Tuesday 29/9/15
We were up very early today to be at our group meeting place by 7am. We made it with plenty of time to spare and while waiting for the coach we started chatting to a South African couple who were also joining the tour. They were about our age and from similar backgrounds. We hopped on our coach and met some of the other people traveling with us. We have a range of ages and there are several other couples around our age, some newly retired. Another good thing is that the tour is not completely full and there are plenty of spare seats. We enjoyed the ferry ride over and it was so good to see the famous white cliffs of Dover as we left. We had lunch on the ferry and after about 1 1/2 hours we arrived in Calais. It was interesting to note the new and extra high fences that had been put up all around the loading areas to keep the refugees out. A small distance away from this was a large refugee camp with many tarps and make-shift tents. It was very sad to see. Our trip to Paris was uneventful and we have again been blessed with amazing weather. Once in Paris we checked in to our hotel and then it was back on the bus for a tour of all the famous sights of Paris. Following this we all went to a restaurant up on the only hill in Paris and had a lovely dinner. After dinner we were able to view the amazing "twinkling lights" on the Eiffel tower which come on for a few minutes at night on the hour. We returned to our hotel after this via the metro train just so we had some practice ready for our free day tomorrow.
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