........(OK, walking miles and miles)
Mrs. Maher says Paris is not the City of Lights, its the City of Stairs!
After arriving at Charles DeGaulle airport
the group proceeded through customs and immigration (Yes, they all still have
their passports!)
They met the amazing Claudia (the honorary
Westie tour guide), piled onto their bus and started their whirlwind tour
of Paris.
The group started with a tour of Notre Dame Cathedral
Then they walked over to the Latin Quarter, the
neighborhood of the world renowned Sorbonne. It is called the Latin Quarter
because back in the day professors and students will talk to one another in the
Latin!
Now it's full of shops and restaurants so they
were given an hour of free time to find places to eat.
After that they took the metro over to the
amazing Eiffel Tower! They walked around and took some pictures of the icon
of Paris.
Impromptu accordian serenade
Westie straphangers
some CABARET choreo from Don't Tell Mama
They then walked over to the Seine and
got on the boat for a Seine River cruise to see the beautiful City from a
great angle.
After the cruise they went to dinner to
enjoy a typical French dinner of Beef Bouganville.
Followed by a celebration
for Rosie Silver's birthday!
So after being up for better than 36 hours and
walking across Paris, they checked into the hotel, it was an immediate bed
check and then lights out!..................there were no complaints!
.....more tomorrow
