Robyn and Gareth's (mis?)adventures...

Just a short break in Paris this time. We stayed in a lovely hotel about 1 km from Champ des Mars and ate and drank and walked ourselves through the weekend.

After our last trip to Paris (in winter) and the fact that you couldn't even see the top of the Eiffel Tower, this time it was a beautiful summers day and we decided to make the most of it!

I've got to say that after Level 2 I really didn't like being on a piece of metal a couple of hundred meters up in the air, but I got to the top and have the white knuckled smiling photos to prove it!
Point to note - if you walk up to Level 2, it's cheaper and there are less queues and if there is one, it moves quicker than all the others!

And the view is always spectacular...

Later that day (after a siesta) we took a river cruise down to Notre Dame and had the most amazing dinner. It was this little pub but we can't work out if it was actually really old or just made to look old. Anyway, we got gibbed as they saw 'tourists' coming and gave us a set menu of about 5 courses. Best bit was the starter where they literally give you baskets of vegetables and meats, a knife and a chopping board and you hack away to your hearts content.

We rolled home, but stopped to take more photos and I thought this one was a goodie.

Our other task for the weekend was to go into the Louve. Unfortunately we didn't get there until 11am and as its free the first Sunday of the month the queues were massive. Given it was about 30 degrees at the time we decided we were far too sensible to stand in the sunshine for an hour and went to leave...but then we found a side entrance (excellent!!!!). So we got into the Louve for free and without queuing!!! Managed to fight our way through to see the necessary exhibits and then left the crowds to it.

We found some nice sights on the way...

1. Musee d'Orsay
2. River Seine