The longest leg of our journey to Europe was from Hong Kong to London, a total of 11 hours in the air but mercifully most of the trip was in the evening.
We arrived in Paris at about 9.00am and then had an unplanned free tour of Paris attractions as our (replacement?) shuttle bus driver took a small bus load of jet lagged tourists all around Paris hoping our hotels would magically appear:-). He was so stubborn that he would not admit he was lost, kept checking maps on his phone and even resorted to asking people at traffic lights for directions. We FINALLY arrived at our very posh hotel Hilton La Defence after 2 hours of driving around Paris.
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| We settled in and dozed for the afternoon and then ordered Room Service for our first French meal - Croc Monsieur, yum! |
We had a free day before joining our Trafalgar tour so decided to spend the day having our own tour of Paris. Trevor was extremely jetlagged and couldn't wake up so we left him to sleep it off.
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After a couple of hiccups we managed to negotiate the Metro and found ourselves at Gare Saint-Lazare. I realised that I was REALLY in Paris seeing places I had only read about, and was also hearing and still understanding the language I had learnt some 45 years ago. I was ecstatic!
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| We hopped on and off a Big Red Bus Tour of Paris. Here Wendy admires the beautiful River Seine.  
One of our stops was at the Musee d'Orsay where I photographed this magnificent horse for Wendy's grand daughter who loves horses.
After meeting up with our tour group we were taken for dinner to this beautiful restaurant overlooking the Louvre. We watched the sunset from the terrace and then went inside for our meal.
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