jul24-our bus
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Our coach, from the British company Redwing, is comfortable. It drives from the right, so we take care to deboard from the auxilliary door so we stay out of the traffic. Jason, our driver, is excellent.
jul24-our first stop
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We went straight from the airport to the area around the Opera Garnier. We set out to look for lunch. After a day's worth of airplane food, we were ready to something more - um, appetizing.
jul24-our first view of Paris
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We found our way to the roof of the Gallery Lafayette, a huge department store. We had no trouble identifying le Tour Eiffel. Whatta view!
jul24-from the rooftop
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Lovely ladies, with the lovely Opera Garnier in the background. Paris is hot, but not impossible, although it's supposed to get hotter as the week progresses.
jul24-view from Gallery Lafayette
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We had fun picking out the monuments of Paris. You can see Notre Dame on the left. The Petit Palais and the Grand Palais are toward the middle. The dome on the right is Les Invalides. So many things to see!
jul24-view to Scacre Coeur
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A gorgeous view of Montmartre. We will go there on Tuesday.
jul24-place d'italie
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This is Place d'Italie. Our hotel is located a few steps away. The coach drops us here because it's too big for the little street. This is a lovely residential neighborhood. Not touisty at all. We have everything we need here - restaurants, a supermarket, shops, swimming pool, movie theaters, post office. There's an open air market on Tuesday and Friday. Of course, we won't have a lot of time here, but it's reassuring to know that it's so well located.
jul24-bus drop off
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We walk through this little park to reach the hotel. The roses and petunias smell heavenly.
jul24-our street
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Our hotel is on Rue de la Soeur Rosalie. The taggers just can't leave a blank wall blank for very long. Although the city has cleaned up much of it for the tourist season, it's everywhere.
jul24-hotel mercure gobelins
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Our hotel is very nice, set back from the street with a lovely courtyard.
