Hotel Kyriad Orly Athis-Mons

... and with the Arc De Triumph in the near distance. We walked down to the arc, and continued onto the Champs Elyse. We ate at Pomme De Pain, my favorite French restaurant (Helena, thanks for introducing me to this). After lunch, we went to the Cinema, across the street on the Champs Elyse. It was the Opening Day of WALL-E so we watched this. It was perfect because only basic French was spoken and I understood just about all of it ...

... a true French aroma in the air. We continued walking on to Bercy Park. This place is absolutely beautiful. With a few less people than Luxemburg, I liked this place a lot. Very green, lots of ponds, and lots of water. The statute of the Indian was there too and I took a photo with him. We continued along to Palais Omnisport, an arena where Agathe ...

... to have to buy a ticket. I guess as a repayment for all the hardships in London with the Eurostar, I was granted a little bit of luck. On the train ride down to Bayonne from Paris last week, the conductor forgot to punch a hole in my day of travel on my railpass. I conveniently changed my 07/22 to an 07/28. Free! I was a little ...

... tucked up in our beds!!!! Friday was another eventful day. We woke up and headed for the Bastille because Alice was desperate to see it. We took the metro and after seeing the stone pillar that was all that was left of the ruin Bastille, we walked to the Luxembourg gardens for lunch. We sat down on the grass and started eating our baguettes. Until we got kicked off the grass by the gendarme. we spent the rest of lunch ...

... she serves. After that we went down the street a bit more and picked up some fruit: Pretty expensive, but there is a strong need to eat things that grow. Down the street a bit more was the cheese store. It is a wonderful place, but I suggest avoiding such food when storing it in the backpack. Needless to say my bag smelled like butt all day. Oh the stinky cheese. After we got all our stuff, we headed to the train to go the the Chateau Versailles. In order to get the ...

... rue. Micheline nous a préparé un bon souper. Elle met du curcuma partout. On avait de la poule, des patates, du concombre, tomates, andouille, etc. J'ai achet ...

... atmosphere were very enjoyable, and we left feeling very satisfied. As we walked back down the Champs-Elysees, seeing the Arc de Triomphe lit up for the night, we stopped once again for a last glass of wine. I couldn't believe it was already 9:45, because it was still very light outside! We sat and watched traffic whizzing along and, people walking by, enjoying the sights, sounds and smells before heading back to the hotel and a good night's rest.

... Neither of us got a good nights sleep as we were both worried we would not hear the alarm and Garth and Helen would be stranded at the airport!! We managed to get up and leave on time and find our way to Charles De Gual airport...except it is bloody huge and we could not work out which one of the four terminals we had to go to...the airport is also not that friendly for vehicles over 2 meters high so it was difficult to get around and find somewhere to park. We got to Terminal 1 and ...

... dinner at a little cafe, where I know I thoroughly enjoyed my meal. Later, we watched the fireworks by the Eiffel Tower from a bridge over the river Seine. The next day, we went to Notre Dame. I have determined that Notre Dame is like an English muffin--full of nooks and crannies. And by crannies, I mean about 500 steps in a spiral staircase and the smallest doors you've ever seen. After we descended from about our approximately 12 dizzying flights ...

... dismay). The night before she left I had a half an hour of sleep and luckily our friend Steve came over and offered to go with us to the airport because nessa and I fell asleep and barely woke up to say a quick goodbye when she almost missed the right terminal. All well, :) that's when nessa and i got off at the next stop went up and over got back on the next train and slept back to the apartment and then just fell on our beds to, yup you guessed it, sleep some more.