PARIS
our five exciting days on a Paris build up of expectations for our Heart of France tour--we explored familiar Paris ententies from previous visits--reached out for new experinces--
California to Paris pre tour day 1
airborne sunrise over Monterey bay--SFO Bay Golden Gate tower
in fog & Alcatraz--on final approach to CDG Paris--adjusting to Europian time--first Paris stop was people watching from La Terrasse Paris pre tour day 3
a great day for wondering about for nine miles to include viewing sculpture in gardens of the Rodin Museum-- for Paris Walks of Marais--mid night taxi stops at highlighted icons
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pre tour day 2
Our walk about, lunch in the Rue Cler--Champ de Mars---bus 69---Ile de la Cite--Cafe coffee break--Notre Dame for mass--Ile St. Louiis--Amonno Gaotio--Club Med for dinner
Paris pre tour day 4
Louvre underground shopping in Carousel Mall--Paris Walks in rain for Left Bank--1920's and 1930's, center for writers and artests--sandwiches for picnic dinner in Champ de Mars--sunset and evening up on the Eiffel Tower--Terrific!
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Tour orientation--La Terrasse upstairs--Rebecca and tour group
before the orientation meeting--reflecting on how'd we got here to attend our our thirteenth RS Europe tour, Heart of France--last Spring it was by our first Edmonds travel center visit last spring for a Loire Valley lecture--followed by streaming Rick's Alumni and Guide gathering while RVing in the Arizona desert--Years ago the very first European experience was using Rick's guide books following one of our childrens wedding along the Rhine to an EU citizen--a year later we joined our first RS tour the twenty one day Best of Europe--sandwiched in between have been eleven other RS's tours, plus our own driving many of the countries of western Europe--What's next?--Its off to join the Best of Italy in April 2016 and continue the goal, to keep on keeping on--
tour day 1 Heart of France
Rue Cler's Le Petit Cler for breakfast--leisurely stoll to Quai Branly Museum and wondered among great African, Polynesian and Asian collections of Primitive art--Pont D'iena to cross Seine into Place du Trocadero to find Maritime Museum closed--opted to people watch in Trocadero, Eiffel and Champ de Mars--La Terrasse an enthusiastic tour intro by Rebecca Berry--neighborhood tour followed by dinner and visit with tour group members--day one, the Tour is underway