Paris 26th April 2016

We had a leisurely morning at the apartment, and to our surprise the weather was quite nice, definitely quite cool, but not too bad. We caught the no 67 bus to the centre of the city, close to Notre Dame Cathedral.

 We had crepes for lunch at a restaurant, as we watched the weather deteriorate to windy and rain.  Although we had been to Notre Dame before it was good to just go and sit for a while.  When we left Notre Dame we went to a cafe on the opposite corner on the Left Bank, just to do some people watching.  After a while we noticed that the traffic lights had been turned off, and two police officers were doing point duty.  This went on for about 20 mins, then all traffic was stopped, and a continent of Police Motor Cycles came through the intersection.  A short time later there were more Police motor cycles surrounding a limousine carrying the standard of the Governor General of Australia - Governor Sir Peter Cosgrove, which we applauded.

We left the cafe and walked a little further, ending up a a cafe in the Latin Quarter for afternoon tea.  We caught a taxi back to the apartment for a while as we were going back into the centre of the city for dinner and to take photos of the Eiffel Tower.  

After a couple of hours we caught the bus, this time a No: 89 - as we just wanted to get to the area of town close to the Eiffel Tower - we actually ended up right at the tower, but it was still daylight, and I wanted night time photos.  We caught another taxi and asked the driver for his recommendation for dinner.  He gave us 2 choices either close to  the Opera Garnier or the Latin Quarter.  We opted for the Latin Quarter and he recommended the Cafe de Flore, one of the oldest and most prestigious coffee houses in Paris.  It was lie something out of a movie.  Very sophisticated and classy, only male waiters all dressed with their long white aprons. Our waiter spoke English fluently, and asked where we were from, when we said Australia - he promptly said he hated us !!!! He has dreams of coming to Australia, with his wife and camping in the outback !!

Whilst at dinner I googled where to get the best photo/view of the Eiffel Tower - Answer was the steps of the Trocadero - so another Taxi ride to the Trocadero. So glad we went to the Trocadero - there were bus loads of people there, music playing, men selling Eiffel Tower souvenirs (who all disappeared very quickly when the police appeared) The view of the Tower was amazing, better than I had thought possible. Truly an amazing sight