In my last Paris post I showed the layouts about the Eiffel Tower and our behind the scenes tour. I'd booked a late afternoon tour so that we could watch the sun set from the Tower. We also ascended to the top of the Tower to watch the light display. Every hour, on the hour, for about 5 minutes the Tower sparkles as thousands of lights twinkle on and off. It's so very pretty!
After watching it from the top of the Tower we descended and crossed the Seine to watch it again from the huge open space opposite the Tower. While we settled in to wait we munched on crepes (what else!) and people watched. It was about 11pm by this stage but the city was still bustling.
The next day we travelled out to Rouen to meet up with Rob's cousin. Unfortunately the day was a shambles from start to nearly the finish! We didn't realise it was the start/end (?) of Daylight Savings, so we slept in and only just made it to the train on time. This was the only day I let Rob organise and he did a pretty poor job of it! He hadn't managed to get in touch with his cousin before we got on the train, so we didn't even know if we'd meet him or not. Rouen is a beautiful, old city and is the place where Joan of Arc was burned at the stake. So much history that we totally missed because we were waiting around!
We did tour their Notre Dame Cathedral, but there was so much more we could have done. You may notice that in all the photos of me I had my arms crossed and in some I'm even scowling. I was so very cross at Rob that day!
In the end we did catch up with Rob's cousin and his gorgeous son for a lovely, but very quick, lunch. We were strongly encouraged to try some of the more rustic local cuisine but after watching a lady on the next table eat her frog's legs I just couldn't face it! We then had another dash (uphill!) to make the train back into Paris as we had tickets for the Moulin Rouge that night. I think we got onto the train about 30 seconds before the doors closed!
I can laugh now, another memorable day and memory of Paris!
Bye for now,
Tina
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