We got up at 4.30am to catch a taxi to the station, then a train to Rotterdam & then the high speed train to Paris. The best way to get around there is the metro. You can buy a two day pass but for some odd reason it’s cheaper to buy a separate pass for each day. What’s the story with that? I thought the whole point to buying longer was to save money. We made our way to the hotel & our room was ready even though we were early which was great as we could leave our bags (containing little more than a clean pair of undies & a toothbrush) & start checking out the sites.
First of all we went to Sacre Coeur (first photo - the second is of us with with the view from Sacre Coeur behind us) which is a beautiful old church on the top of a hill (quite a climb now that I am stuffed to the gills with waffles & gelati). It was an absolutely glorious day with people everywhere, although I imagine there are not many days that Paris is not chock a block with tourists & locals. We went inside & Ingrid lit a candle for her Mum. It was sad to see that despite the signs that said no photos, people were still taking them like they did at The Vatican.
We wanted to go & see the artist’s area & walked back down the hill only to find that it is behind the church & we needed to go back up. Lazy things that we are we decided to catch a cable car up there. After wandering around looking at the very expensive paintings, shopping & eating gelati we went down the hill, jumped on the metro & headed for the Eiffel Tower. Man is it big! You have to walk so far away to be able to take a photo with the whole thing in it. There was a 45 minute wait to actually go up it but we were happy to just look around, sit on the grass in the sun, eat & people watch. Obviously there is no need to explain which are the Eiffel Tower photos).
Interesting fact - there are sections of the tower that have a kind of mesh thingy over it that leans out slightly. This was apparently put there to catch anyone who decided to commit suicide. Possibly to thwart their plans & also so there was no-one falling on the people below or going splat on the ground.
First of all we went to Sacre Coeur (first photo - the second is of us with with the view from Sacre Coeur behind us) which is a beautiful old church on the top of a hill (quite a climb now that I am stuffed to the gills with waffles & gelati). It was an absolutely glorious day with people everywhere, although I imagine there are not many days that Paris is not chock a block with tourists & locals. We went inside & Ingrid lit a candle for her Mum. It was sad to see that despite the signs that said no photos, people were still taking them like they did at The Vatican.
We wanted to go & see the artist’s area & walked back down the hill only to find that it is behind the church & we needed to go back up. Lazy things that we are we decided to catch a cable car up there. After wandering around looking at the very expensive paintings, shopping & eating gelati we went down the hill, jumped on the metro & headed for the Eiffel Tower. Man is it big! You have to walk so far away to be able to take a photo with the whole thing in it. There was a 45 minute wait to actually go up it but we were happy to just look around, sit on the grass in the sun, eat & people watch. Obviously there is no need to explain which are the Eiffel Tower photos).
Interesting fact - there are sections of the tower that have a kind of mesh thingy over it that leans out slightly. This was apparently put there to catch anyone who decided to commit suicide. Possibly to thwart their plans & also so there was no-one falling on the people below or going splat on the ground.
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