Paris, France, not Paris, Texas!

It now seems a long time ago that we arrived in Paris - on Thursday September 31st. We got caught in the most awful traffic jams and our intrepid driver, Luc, tried several different roads. In the time that we travelled less than 4km my Barney (back home in Hamilton) had completed his shower & breakfast and dressed for work.

We didn't mind the traffic too much, as there were lots of exciting and new things for us to look at. Just before 8pm we turned onto a bridge over the Seine and there was the Eiffel Tower - sparkling! Yes, sparkling! From 8pm until 1am on the hour, there are white sparkling lights for just 10 mins. Luc tried to tell us it was just for us. Yeah right!

The Novotel Tour Eiffel is enormous and very smart.