We Made It To Paris! : Day 1 – E.T.

We impressed ourselves by driving the 130k’s to Paris at 130kph, finding the ring road, negotiating our way through the traffic, round the south of Paris and out towards Orly Airport where we had arranged to return our leased Citroen at noon.  We got there at 5 past 12 with no hiccups, had an exorbitantly priced bite at the airport before being collected by our pre-booked Paris Shuttle at 1pm, and we were in the heart of Paris at our lovely hotel in the Rue de Passy, 16th arrondissement, by 2pm.  After having had the car for 70 days and driving 6,175 kms in it, giving it back felt like leaving an old friend.  We are only 10 minutes walk from the Eiffel Tower, so our afternoon was spent wandering round by it, taking in the street sights, the entertainers, the hum and activity of Paris.

Street entertainers: doing something interesting, or	dressed like a twit and just plain begging	“C’mon Lenny, huggle up, it’s romantic Lenny, romantic”	I can’t bring myself to do the usual cheesy tower photo, so here’s my Eiffel Tower
Serious security: you wouldn’t want to be stepping out of line	‘Flat Out In Paris’ – 50 paces from the throng of activity under the tower and anything goes it seems	E.T. at 9.59pm on any given night	E.T. from 10pm – 10.10pm – ablaze with blinking little white lights