Week 5 – Paris and then home

Our trip is at an end, and tomorrow morning we pack our bag for the final time, throw on our back packs, and pull our case to the Saint Germain Des Pres metro station, to catch the train to Charles De Gaulle, to start the long flight home. 

We arrived in Paris on Monday morning to drop the car off at Peugeot.  What the GPS said was a 25 minute trip, turned out to be an hour, as unplanned for roadworks meant the trip was bumpier, slower and longer than expected.  Fortunately, the car played ball and didn’t run out of petrol – you return it empty not full.  As we got right into the centre of Paris, the roads widened, the pace quickened, the road signs deserted, and it was something of a wholly unsavoury mugging by scooters, trucks and taxis, all with more idea of where they were going, how to get there, and more need to be there quicker than we did.  A complete circuit round the Arc de Triomphe was once again the highlight of the journey into the centre of Paris.

We have spent the last 3 days walking the main sights of Paris – the Arch, the Champs Elysees, Place de la Concorde, and the Eiffel tower – our feet might never be the same again.  Our 3 nights at the Hotel La Perle, have been as brilliant as they were the last time we were here, with all the narrow streets full of restaurants, bars and boutique shops.  We’ve tried a few of the restaurants and bars, and have one more to try out tonight.

Until the next time.

Cheers,

David & Anne.