Two days in Paris

The best part about Paris is waiting for Kate to fly in!

The Eurostar train was a dream. So easy to transfer from the Paris central station to the metro, except for the stairs and heavy bags.

Food or hotel with no troubles. More on the hotel later. We dropped our bags and found a lovely side walk cafe to have a drink while we waited for Kate.

Lo and behold she walked right past us.

Well the hotel dramas started the first night. The street is full of night clubs. Parisians start parties about 11pm and keep going till 6am!! And with no aircon, fans or double glazing, we woke up bleary eyed!!

Breakfast at a lovely local patisserie of croissants and coffee. Then off to take bikes to the Notre Dame. Thank goodness we were there early. No charge to go in and it was so beautiful. The cathedral is so well restored!

We then jumped on a HoHo bus for a ride around the sights. Got off at the Eiffel tower and walked through the gardens. Things getting very crowded. People everywhere and it’s not even peak season. Back on the bus to Notre Dame and biked back to the hotel.

Nice before-dinner snack of snails, Vietnamese for dinner and bed…decided to play my Train sleep track all night to block out the happy party sounds outside!! Until 11:52! I know the time coz I check my watch. Woke to a hotel staff banging on the door to make us pay €4 tourist tax!!! Stop laughing!! I tried to tell him that I would come down in the morning to pay…but NO! Pay right now…by this time Kate is awake too! Paul then gets up, sans pants…and tries arguing with him too…we give the man €10 and then we wait for change…then roll over and I tell Paul…in the morning we will wake up and laugh our heads off and NEVER is he booking another ‘budget’ room without my checking AL L the bad reviews. Post research found a review where the staff punched a customer for complaining.

Goodbye Paris…it’s been a visit of highs and lows.Læs mere