We’ve headed to Paris for the fourth annual Isabelle version of the “I Never Knew My Grandfathers So I’m Taking My Grandchildren Anywhere I Can While They’ll Still Go With Me” tour. The first three years with Isabelle were to NYC, London and Madrid.
Our trip over went smoothly as in no missed connection and bags arrived with us. Getting through immigration took about five seconds versus the up to two hours I have witnessed in the US. That’s two hours for Americans to get back into their country and five seconds to get into France. Also no customs check.
I found our apartment online as usual but have been wary of the claim that it had a front row view from all of the windows of the Eiffel Tower. Well, our landlady did not lie. This century plus old Paris apartment looks at it nose to nose. Spectacular. And at night…even more so. A very lucky find.
We walked the general area for our time zone adjustment day, breakfast at a brasserie called Ribe, lunch at Bistrot de la Tour Eiffel and back to Ribe for a surprisingly good dinner. Then our catch up night of sleep. New activities tomorrow but for today, enchanted by our view of la Tour Eiffel.
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- Chocolate eggs everywhere
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- Our night view
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- Our day view
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- As new electric car owners, we were impressed with the charging stations on the streets.
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- The Rue Cler Market
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- Great Parisian shopping
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- Secure
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- Rue Cler
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- Moving day in Paris
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- No keys
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- Paris’ fine public pay toilettes.
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- Isabelle and Konnie on the balcony.
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- In our front “yard”
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- Champ de Mars
I recall you mentioned you would be staying at a place with a view of the Eiffel Tower–what a pleasant surprise to discover “truth in advertising!” The new blog format is nice, but we miss being able to enlarge the photos to view the details of your pictures. Sometimes the delight is in the details!