Skypher

So yesterday was a day of leisure. I took the team on a cultural day, which brought us to the Eiffel Tower. We got tickets from Microsoft to go all the way to the top, which is quite an experience. The tickets also allowed us to skip the queueing, which was rather nice.

Ricardo insisted on eating his breakfast ON the Eiffel Tower, which he did. Then we took our day pass for the Metro and headed for the Sacre Coeur, which gave us an excellent lunch setting:

Then we went in the Sacre Coeur and even up to the dome which is a whopping 220 steps up. But it’s a must-go! You walk on the roof and through small openings to get to the dome and then get a spectacular panoramic view of Paris:
This is me thinking it’s excellent.

After about 30 minutes gazing at Paris we had to go down again, and meet some journalists which came from Holland aswell. We sat down in the sun and the team had a nice session. Time to get back to the hotel and off to the arranged ‘dinner’ cruise.

The boat left at 2030 for a trip on the Seine, we quickly found our way to some beers and started mingling. I took some excellent shots:

Day 5

So now it’s day five and I was just in time for breakfast. Some more R&R and then off to the Louvre to set up the showcase and watch the top teams’ presentations. The bus leaves in 40 minutes…