A day in gay Parieeeee

Wednesday 30-9-15

After a nice breakfast we were off around 8.15 am for a trip along the Seine River which runs through the centre of the main tourist area of Paris. We took the subway a spot near the Eiffel tower and then joined the 1 hour cruise. It was a relaxing way to see the famous sights. From here we took a train to the famous Notre-Dame gothic and we walked around it admiring the architecture. We stopped for a quick and cheap lunch in the student area before continuing on walking to the Lourve. We walked all around this area

but didn’t line up for hours to see famous Mona-Lisa but some other

people from the group did but said that people were 2 or 3 deep and they couldn't get close to the painting. We enjoyed walking around here and felt vey safe. We had been warned about pick-pockets and scammers but there were plenty of police and security everywhere. We saw a funny but sensible sight of 2 police officers on roller blades. They moved very quickly among the crowds. From here we walked

down through the beautiful and symmetrical Jardin Des Tuileries gardens. The statues, ponds, gardens, trees seating, kiosks even bins were all arranged symmetrically. The weather was lovely and warm so we stopped and enjoyed the scenery with a shared ice-cream. We then walked past (not into) the

high end shops on the Champs Elysees. We made it to the Arc de Triomphe. We wanted to visit this round-about because it was so much fun just watching the traffic with 12 roads entering and the memorial is quite spectacular. We went underground and came up in the middle. It was lots of fun. After this we took 2 trains to get to a very tall building, the "Montparnasse" tower. We successfully made it here and took a lift to the 56 floor of this building to get a spectacular view of Paris. We enjoyed the view and had a drink as the sun was setting. We walked up some more stairs to the open air observation deck. At 8pm the "twinkling" lights came on the Eiffel tower. It was quite beautiful as were the lights all around Paris. 
Another 2 trains back to a stop near our hotel and we found a little

place to have tea in. We were back in our hotel soon after 10pm after a brilliant day and evening.