Charles De Gaulle

Sunday 20th July: We had a lot of luggage, but we also had plenty of wheels. We ended up on the load limit, thanks to an estimate on Sheila's bathroom scales earlier over the other side of the channel. Things went pretty smoothly, except that our plane was delayed for 90 minutes, so we were given complimentary sandwiches. No chance of being late for this flight! Singapore Airlines were quite good. Farewell France!

Centre Georges Pompidou à Nuit

Samedi 19eme Juillet: Nous avons aimé cette vue que le Musée National d'Art Moderne, dans le quartier Beaubourg. Il y a prés de notre restaurant, que nous avons mangé et bu ce soir. Il ne fait pas chaud, ni frais, le temps fait parfait ce nuit. Nous avons marché au le Métro station Rambuteau. J'ai pris cette photo, et j'ai voulu le publier sur ce journal, parce que nous avons commencé nos vacances le premier jour à Paris ici. Donc ici est il!

Le Verre Luisant

Saturday 19th July: Recommend this café and bar in Paris, which is on the little Rue de la Verrerie. Two large wheat beers can be seen on the table, which were quite good! The waiter spoke some English, which was handy as our French comprehension was rapidly declining, we seem to get what we wanted in the end, good service here with some French humour, a good ending to a fantastic day!

Piliar Nord

Saturday 19th July: The Piliar Nord is where we queued to ascend via the lift. The queue doesn't seem to shrink right up until midnight, as we saw this later today, and during our first trip earlier in the month. Its truly a huge structure of steelwork, not unlike the Sydney Harbour Bridge steelwork!

Eiffel Post Office

Saturday 19th July: This photo is taken from right next to the post office, where you can get your postmark. The beginning of the twilight in Paris can be seen from the low angle of sun ray reflections in this photo. The signal of the end of a fantastic day! Its about 7pm and we are about to leave the Eiffel Tower, after about 3 hours whole tower exploration. Everyone really enjoyed the experience. Time for ice creams, refreshments and find somewhere to eat!

Île des Cygnes

Saturday 19th July: This is a view from level one of the tower, looking south through the museum window. Almost perfect scene of the Seine and the Île des Cygnes, framed by the french style window. The statue of liberty is at the end of this island, which can only just be seen from the tower. There is also much to see on level 1, including cafés, museums, shops and a post office.

710 Eiffel Steps

Saturday 19th July: We opted to take the stairs from Level Two to Level One, then again down to the ground. Altogether 710 steps! Better to go down than up this way, we say! You do feel quite safe as they are well enclosed within the tower. You can also see the detail of the structure and the destination platforms from above. Its also quicker than queueing up for the lift!

The Crow's Nest of Paris

Saturday 19th July: This is the view of Paris towards Monmarte over the Seine. You can almost see the curvature of the Earth as you are over 1000 feet above the ground. A head for heights is essential to be lifted to this point in one of the four glass walled lifts from level two to the top. As the lift ascends and later descends, everyone crammed into the lift is silent, and you can only hear the 'click click' of the lift machinery, while watching the slightly unnerving moving view through the tower steelwork. The view is inexplicable!

Parc du Champ de Mars

Saturday 19th July: This is the view from Level Two of the Eiffel Tower, across the Parc du Champ de Mars to the École Militaire, with the Montparnasse Tower in the distance. You can go direct to here from the ground in the upper level of the lift. The lift is very quiet, although you are a bit squashed in and it could be a little claustrophobic. The many people below look like ants. We queued again to catch a lift to the very top of the tower.

Palais de Chaillot

Saturday 19th July: This is the view of the Trocadéro and the Palais de Chaillot from level one of the Eiffel Tower. This is certainly one of the highest points in Paris, even on level one, and also avoids an additional queue on level 2 going to the top. These views are priceless!

Trocadéro

Saturday 19th July: This is the view from the Trocadéro. The queues at the bottom of the tower seem always way too long, but they do actually move fairly quickly, especially with an ice cream or tea, and plenty of conversation. You can also take heaps of photos of the tower directly above.

Le Tour Eiffel

Saturday 19th July: A short drive to Paris - Gare de Lyon on the A4, just after the Périphérique through Porte Bercy, and you are there! Pick one of the many car parks around the station, and you are on the inner Métro for easy travel to the Trocadéro for the Eiffel Tower. Somehow, we got separated, and took a wrong turn or two, and well, to cut a long story short, we spent the next hour driving around Paris (well I did!) before eventually ending up at Gare d'Austerlitz. Baguettes and refreshments at Paris St Germain district and then we are all content ready for the assault on the tower!

Gare Du Nord

Samedi 28eme Juin: Après un bizarre voyagé dans la voiture a traversé les rues de Paris, nous avons arrivé à le Gare du Nord pour l'Eurostar à Londres. Le voyagé de la train a pris 2.25 heures, et elle a allé à 300 km/h! Elle est très confortable, très agrèable. Nous avons arrivé en Londres, il a fait du soleil!

Café Beaux Artes

Mercredi 25eme Juin: Nous avons bu du café et des milk-shakes dans ce café (Des Beaux Artes). La serveuse de café, elle est Française, elle a dit française, mais elle a parlé anglais parfait aussi, avec l'accent américain. Elle mére est Américain. Ce Café est sur la rue Quai Malaquais, en face de la Lourve, est côte de la quartier Saint Germain est la Seine. Nous avons mangé aussi des crêpes, elle etaient délicieux, est elle sont traditionelle à Paris et en France.

Paris St Germain

Wednesday 25th June: I think we got to most of the quarters in Paris. A stroll through any part of Paris, we found interesting things to see and experience, and different people to meet in the shops and cafés and street side like at this scene on the banks of the Seine.

Lovely Louvre

Wednesday 25th June: Spent most of today at the Louvre. You are allowed to take photos here! Apart from the wonderful Mona Lisa, the Horses of Marly and Aphrodite, we saw quite a lot of the art throughout the musée. We were are compelled to see not only the historic european paintings, but also the heritage tapestries, sculptures and china, the greek and roman sculptures, and the sheer magnitude and history of the building.

The Marais

Tuesday 24th June: We strolled through the Marais, near to where we are staying looking for a nice place to eat. A friendly face offered to take this photo on the cobbled Rue Des Barres, next to the Church Saint-Gervais, the lady in the picture is a nun from this church.

Notre Dame

Tuesday 24th June: Its about 7:30 pm and its very bright, quite warm, and plenty of people are wandering about. Our stroll across Pont St Louis discovered the Notre Dame cathedral, outside grandeur, then inside to listen to the service open for the public at the time. Magnificent place!

Tea On Ile-de-St-Louis

Tuesday 24th June: A pleasant stroll along the Ile-de-St-Louis, on the way to the Notré Dame, where we stopped for Ice Cream, and then some cool drinks at this very nice café right next to the Pont St Louis on the banks of the Seine.

Triomphe Tower

Tuesday 24th June: It was quite hot on top of the Arc De Triomphe. One of the best places to see Paris from above. We were compelled to take the usual photos such as eating the Eiffel Tower.