After departing our boat in Lyon, we boarded a TGV to Paris for a visit to one of my favourite cities. When we lived in London, E and I used to hop on the Eurostar to get our fix of Parisian life. That is more difficult from Dubai but we have been reasonably frequent visitors over the last few years usually staying at the Novotel at Les Halles.
The hotel is very well situated for Central Paris and the main museums and art galleries. This year we arrived just after the conclusion of the Tour de France (we just missed the Mount Ventoux stage in an earlier part of the tour - will have to get my timing better next time!).
We were in Paris for 3 nights and took full advantage of the nearby restaurants for our evening meal (including a return visit to Le Chien Fumer, a lovely meal at Au Terminua du Chatelet and some snails at L’Escargot Montorgueil - all within about 5 - 10 minutes walk of the Hotel).
In addition to indulging our love of French cuisine, we also managed a tour of the newly reopened Notre Dame and our traditional visit to the Musée d’Orsay and I also managed a visit to the Musée Carnavalet which again was very close by. Next stop Ireland!
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