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Tuesday, June 21, 2005

We're back and have had a wonderful time in Paris.

The weather was absolutely brilliant, so good in fact we had to slap on lots of factor 15.

We managed to see a great deal during our break, not least the Paris Air Show.

Our days panned out like this:

Day 1

Arrival, get accustomed to sweltering heat, check into hotel, shower and of the Metro to La Defense. In the evening we went to a favourite restaurant of ours in the Marias followed by a wander around the Pompidou Centre.

Day 2

The Paris Air Show, lots to take in, lots to see. Much craning of the neck. Much application of sun cream and lots of swigging of water! At 34 degrees it sure was a hot one! The show was made even more special by the display of Airbuses which received rapturous applause. Of course the beast, the Airbus A380 received lots of applauses and gasps from the gathered audience, including us.

It's quite amazing that something that weighs over 1 Million tons at take off actually gets off the ground. That said it did and the plane was very graceful in the air. (Strike one Airbus strike zero Boeing ;) ).

After a well deserved break back at the hotel and a refreshing power shower we were ready to go again.

This time we headed to a nice French Canadian restaurant called Equinox in the Marais and I must say the food was lovely. We had a very hearty meal before heading off to Notré Dame to chill at the steps whilst listening to some violinists.

This was followed by ice cream whilst sat watching the boats cruising up and down the Seine.

Cruising is a apt word to use as we were approached by a young French man who "asked us the time" whilst managing to barely keep his shorts on (yes they were that low we could see that much!)

Day 3

Of course when we eventually got up (feeling rather tired and achy from being on our feet for two days) we didn't want to check out nor have to think about heading home. We did make the most of the day though.

After leaving our luggage behind we headed into Paris for another hot and sticky day.

After a trip to the Museé Picasso we headed to Hotél de Ville where we frequent the BHV department store. From there we caught the Metro down to the Lourve for lunch before heading into the Tuileries Gardens for a much needed break. After cooling my feet by the sprinklers we found a couple of chairs where we decided to decamp in the shade and watch the (rather gay) world go by... If Paris was designed for one thing it was to people watch.

All too soon we had to head back to the hotel to collect our luggage, not before I managed to persuade Richard to let me go back to BHV to buy a few fabulous things!

As ever with our trips, they appear to be over too quickly but as we packed so much in it does feel that we were away much longer.

I am certain we will be back in Paris very soon as we both adore the city so much.

Until the next time...

As well as the selection of photographs, there are a couple movies which I hope to put online soon ;) Let me know what you think...

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