The Seine at night...

Listen to the last 30 seconds - a typical chat with KV

Sparkle Eiffel

Whew

What a great first full day in Paris - it was PACKED with fun!  Review the details/pics below.  It started with a Father-Dot run along the Siene, a behind the scenes tour of the Tour Eiffel, some shoping, and a night time bike ride tour (boat ride).  Awesome!

I am up early while Savreen and the kids sleep - will likely be a much calmer day today.

Enjoy!

Tired kids

Busy day, rode our bikes over six miles - and it's midnight and we didn't have dinner yet!

Heading back to the Marriott

We Love Paris!

Biking selfie in Paris with the Eiffel Tower at night

Hence my strange face - but I got it!

Back on our bikes!

Challenging selfie

But had to try

Ahhhhh - such an amazing way to see the Eiffel Tower

Notre Dame

Surprise bonus

The bike tour included a boat tour on the Seine (I had forgotten about it - I booked the tours a couple months ago )

Paris supreme court building

I couldn't capture all the places we went - just caught this as we wrestling stopping

Ice cream break

Me and my bike-mate

Monday night bike tour of Paris

We took an AWESOME night tour via bike. What a blast! (Started by a guy from Austin Texas!)

Post tour cappuccino

Oops - one more

Yes, we took hundreds of pics of the Eiffel Tower - can't help it!

The other required selfie

Family style

Ahhhhh - KV fell!

Just kidding - they have a see through floor

Eiffel Tower selfie

A must do pic

Inside the middle of the tower

Secret underground area for cables (before modern cables/electronics)

Tour Eiffel!

We took a mid-day tour of the Eiffel Tower - waaaaaay too many pictures to share!  It was a neat "behind the scenes" (and skip the line!) Tour.

Tour Eiffel in the distance

Monday morning run on the Seine

Beautiful run - great way to start the day.

A slide on the Champs Elysees - at a car place!

The kids were drooling at this - looks closely, there is a slide inside this car place starting at the top floor all the way to the basement!

The photo bug, the gizmo kid, and the focused teenager

Ready to cross the road on the Champs Elysees!

Quick Sunday afternoon snack in Paris

We made it to Paris and had a quick snack.

*****BONUS BONUS BONUS***** We snuck in another city/country!

Brussels Belgium!  The train stopped in Brussels so we jumped off to snap a pic. Counts as a visit in my book!

Off to Paris!

Caught the train from Köln to Paris. Ami enjoyed the view (and her iPhone )

Cheers to Sandeep & Tanja!

Last bier to end Saturday night to a cool outdoor garden.

You'll only get it if you watch Community (TV show)

Too many references to the show on the trip. Funny

Happy Ami

We had pasta!

Dinner time

We had a great dinner in Köln

Oops - Kevan dropped his ice cream cone

One last pic of the Cathedral

Bus tour

Off the boat and onto the bus we go!

Good advice for riding on the top level of the bus

Our boat-mates

In the middle of a great day with Tanja and Sandeep!

Cathedral from the Rhine

The Dom is huge - totally dominates the city. Very cool.

Boat tour of Köln

Grocery shopping Köln style

This is NOT a foot rest

Even though it sits in front of the chairs in the lobby.  Lesson learned.

Late night Köln snack

Enjoying Köln

Schnitzel and Kolsch

Good German food!

German dinner at Paffgen

With Tanja & Sandeep - good food and Kolsch bier.

Typical Köln street

Old Town Köln

There was a neat square towards the Rhine - heading to dinner

Shoe shopping

Yep, we did a bit of shopping - especially shoes for KV. When we were happy when he finally found his shoes (on Saturday )

Sandeep's place

We made it to Köln and Sandeep's place. Very cool - in the middle of the city, but away from the noise.