Friday, April 23

Friday 23 April - Paris

Ah, it's a beautiful sunny spring day and I'm in Paris. What better way to spend it than being driven around while sitting on the open top deck of a bus, above the hustle and bustle and able to take great pics of so many of the amazing sights of this city.

Typical paris Scooter parking

I'm getting a list of things I want to do before I leave, and today I ticked one of them off - my visit to the Hard Rock cafe. The collection here is more contemporary than many I've been in, but still some key pieces - Dylan's mouth organ and frame, the fur coat John Lennon wore on the Abbey Road rooftop gig they did and one of his famous black suit coats with velvet lapels. Added another Hard Rock charm to my watch and a pin to my collection.

The sky today was as clear as a bell, not a hint of any haze and everything seems sharp and clean. A few more vapour trails in the sky today, so flights must be getting back to normal. Will probably mean that the number of tourists will be back up to normal (overwhelming) by mid next week, so this little time I've had has been like a gift (lumps and bumps notwithstanding). Spending time with Cheops has been sheer delight, and we've spent many hours over good food or coffee chatting about each other, our families, our lives and our countries. I'll truly miss being able to do this when I go, we'll have to make do with skype and exploring OL :D.

Tomorrow it's off to the Palace of Versailles - a place that's something like a fairy tale to me. For now, I'm soooo tired.

Yawn!

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