Sunday 18th September 2016
Weather this morning was a cool and pleasant 20° with overcast sky. It had rained overnight.
WE had s sleep in and a later breakfast before heading out about
10:30am. Bought tickets for the Hop-on-Hop-off bus. First stop was the Louve
for a quick look then back on the bus to Notre Dame (the queue was too long to
go inside) so we went into St Chapelle, which is now part of the Palace of
Justice. St Chapelle was built between 1242ad &1248ad and has some amazing
stained glass windows. While it isoriginal and very beautiful it was too over
the top for my liking. We then walked
around to the bsck of Notre Dame, which ha the most amazing flying buttresses.
Lunch was next at a lovely café, pizza and a glass of wine.
Back on the bus to the Eiffel Tower then walked back to our hotel having
an ice cream on the way.
Dinner tonight was at a café near the hotel we all shared an entrée of
escargot ( snails) in garlic butter which was actually very tasty. Main course
was grilled rump steak for me and roast chicken for Lynne. We shared crepes for
desert.
Walked back to the hotel and had a night cap in the bar before going to
our room for a cuppa and a rest.
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| The Louve |
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| Notre Dame |
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| Inside St Chapelle |
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| Lynne & I at Notre Dame |
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| Back of Notre Dame |
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| Champs Elysees |
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| Escargot |
Saturday 17th September
2016
Another early start this morning as we had to walk Amsterdam Central
Railway Station as taxis do not pick up from our hotel due to the short
distance to the station.
Weather was much cooler, 18° and it had rained overnight.
We made the trip to the station dragging our luggage navigating road
crossings including tram tracks and at the same time watching for the
inevitable bikes. Fortunately it was early so there were not too many around.
The train departed Amsterdam on time at 9:17am. We had first class
tickets for the trip to Paris so it was very comfortable and the cabin steward
served up tea, coffee drinks and light snacks. The train was a HVT (high
velocity train) that reached a speed of 300kph between Brussels and Paris.
Arrived in Paris at 1:00pm (about 15 minutes late due to delays) and got
a taxi tour hotel.
Once we had checked in and unpacked we had a walk around Paris. Saw the
Eiffel Tower then the Arc de Truomphe and walked along the Champs Elysees back
to our hotel. All up approx. 11.5klms.
Dinner in the hotel restaurant before having an early night.
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| Trocadero |
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| Eiffel Tower |
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| Eiffel Tower |
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| Arc de Triomphe |
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