Sunday 3rd July
After a leisurely start we had a fairly trouble free trip until we got to the outskirts of Paris where we hit huge amounts of traffic. Fortunately most of it was going the other way so it wasn’t too bad. On arrival at the campsite recommended by Angela & Paul they informed us it was the start of many Parisians holidays plus a bank holiday, so not a bad trip considering.
As we had been told, the site is very nice and the owners friendly, they even gave us a free ‘T’ shirt each. We had a wander up to the station to get our tickets for Paris tomorrow, which means we can go on the trains, metro and busses all day for 14€ each. Had we realised just how expensive it was going to be when we got there we would have arranged a second mortgage beforehand but we were determined to enjoy ourselves and worry about it later. Fortunately, later we realised it was too late to worry so we haven’t bothered!
Our train dropped us just before the Eiffel Tower near the military museum, as good a place to start as any. I am not going to bore everyone with a blow by blow account of our day but suffice to say we did most of the touristy bits. Obviously for Joan, Montmartre was a must so naturally while we were there we visited Sacre-coeur.
We were on the second floor
Next I surprised Joan by taking her past the hotel we stayed at for her 50th birthday trip, just the other year.
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Notre Dame
The Latin quarter
After a very full day which included paying £9 for two orange juices and a fiver for one small beer! We decided to return, as Joan was beginning to flag a bit in the extreme heat plus her cold is still pretty bad. All in all a lovely day and as we had had a fairly substantial lunch we felt more tired than hungry so settled for a light salad.
Tuesday 5th
Just relaxed, walked to local shops and prepared van for using aires, off to the seaside tomorrow yeh!!!
Would you believe it's 8.30pm and still 25 degree's!
Lots of love, Joan & Bryan xxxxx
2 comments:
Getting better. Brief and to the point. Well done!
But please, just avoid apostrophe's if at all possible. It really isn't worth it.
[NB: the above apostrophe is wrong. Please note]
Glad to hear you are having a good time. Steve reads the precis and I read the detail. We then compare notes. Missing you already. Love Reena
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