Up
and on the road by 9.30 with the computer telling us it was only 4
degrees celcius – yeah right – yes right! It was bloody freezing
out there. By the time we got to the centre it had also started to
rain, any colder and it would have been snowing. The train didn't
even want to work properly and deposited us at the Eiffel Tower
instead of Notre Dame where we were heading. We went for a gander at
the tower (which is smaller than you would think) took a photo and
raced back to the relative warmth of the metro. On to Notre Dame
which they have cleaned and it doesn't look quite as distinguished
Carol thinks, like Kents feelings about the now clean old buildings
in London. But at least it was warm and dry inside and we wandered
with the other tourists.
Caught
a bus to Place de la Concorde then walked up the Champs-Elysées a
bit and caught a bus past the Arc de Triomphe and on to La Defense
because we were cold and wet and had had enough and there we could
catch a train back to the car. Nazih and Carols sister Elaine who
has lived in France both implored us to have a crépe while we were
in Paris but it was just too cold and wet so we'll have to save that
joy for the future.
As
we headed out of Paris about 4.30pm the sun finally decided to try to
break through the cloud but the air remained freezing. We are
heading toward Boulogne-sur-mer where we hope to meet up with French
couple we met while couchsurfing at the same place in Ecuador and
Peru and have remained in contact with.
To
see our photos http://cjb.pascoe.net.nz/
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