Holiday instalment # 5 - Paris part 2

Paris.... what a city.

We walked from Palais de Chailot to the Eiffel Tower - via the Carousel to join the queue for the elevator to Level 2 ( not too long a wait - only about 20 mins) what a marvel this tower is. Once on Level 2 I decided that right to the top was for me..... so a bit more queuing and up we went..... TOTALLY AMAZING views from up there.  It is 324 metres (1,063 ft) tall...

 So worth the wait to get up there!!!!!! and the long wait to get back down.

Our next day in Paris was Sunday and we were up at 6.00am as we were taking a bus tour to Giverny to visit Claude Monet's gardens and then back to Versailles in the afternoon.  It was a beautiful still morning and I captured this amazing shot of the Seine River.

 

The Monet gardens were amazing.  I took so many photos of the flowers as they were so pretty and the pond.... it is exactly like you see in the Monet paintings.  Here are just a few of the photos

 I have already used a couple to make thank you cards ( see here and here )
After lunch at an amazing old mill we headed to Versailles.  The Mill has a wheel that still turns.

Versailles was the one of the highlights of the trip for Peter.  He was totally amazed at the opulence of the Palace.  The Hall of Mirrors was something special and all the amazing painting, the painted ceilings.... so much to see and then the gardens and fountains.

As you can see, we were very lucky with the weather.  The whole time we were in Paris we had sunshine... only one day a bit cooler and cloudy on and off and that was the day we visited the Louvre.....

Next instalment for that one....
Hope you are enjoying my trip.  I am so loving choosing the photos to show and reliving again each day.  So thanks for stopping by.

Hoilday instalment #4 - Paris part 1

Back again.... hope you are enjoying my trip despite the long posts!!!!

PARIS..... what can I say.... I LOVE this city....  we did so much and saw so much I'll split it up a bit as I really want to show why I loved this city....

We arrived by train... so quick from London to Paris.... and such pretty scenery on the way through France.   We arrived at Gard de Nord and found our way to the Metro... couldn't see our street on the map but knew it was called Hotel Central Saint Germain.... so took the underground to St Germain Notre Dame stop.. well that was a bit too far.... so had to walk for ages to find the hotel - off a side street off Boulevard Saint Michel  near the Sarbonne church. 

Isn't that just a spectacular sight.  It was taken at 9.00pm in the evening.

Next morning it was up and a walk over to Notre Dame to jump on the Hop On, Hop Off bus for a tour round the city to get our bearings......... once round to see everything then returning to the square outside Notre Dame to eat our bread and cheese ( snitched from the breakfast at the hotel)

this is one incredible church.  I have only show a few of the heaps of photos I took.... I found it so stunning.  We lit a candle and said some prayers for SIL Mary...
After visiting Notre Dame we walked along the Seine to the Louvre gardens and just sat taking in all the building, statues and the whole Louvre scene.

Had fun in the late afternoon sitting at a sidewalk cafe/bar that was on a corner.. just watching the traffic.....  chaos to say the least....
Next day we caught the bus again, this time getting off at the places we wanted to see.... me - I wanted to walk past all the designer shops.... Chanel, Dior, Louis Vuttion  - Peter to see the Ritz... ( of course I had to take his pic outside of the Ritz)

Next stop - along the Champs- Elysees to the Arc de Triomphe.  What an incredible structure.  I admired the statues and the tomb of the Unknown Solider and then we walked up to the top and looked back down the Champs-Elysees.

Back on the bus to the Trocadero stop and after lunch outside the Palais de Chailot it was a nice walk over to the Eiffel Tower for a visit,......  but I leave that till the next instalment!!!!   Be sure to come back tomorrow~~~~~~~~~~

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