Farewell London, Hello Paris!

We were all a bit sad to leave London. After having mixed reactions from people whether they liked London or not we didn't really know what to expect. But we loved the place and would have liked more time as there is so much more to see and do.

We waited outside with all our luggage and our taxi man was a bit late and traffic terrible but he got us just in time to St Pancras International Train Station. We had to go through customs just like at an airport. We were travelling on the Eurostar from London to Paris with 20mins of the trip under the English Channel.

It was a good trip and the French countryside was very pretty. Another man was waiting for us at the Gare du Nord train station and he took us to our appartment.

This was our first glimpse of the Eiffel Tower...

We then waited for another man to let us in. It was a huge appartment with one little windowless and ventless toilet. After settling in and doing a bit of unpacking we ventured out to check out the tower and find some food.

We found a market and and stocked up on some fruit and a few other essentials. We had dinner in a patiserrie under our appartment. Then did a bit more wandering over the bridge from the tower. Also had our first Paris crepes.

We weren't expecting to see Nicole until Wednesday (when her Contiki tour finished) but she decided to track us down very late that night so we met her under the Eiffel Tower. It was great to finally see her again after all her trekking around Europe. She then caught a taxi back to her motel near Montmartre.