What an exhausting day! We covered 12km on foot. Our first stop was Petit dejuner on the Champs Elysee. A coffee, croissant and toast...for £13! then we walked up to the Arc de Triomphe, down to the Seine where the weather took a turn for the worse. We walked to La Tour Eiffel, alas nobody was getting engaged at that time in the morning. We walked around the gardens, and then to the Bateaux Parisian for a lunch cruise in style, with champagne to start, Brigitte and I had a bottle of wine each! incredibly good food, a singer and an amazing view from the Seine passing all of the main sights. The lunch cruise was probably the most money i've ever spent on a meal!Then we had to do some serious exercise to work off lunch, and the alcohol so we walked to Notre Dame passing the Musee D'Orsay, previously a railway station. The gorgeous bridge covered in padlocks, you write your names on the lock, close it and throw the key into the Seine for your love to be locked. We finally arrived at Notre Dame and the calve muscles were feeling it. We found the point where all distance from Paris is measured, point zero and then we started our trek back, passing electric cars plugged in. We found the Louvre. Last time I was at the Louvre was 11 years ago, when travelling around Europe and I only had 3 photo's per city I visited. Today I took significantly more. The distance between the Louvre and Champs Elysee is misleading, half way along I was considering asking Ali for a piggy back. After a crepe to keep us going, it was back to the hotel to put the feet up. An exhausting day but we pretty much ticked off the normal tourist attractions all in one day! Tomorrow is Montmatre...and some more walking.
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