Euro Day 1 - Paris - so French!!

Monday, 24 June 2019

After an eternity spent in planes, we finally arrived at CharlesDe Gualle airport at 8am today. With a bit of bumbling around we found our way on to the appropriate city train and then slogged the kilometre or so from the main station to our hotel (a fancy youth hostel really) where we were allowed to leave our luggage but not check in yet.  

With a day to kill before we could get into our room we'd already decided to do the easiest activities possible for brain-dead travellers... the hop-on-hop-off bus (without too much actual hopping off), and the Seine river cruise. Easy. We just had to walk a few zillion Parision blocks to pick up the tickets we'd prebooked.  As it happened it turned out to be a great walk through what seemed to be the most parisian streets and markets possible. Being a Sunday the traffic was pretty quiet for a while which made the journey lovely, if a bit hot.

 

 

We stopped along the way for baguettes and cheese from the supermarket and pain-au-chocolate for lunch dessert.  We ate these in a lovely little park along the way.

 

Once down at the ticket place we hopped on the next bus and drove past every tourist site possible (or so it seemed).  It was getting really warm, so whilst it was lovely when the bus was moving, when it stopped it was pretty hot!  Anyway - the sites were all amazing..

 

 

 

I could go on for pages and pages but you get the idea.

We eventually got off near the Eiffel tower and walked across the river to check it out a bit closer. It's booked out for taking the lift up it for months so tomorrow morning we'll get there early to walk up the stairs.  

 

After walking around the tower we went down the river to take the cruise, which was very nice and easy too. It was getting really really hot so the breeze by water was really nice.

After the cruise we hopped back on the bus and headed home, finally getting back by 5:30 - pertty good given we'd all been up for a good 36 hours or so by then! Our accommodation is really cool, and we have a great balcony looking straight up at Sacre Coeur.

 

And it has a teeny tiny lift that only fits 2 people. So its that or the very old staircase.. 

 

After a brief rest and regroup we went out for crepes for dinner, then visited the Sacre Coeur with the thousands of other tourists..

It's just a 10 minute walk away from the hotel so we're back now and ready to crash. It's been a long but fun day1

 

 

2017List
Euro Day 54 - Not a rest day Friday, 16 August 2019
Euro Day 52 & 53 Thursday, 15 August 2019
Euro Day 51 - Drammen & WOC Tuesday, 13 August 2019
Euro Day 50 - Hello Norway! Monday, 12 August 2019
Euro Day 49 - SOW Day 6 Sunday, 11 August 2019
Euro Day 48 - SOW Day 5 Saturday, 10 August 2019
Guest Blog: Today's tip for aspiring young uncles Friday, 9 August 2019
Euro Day 47 - SOW Day 4 Friday, 9 August 2019
Euro Day 46 - SOW Rest(ish) Day Thursday, 8 August 2019
Guest blog by Paul the favourite uncle Thursday, 8 August 2019
Euro Day 45 - SOW Day 3 Wednesday, 7 August 2019
Euro Day 44 - SOW Day 2 Tuesday, 6 August 2019
Euro Day 43 - SOW Day 1 Monday, 5 August 2019
Euro Day 42 - Switzerland to France to Switzerland to France.. Sunday, 4 August 2019
Euro Day 41 - Sweden to Switzerland Sunday, 4 August 2019
Euro Day 40 - Island Idle - Part 2 Friday, 2 August 2019
Euro Day 39 - Island Idle - Part 1 Thursday, 1 August 2019
Euro Day 38 - If it's easy, it's not worth doing Wednesday, 31 July 2019
Euro Day 37 - What Next? Wednesday, 31 July 2019
Euro Day 36 - Back into the forest Monday, 29 July 2019
Euro Day 35 - O-Ringen - Race Day 3 Sunday, 28 July 2019
Euro Day 34 - O-Ringen, Race Day 2 Saturday, 27 July 2019
Euro Day 33 - O-Ringen - Race Day 1 Friday, 26 July 2019
Euro Day 32 - O-Ringen Thursday, 25 July 2019
Euro Day 31 - Hello Stockholm! Wednesday, 24 July 2019
End of Part 1 Wednesday, 24 July 2019
Euro Day 30 - Salzburg! Tuesday, 23 July 2019
Euro Day 29 - Hello Austria! Tuesday, 23 July 2019
Euro Day 28 - Even more Bohinj Sunday, 21 July 2019
Euro Day 27 - More Bohinj! Saturday, 20 July 2019
Euro Day 26 - Bohinj Friday, 19 July 2019
Euro Day 25 - Bled Thursday, 18 July 2019
Euro Day 24 - Hello Slovenia! Wednesday, 17 July 2019
Euro Day 23 - Plitvice Lakes National Park Tuesday, 16 July 2019
Euro Day 22 - Hello Croatia! Monday, 15 July 2019
Euro Day 21 - Dolomites to Trieste Monday, 15 July 2019
Euro Day 20 - Dolomites 3 Day - Day 2 Saturday, 13 July 2019
Euro Day 19 - Dolomites 3 Day - Day 1 Thursday, 11 July 2019
Euro Day 18 - Venice to Predazza, Sea to Mountains Thursday, 11 July 2019
Euro Day 16 & 17 - Part 2 - Venice Wednesday, 10 July 2019
Euro Day 16 - Part 1 - O-Nerding in Venice Tuesday, 9 July 2019
Euro Day 16 - Thunder and Lightning in Venice Tuesday, 9 July 2019
Euro Day 15 - Thunder and Lightning in Florence Monday, 8 July 2019
Euro Day 14 - Pisa and San Gimignano Sunday, 7 July 2019
Euro Day 13 - Cinque Terre Saturday, 6 July 2019
Euro Day 12 - Transition Day Friday, 5 July 2019
Tour Du Mont Blanc - Day 4 Friday, 5 July 2019
Tour Du Mont Blanc - Day 3 Friday, 5 July 2019
Tour Du Mont Blanc - Day 2 Friday, 5 July 2019
Tour Du Mont Blanc - Day 1 Thursday, 4 July 2019
Euro Day 7 - Annecy to Les Houches Sunday, 30 June 2019
Euro Day 6 - From St Etienne to Annecy Saturday, 29 June 2019
Euro Day 5 - Heading towards Lyon Friday, 28 June 2019
Euro Day 4 - Castles Castles Castles Thursday, 27 June 2019
Euro Day 3 - Goodbye Paris hello Loire Valley Wednesday, 26 June 2019
Euro Day 2 - Sore Feet! Tuesday, 25 June 2019
Euro Day 1 - Paris - so French!! Monday, 24 June 2019