Hey, I walked 40,000 steps in a day.

So this is the second part to the day of July 7. Upon leaving Versailles, my FitBit said we had walked around 6 or 7 miles. But the day had just begun. Since France was playing in the semi finals against Germany, we decided we needed to make a trip to the Eiffel Tower to watch the game on the big screen on the Champs des Mars. Which was overall a pretty great choice.

Now there were a whole bunch of people there. A whole bunch of people. I'm not the best with huge crowds. But with 6 of us just making sure that none of us got lost and pushing one another through the crowds when needed, it wasn't that bad. After making it through the first gate and walking through a variety of closed streets, it took us 45 minutes to make it through the first line of pat downs. Then there was a second. After the second we were all feeling pretty safe.

Once we finally made it to the Champs des Mars and wedged our way into a spot in the middle of the field where we could see, we had an awesome time. We cheered and jumped and hooped and hollered along with the crowd. We really got into it.

When France won and the game ended, the celebration didn't stop. People were running through the streets and waving flags and honking horns and singing. It was so much fun just to witness so much national pride. And the metro ride back to the dorm was free too. Which was a plus.

So that's the end to our very long July 7, a day in which I walked about 40,000 steps. Which is yet another record for me.

Until next time and au revoir. M