Marathons and Closing Ceremony

On a breezy, chilly but sunny morning, I stood outside the hotel watching the wheelchair and running marathons, some of the latter with guides who had to be as fit as their partners, who then went past the Paris 2024 office on their way into the centre of Paris.
I took the metro to St Cloud and walked along the north bank of the Seine to Le Pont des Arts before having a late lunch at Chez Denise near Les Halles followed by my last organ recital at St-Eustache with music by de Grigny, Bach and Vierne.
My last journey on Line 12 took me back to the hotel before walking to the Stade de France for the Closing Ceremony which included an hour of French electric music compered by different DJs.
My final walk back to the hotel from the Stade de France was in drizzle.Read more