Jan & Ron's Adventures: Now back to the last holiday.

We were very lucky again this last summer holiday, in that Jan's sister was also going to be in Europe part of the time that we were there. So we arranged to meet up first in Paris and then go on to Brussels. We would also see them later in London, but that's another story.

After spending a lovely few days with Darius, Kristi and Lucian in their Belsize Park apartment, we caught the early morning Eurostar train to Paris. And what a lovely trip that was. Speeding through the English countryside as the sun came up and then before you knew it, we'd gone under the English Channel and we were in France. It was then just a short trip to Paris. Before leaving the UK we'd bought a three day Paris Metro pass so that we wouldn't have to worry about trying to buy tickets once we were there. My French is practically non-existant so I didn't want to chance it. As we were going back to the UK after our little side trip, we left some of cases with Darius & Kristi and so we didn't have too many to carry on the train. The Paris Metro was really good (once we'd worked out which train to catch) and Jan had picked a hotel very close to a Metro station so we didn't have too far to walk.

Our hotel was in an area called Trocadero and wasn't very far from the Eiffel Tower and the Seine.


The Eiffel Tower

Lots of cafes to choose from!

There were lots of cafes and we could sit and have breakfast, lunch or dinner with the Eiffel Tower in the background. The Seine was only a few minutes walk away and so we took a trip on a boat and lazed away as we took in the sights on the river.

Ron enjoying the sights!

We had one day to ourselves and then Heather and Neil arrived the next day. We were then able to take in the shops and sights with them and share a few meals and the odd glass of French wine. We went to Fauchon and sampled their fare and checked out the amazing ceiling in Galeries Lafayette.