is there. then we went to the Eiffle tower. the bus drives you around so you can take pictures from all angles and then lets you off in the front. we stood in line for about a half an hour just to get tickets and then stood in line for about the same amount of time to get up the lifts to the very top,but the wait was worth it. the views from the top take your breath away. you can see how the city is layed out and where the major tourist stops are. the buildings look different from above and you can get an appreciation for how they layed out the city. their city blocks are mostly in triangle shapes and the whitish stone buildings that are about 6 floors high are everywhere in this part of town. but it also gives you a chance to see how the Louvre and other churches and museusm look from above. it was hard to come down but we decided to walk down the lower steps. 785 of them and we were wobbly at the bottom. then it took awhile to navigate the buses back and we missed the last 6 p.m. bus and had to walk from Notre Dame an mile and a half. that doesn't sound like much but at the end of a very hectic and long day it seemed forever. but we walked along the river and it was great. Yesterday, we were up and on the bus driving around andseeing the sights again. when we got to the Eiffle tower we could see the lines were hugh compared to our day and we were glad we had gone the day before. finally we got to the Louvre and it's gorgous and hugh. we saw Mona Lisa (she is beautiful) and other paintings and greek statues and art. with lunch this alone took almost 3 hours and it was just one wing of it. it would take a long time to see everything. then we navigated the buses to go north of town and see the Moulin Rouge and the Paris Hard Rock Cafe. we got back last night tired but thrilled at all we did in two days.
today is slower day and tonight we are signed upto go out on a boat on the river and drive around to see the lights after dark. can't wait.
tomorrow we are off to Geneva, Switzerland.
hope you are all well and we miss you loads. love from all of us to all of you. take care!