Last day in Paris & the end of our European sojourn - at least for a while! Today we did a few less touristy things for a completely different view of Paris. First stop was the very interesting Pere Lachaise Cemetery where many famous people are buried. The place itself is huge & has blocks of memorials divide by lovely cobbled, tree lined paths. It was very peaceful in the morning without many people about so we bought a map & wandered around to loca...

The day finally arrived for the final stage of the Tour de France & we were in Paris!!!!!!! This was an almost "out of this world" happening for me as it evolved by accident & good fortune that we would be there this day. We have followed the Tour each year since SBS started to televise each stage highlights in the late 80's. As they showed longer stages over the years our interest has grown too & I became enraptured with the chess game that is profes...

Three days in Paris were the perfect ending to our European experience. We spent one day doing traditional tourist sightseeing, one at the finish of Le Tour de France & one doing less well-known activities in Paris. Our taxi ride from St Lazare railway station took us around the very exciting traffic of the Arc de Triomphe where there are 12 lanes but no marked lines & apparently all car insurance is void! Had dinner at La Petit Cour restaurant where we h...