Relais Montmartre Paris
68 Boulevard de Clichy, (formerly "Du Chat Noir") Paris, Île-de-France, 75018, France
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The Rose Line
... and grand old buildings and of course you can't forget a proud and torrid history. There are some things which clash with this though. Many places seem very dirty, ther streets and some buildings but also the city is like an ants nest. There are thousands and thousands of people. I thought London was the busiest city I had seen but I think Paris does a good job of eclipsing it. And I have not even mentioned the driving yet. In many European cities we visited during the tour we were ...
...Well, it takes a long time to write 9000 words.
... great equalizer. Mr. Guillotine said that the people were getting their heads chopped off barely felt anything at all, but I don't know how true that is, and I certainly don't intend to find out.)
And then later on they invented GROUP trials. It was bad news.
The Reign of Terror lasted from September 1793 to July 1794. That isn't a long time. But do you know how many people had their heads chopped off? Between 16 and 40 THOUSAND.
It was ...
Viva le Tour!!
... way back to the Champs Elysees to check on the crowd situation. I say situation because, from what we had been told, we anticipated many a die-hard fan camping out. In reality there was no one there at 11pm, no one there at 12am or at 1am or at 2 am! It became very clear that besides the Saturday night revelers we were the ONLY peanuts out waiting for the race. We killed some hours in McDonalds until it closed at 2am. From there we walked laps of the Champs ...
Journey to Paris
... cab ride to our hotel. Had forgotten the complete lack of rules while driving in Paris!
The hotel was in a great spot. Right between the Eiffel Tower and Arc de Triomphe. Our room was not ready yet so we wandered to the park and saw the street performers and of course, the Eiffel Tower. Still somewhat tired but we didn't care. We stayed for a while then made our way to an authentic cafe/pizza joint next ...



