The day has finally arrived—it’s time for my Contiki Eurotrip ‘07! I held out on packing until this morning (with my tendency to procrastinate, this isn’t a surprise!) But I actually think that that actually worked in my favor this time around, because I didn’t overpack too terribly! I generally have a problem with that, but the Contiki staff had said to pack what you think you need and then take half of it out! Good call, cause I don’t want to lug things around
I got dropped off at LAX and met Ashley, another Contiki traveler who was on my same flight. At our layover in
When we finally landed in
Since we were such a large group, we got special tickets to see the tour, and got on the elevator to ride it to the top. There were two sets of elevators, the first one went up diagonally along the side of the tower and the second went straight up to the very very top of the tower! We took some pictures up top and watched the sunset from the top of the tower. What a great way to kick off our trip! As we made our way back down after the sun set, we enjoyed a spectacular light show that made it look as if the tower itself was sprinkled with glittering diamonds. We even saw a proposal occur on the top of the Eiffel tower as the light show was beginning. …now I know why they call it the City of
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