After our afternoon siesta, we set off full of anticipation to try to catch a glimpse of the famed Bastille Day fireworks show. We decided to head for the Trocadero - a high open area between 2 museums on the banks of the Seine immediately opposite the Eiffel tower. Our plans were to head back along the river (away from the tower) until we could find a view. We got to the Trocadero before 9pm (2 hours before the show was expected to start), and were delighted to find we could just squeeze in for a fantastic view of the tower, from the road in front of the open square (all roads in the area were closed to traffic), and noticed that the actual square was fenced off, but didn't realise until much later that this was because most of the fireworks were launched from *our* side of the river, rather than the tower itself! So we had close to the best position in Paris! 2 hours standing (following on from 3 hours on our feet earlier in the day) was exhausting, but absolutely worth it!
Despite the huge crowds, we were impressed with how good natured everyone was, very few incidents, and so many police, that we felt completely safe, and had no qualms about walking back to our hotel (about 20 mins walk) after midnight.
We didn't take many photos of the fireworks, preferring to enjoy in real life rather than focus on recording, but we did get a few which we're proud of - check them out on our Flickr site (link at the bottom of this page).
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