Although I was in and around Paris for 3.5 days, we only spent one day walking around downtown Paris (the other 2 days were Disneyland and then a van out to Normandy). It was great fun to walk around to see many of the sights. We did not go up into the Eiffel Tower as the wait would have eaten up a good chunk of our day, but we did walk by. Eiffel Tower by John Wolff, on Flickr
Here is another shot of the Eiffel Tower from a bridge as we walked towards the Champs Elysees. Eiffel Tower from a bridge by John Wolff, on Flickr
We walked to the L'arc de Triomphe which you can walk up the 284 steps to get an amazing view of Paris (and without the 2 hours wait!). Here was the view down the Champs Elysees. Which way to go? by John Wolff, on Flickr
Here is another shot from that same day, this time not shooting right into the sun. La Tour Eiffel by John Wolff, on Flickr
Here is a shot of the Arc de Triomphe. We walked the 284 steps to the top, here it is from the bottom! Under the Arc by John Wolff, on Flickr
a look down the Champs-Elysees from the top of L'arc de Triomphe Champs-Elysees by John Wolff, on Flickr
