After a fantastic and leisurely breakfast at the hotel, we walked along to the Champs-Elysees to catch the bus for our city tour. The hotel is within walking distance to the Eiffel Tower and the Champs-Elysees, there are plenty of restaurants around and we can even see the Eiffel Tower from our room window! The weather is a little cooler than Dubai (go figure), so Mary bought herself a nice new Paris scarf which you'll see her sporting in many of the pictures that follow! We boarded the red bus and had a lot of fun seeing the sights of the City all in one fell swoop. The fashions, the cars, the people, the shops.... it's all absolutely fantastic. All the big fashion names are here and we were amazed that the Louis Vuitton shop on the Champs-Elysees always has a queue of people lined up to get in. Lucky for Ron, Mary and I weren't really in the mood for a 'big shop', ha ha. Weather wise we did have a little rain now and again and spent the whole day touring around the City on and off the bus. We visited the huge Lafayette store which has about 7 stories and has a huge viewing platform at the very top of the building. So we got to see the fantastic views of the City from there and took some shots of Sacre Couer and the back of the Opera House. We found the very Cafe de la Paix we sat in with the kids when we visited Paris with them, so we lunched there, people watched and had a great time reminiscing.
The top middle shot and the next one are taken from the top of the Lafayette store rooftop. After our busy day touring we returned to the hotel for a little Siesta (or whatever it's called in France) and met downstairs again to hop on our red bus for a tour of the city by night. We spent some time around the Eiffel Tower waiting for dark to fall, but you know what, we were not disappointed as when they lit up the Tower, a million little fairy lights danced up and down this enormous structure and it was just so pretty. Rather and take the bus, we walked back to our neighbourhood and went back to our 'favourite restaurant' (the onion soup one) for dinner and some wine. Once again, we were very warmly welcomed by the owner and had a fabulous dinner and another great evening in Paris. Strolled home around 11ish and decided that we would try to go for a tour of Versailles tomorrow if possible in the morning.
The top middle shot and the next one are taken from the top of the Lafayette store rooftop. After our busy day touring we returned to the hotel for a little Siesta (or whatever it's called in France) and met downstairs again to hop on our red bus for a tour of the city by night. We spent some time around the Eiffel Tower waiting for dark to fall, but you know what, we were not disappointed as when they lit up the Tower, a million little fairy lights danced up and down this enormous structure and it was just so pretty. Rather and take the bus, we walked back to our neighbourhood and went back to our 'favourite restaurant' (the onion soup one) for dinner and some wine. Once again, we were very warmly welcomed by the owner and had a fabulous dinner and another great evening in Paris. Strolled home around 11ish and decided that we would try to go for a tour of Versailles tomorrow if possible in the morning.
wow the iffel tower all lit up really is a site to see ! .. i dont remember much about being there as i was only .. 10 ?.. nice to be reminded with the pictures and stories.. :)
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