Day trip to Paris

We rode the Eurostar from London to Paris, which takes a little over two hours. This gave us about 7 hours in Paris and we did a whirlwind tour recommended by my personal French teacher, Michele Cassavante! (Seriously, she met the challenge of 7 hours in Paris for two rather aging tourists.)

Paris!

Our taxi guide insisted she snap our tourist photo at the Arch de Triomphe

Here is our enthusiastic taxi driver that we asked to "visit en taxi...Louvre, Champes Elysees, Tour Eiffel, finale Rodin Musee. Thanks, Michele.

Tour Eiffel

Rodin Musee...the Thinker

Our crib sheet for 7 hours in Paris:

• Bring passports
• London Tube – Victoria line to St Pancras by 6:45 a.mtrain leaves at 7:27 a.m. train 9006, coach 2, seats 25,26
• Paris – arrive Paris Nord at 10:56 a.m. Paris time
• Get euros from ATM – $300
• Visit en taxi: Louvre, Champs Elysees, Arch di Triomphe, Tour Eiffel …  finale, Musee Rodin
• Lunch at Rodin museum
• Taxi: Si vous plais Notre Dame Afternoon at Notre Dame cathedral, (St. Chapel in government bldg go upstairs – crown of thorns King Louis.) At the tip of Notre Dam stairs down to Holocaust museum.
• Taxi: si’vous’plais Place de Vosges, La Bourgogne Good burgundy wine
• 7 p.m. taxi to si’ vous’ plais Gare du Nord
• 8:13 p.m. Paris Nord to London St. Pancras  Train 9059  coach 4 seats 17,18
• French for “where is a taxi stand?” (round red sign)   Si vous plais … où est un stand de taxi ?

Notre Dame

Notre Dame

Paris Memorial de la Deportation

Paris Memorial de la Deportation - a simple, modern memorial to the 200,000 French men, women and children deported to Nazi concentration camps in WWII

Crepes across the street from Notre Dame

Crepes and cafe au lait

Place des Vosges ... where a pigeon dropped a big one on the guide book I was reading .. also soiled our "landing cards" Hope we can get more at the station 🙂

Ma Bourgogne .. little dogs in restaurants...nice burgundy wine as promised by Michele

Then back to the train station — French fries and omelete while waiting…. and then…. a two hour delay for the train back to London….electrical problem in England. We were thankful for small things, like not getting stuck in the Chunnel.

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