Sunday 1 May
Woke yo ti blue sksies and not quite such a heavy head. Rich almost clear now and passed his germs on to me!
Had a look at the Arc de triomphe which is the centre of 13 roads meeting - traffic is horrendous as going around a circloe and trying to get off........ We went underground to reach the actual Arc, and found recent flowers had been laid - can only think it was Anzac day.
Found our way to Eiffel Tower - whow even though it was early the 'chattering masses' were then. We stood in a queue for over an hour and estimated we would need another 4 hours toreach the ticket office, and the top of the tower was closed, due to excess people, so we gave the venture a miss, and we did not want to spend all day queueing having only one day in Paris. We took a cruise down the River Seine and saw all the interesting buildings etc. plus various sites Notre Dame, very pleasant seeing buildings and history. Most galleries and museums were closed due to it being Sunday, so bad timing on our part. Wandered back alongside the river and into Champs Elysees - cops everywhere in large numbers, and we wondered what was going on.
Called in to have a look at the Grand Palais - thinking it was a tour of the building - ha ha there was some literary exhibition on. The French had the last laugh on us!