Last day of the sojourn

My last day has arrived and I sit and ponder the trip home. What an amazing time I have had seeing new sites and enjoying great company.

Met up with a dozen people for dinner last night and kicked on to wee hours (about 4.00 am).

Said my goodbyes to all and now await Fi coming home early for the trip to airport.

Not much more to say and will only post once more on arrival home.

Has been fab and anyone who has followed, thanks for the thoughts.

Wandering around town

Glorious day with no cloud saw me out and about. Having tubed past Baker Street numerous times it was time to see the area. Got off and walked down to the classic of 221b Baker Street where the Sherlock Holmes museum is.

221b Baker St

It was still early so went another few yards to Regents Park. Lovely gardens of which there are plenty in London. The day was warm so there were plenty paddling in the water.

                               Regents Park

Kept walking then on to Paddington, and was able to catch Fi for lunch. After that I wound my way back via tube to Greenwich for a quick arvo snooze! Tough this holiday gig.

Met up with girls at Davey's wine bar for dinner and drinks as it was the last night we could just be us 3.

Sauntered home late in evening and then toddled off to bed. Last full day of my holidays and meeting a crew out for dinner tonight. A bit gloomy today but I am hopeful it will clear up.

Montmarte and then back to London

The Eurostar back to London was not until 5.00 pm so we had our morning coffee and croissants and took the metro up the hill. It still left us with a nice walk and the day was glorious.

Montmarte

The view across city was great and the place was heaving. So much so we did not stay too long, just enough to take some snaps and then wandered back down.

                               View over Paris

Took the metro back to St Michel where we stopped for a coffee and thought we could go visit the Museum De Cluny. Nice plan but it is closed on Tuesdays! Dooooh.

                                Outside the Museum De Cluny

So after that we walked the streets taking in the feel of the place until it was time to return to our hotel, pick up bags and head to the station.

Back to London, then tube back to Greenwich had us in by 7.30. Felt a bit shattered so sat back in evening and chatted to Leann after she got home.

2 more sleeps for me only so will have to ensure I see more.

An eyeful of Eiffel

Another full day was in store and after breakfast wandered down to the Seinne to jump on the on/off boat. Great way to see the city and after going past Notre Dame and other sites the tower soon came closer.

                                    Fi on the river

We disembarked at the tower and joined the throngs admiring it. They are currently doing a lot of work at the base modernizing the facilities as apparently the number of visitors in last 10 years exceeded all that visited in previous century.

Tower De Eiffel

Another tick off from my trip and then we headed up to shops at Hauseman where I managed to find a few things. The afternoon had flown by and we headed back towards our area and had drink and a chat.

We cleaned up a bit and headed out for the evening. Found a great cafe up the hill and just outside Sorbonne.

Sorbonne at night

Another great day came to a close and now today I leave this wonderful part of the world. Au revoir until another time.

A full day in the city

It had been a late start, so Fi and I made our way down Rue St Michel where we found one of the many cafes for brunch. With enough to start we walked across the river to Notre Dame  and than wound our way down the Seinne past the Louvre to the Champs Elysees.

Notre Dame

We walked all the way up then to Arc De Triomph with a couple of shop and coffee stops. The walk is fantastic with sights at every moment, through the gardens at Louvre to the Champs itself.

Arc De Triomph

It was time to change our mode of transport so we hopped on Metro from the top down to Bastille. Found a great cafe to watch the people and enjoy a French rose.

From there we walked back across the river and worked our way back to Latin quarter and found a cafe for dinner. Fed we moved to a small bar for a couple of well earned cocktails!!

Soon it was after 11.00 and we ambled back to the hotel and collapsed. Up again today to head in another direction.

A French affair

To fill you in on the Paris event, I will take a step back to fill in the gaps from yesterday.

Arrived at Paris Nord station after the 2 hours from London. Beautiful day and we walked down towards the Seine, through the streets of Paris taking in the place.

Saw glimpses of many of the sites including Eiffel Tower, Arc De Triomph, and Notre Dame. Will explore more today.

                               River Seinne
Took us 2 hours and as was hot and we really looked forward to checking in. The hotel is directly across from the Sorbonne on the border of the Latin quarter.

After a quick shower we stepped out to take in a some food and wine.

                         Fi at Chez Clement
After a few hours we had dinner and went out to a club for the evening- Looking forward to the day.

Paris!

Quick post as we have just arrived in Paris. Caught the Eurostar this morning and have just walked down from station to hotel.

Louvre

Walked down and have seen Louvre, Champs Elysees and Notre Dame.

Now time for a feed and a drink. Will catch up tomorrow. Au revoir.......