Back in Paris for one last visit. Left Rouen on Wednesday, booked into the hotel, returned the car, back to the hotel. Aaahhhhhh, time to relax. Intend to spend our final three days here before flying out. How to spend our time here? What else is there to see in Paris? We’ve done the Louvre, the Eiffel Tower, the Champs Elysees, Saint-Germain, the Musee D’Orsay, tried to do the Catacombs to no avail. What else? Not really interested in seeing the Pal...

Drove back into Paris on the 31 December to spend a few relaxing days. New Years Eve was a quiet dinner at a restaurant in St Germaine Julie and I found on a previous trip to Paris. It was just as we remembered it - small, quiet, friendly staff and good food. Having been to Paris previously meant we didn't have rush around trying to see the sights. The only thing on our agenda was to see the Paris Catacombs. A bit of research indicated we could get to it directly...

Today is our last day in Paris before we pick up our hire car and head off to parts unknown, well not quite unknown but you get my drift. This morning was the first time when the news was not only about what happened in Paris on the weekend or it's aftermath. It appears that the place is returning to some sort of normalcy. Although we haven't noticed any apprehension or fear amongst the people here. No one is walking around looking over their shoulder, or lookin...

Finally made it to Paris. Arrived last evening on the Eurostar. First task was to negotiate the crowd of taxi touters outside the train station. We even had one gentleman who looked like an official information officer (he even had an official looking tag hanging around his neck) try to convince us that we should take a private mini cab because a taxi would cost us about 85 euro. Rule number one in these situations is to keep moving. Rule number two is avoid eye ...

Today is our last day in Paris and its turned out to be a not nice day. First up, we returned to the Apple store to get a sales tax refund docket - no big deal, it was an easy drive in, found a parking space right where we need to be, got attended to in the store straight away, and then we were off. We headed for the Champs Elysees Avenue to go to a tax refund store. No problem, the GPS landed us right outside the store. Pulled in behind another vehicle parked on...