Our 5 days in Paris! March 11th

 Our last meal in Belgium....same as the first!


Not as good as the others!

We returned the little car to CDG - it literally took two of us to maneuver the airport signs and find the return. To give you an idea of how many people get screwed up they had given us two pages of directions with pictures. We were prepared for an issue with the fact they gave us the car with no gas in it and that we almost got deserted on the A2.  I am thinking it happens quite a bit because as soon as Tiki showed him the picture from her phone it was all good.
We made our way to "Depose Minute" where the arranged Shuttle van was to pick us up - he was about ten minutes late but that was OK.
We arrived at our hotel, Jeanne D'Arc Marais about 9, dropped our bags and walked to the corner for dinner. I ordered a chicken club - came with eggs on it - interesting! Tiki had a Greek salad with no lettuce and only a few olives! Expensive as is everything here!

We did the hop on hop off for 2 days  - here are some pics!

Reconstruction of Notre Dame after the big fire last year! Such a shame.
Looking up the Champs Elysee from the Place de la Concorde!

No explanation needed!

Looking at the back of the Opera from the top of Galeries Lafayette!

Just a close up of the dome

Guess this will be cancelled!

Lunch at Fauchons - ou lala

Holy mackerel it was amazing!


We each had one and had planned on getting some at the airport! Not so much!


The Ritz .....Place Vendôme

The infamous Moulin Rouge
Looks like Sacre Coeur is sitting on top of the Opera
Holy Meringue - 


Hotel De'Ville
The Opera from the front


We left Amsterdam and had read that there were cases of corona virus in France but not in Paris proper.  We felt pretty safe the first two days - we washed our hands and used hand sanitizer constantly.

I am posting this from Air Canada flight 881 CDG - YYZ.  The plane is full of people returning home.








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