Smooth ride on the Eurostar to Paris. Our Airbnb is in a really great location in central city. Very busy pedestrian streets around us and lots of activity with small shops, cafes and bars down below us.
The apartment is up on the 4th floor. Access by a two person lift to the third floor then up narrow steps to our place. We haven't met Cecelia the owner yet.
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Laid back in Paris
The first day we went on the hop on hop off bus trip and saw the top spots of the Place de la Concord, the Champs Elysee with all the wonderful sops and cafes, the Arc de Triumphe, and the Eiffel tower. We saw Paris at its best .
Another day we got the number 69 bus to the Louvre and joined the queue for tickets under the huge glass pyramid. Wonderful statues of blokes ( you could tell ) then all the masters paintings. You could tell where the Mona Lisa was by the crowds of people holding up their cameras.
Mona Lisa.
You could get a lot closer 45 years ago .
After a long walk through the Garden of Truileries we arrived at the Place de la Concorde which is probably the centre of the city. The park we walked through had shade trees everywhere and Parisians sitting around having coffee or lunch. Just the way you expect them to relax .
We visited the Orangerie Gallery where we saw huge Monet paintings - probably 15 metres.
This gallery was full of the early 20th century French artists.
Paris is a wonderful hectic city with chaotic traffic and no marked lanes in the busy areas but it seems to work. It is easy to get over saturated by the wonderful buildings and architecture.
On Sunday the 1st we packed up from our Airbnb and caught a taxi to the Paris Montparnasse railway station for our 4 hour trip to Sarlat de Caneda in the south of France. We went via Bordeaux then followed along the La Garonne river. Interesting to see canal boats in the canals that ran along parallel to the river.
More next time.
Great photos John!
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