I went to the top of the Eiffel Tower this morning. It was cold out and I waited in line for an hour and a half to take the crowded elevator to the crowded mid-level where there was another half-hour que for the elevator to the top. Somehow it just reminded me of standing in line for a ride at Disneyland, how they snake you endlessly through lines. It seemed less like Paris and more like Disneyland.
The rest of the day went great.... Just wandered around taking pictures and had a nice lunch and wine at a bistro in the Trocadero. I sat next to this young daughter and her mom. Even though I don't speak French, I could see this young woman telling her mom all her problems and her mom offering advise. Then the daughter said something that shocked her mom and she said No!? She got on her daughters phone and was talking strongly to someone and then on her own. I got the impression either the daughters husband and her own. She was really taking charge! It was kinda cute; moms are so universal....
Went to Willi's bar for an amazing dinner with a really nice Chateaunuef du Pape wine. Thanks V.
I'm glad that I finished the Camino, and it does feel like I'm finished. I am enjoying my last couple days relaxing, eating, drinking and sightseeing. I do have a sense of happiness, accomplishment and gratitude for having done it. I'm pretty sure that I want to go back and walk just a few sections that were memorable and stay in some of the nicer Albergue's just to get that sense of community that I had was missing some of. There is an instant connection with people doing it, that I will miss.
On Waking:
"I give thanks for arriving safely in a new dawn, for the gift of eyes to see the world, the gift of mind to feel at home in my life. The waves of possibility breaking on the shore of dawn, the harvest of the past that awaits my hunger, and all the furtherings this new day will bring"
John O'Donahue - Bless the Space Between Us
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