Our first experience on the TGV(Train à Grande Vitesse) or train of high speed, it sure is! 2hrs 40 minutes from Avignon to the centre of Paris. Super fast covering almost 500 miles, super quiet and comfortable.
We arrived in Paris Friday morning and after checking into our hotel headed off to our first Museum, the Musee D'Orsay.
Sadly like many of the Museums in Paris it was closed due to a strike. I was interviewed for a Radio station on whether I felt sympathetic for the employees plight!
And so we headed off to explore the many other wonderful buildings and to take in the Autumn sunshine. The Louvre was actually open having been closed for two days before.
Part of the Louvre, a wonderful building.
The Grand Palais ......with its stunning glass roof.
It is interesting that the French flag is flown from all public buildings - very patriotic
Naturally you cannot do Paris with out a visit to the Eiffel Tower
Team photo with our fellow explorers Ian & Sheena.
Souvenir Eiffel Towers - three for a Euro!
Dinner in this charming restaurant, which we found when researching our trip on the internet, excellent menus from 25€ which is pretty good for Paris. A most enjoyable night was passed!
The Seine at night - very special.
Saturday morning and we are up and about bright(?) and early and off to the Sacre Coeur followed by walk around Montmarte
After a most enjoyable lunch we headed off to the Arc de Triomphe, which has 12 Avenues leading off.
The most famous is the Champs-Elysees which has many Stores, Car showrooms and is a real show case for the glitzy glamorous retailers.
About halfway down there is a great view up and down, one way to the Arc de Triomphe the other to the Place de la Concorde, where this spendid wheel has been built for Christmas.
Dusk gives great light on this image of the wheel, Place de la Concorde and the Eiffel Tower.
I know it's been a while since we visited a 'big City' but the traffic in Paris was incredible. Look at the position of these cars!
Dinner in the evening at 'Gourmard' famous for sea food in particular shell fish.
Karen tucking into a rather splendid selection of sea food
And after that you need to walk, so it's back to the Champs Elysee. These pictures were taken about 1am - note the traffic.
Thierry & Christine live 18 Kilometres outside paris and took over two hours to drive in a meet us! Thank you !
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