Paris in detail

Paris is full of history – centuries of it and you can see this everywhere in the buildings especially. The newer cafes and hotels sit at the bottom of the old buildings and are all tightly packed together. Cafe seats generally face the street (rue) in rows and there you can watch the world go by. Good coffee!!

We have “done” the museums and monuments – first a tour via the hop-on/off bus and then closer up. We visited: –

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Paris

Whats hot

– our hotel nicely located walking distance to lots of eateries

– exploring all the main attractions on the open top hop on hop off bus

– being stopped in the street and asked for directions as if we were locals – half the time we know the answer!!

Whats not

– transfer at Frankfurt was tedious as was the wait for shuttle from airport to hotel

– hotel want 5 euro per hour for wireless internet!

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