Monday 11th February 2002

This was our day in Paris. We pushed the hotel to the limit by having breakfast at 10.45, and then set off for our grand tour.

We started by visiting Notre Dame and the Palais de Justice. The Seine was very full - it looked as if flooding was likely. We had lunch in a little café called Forêt Noire, which seemed to be the kind of place the local businessmen went, rather than exclusively tourists - very nice.

In the afternoon, we visited the Jardin de Luxembourg, where there was an exhibition on the outer fence. Inside we saw the Sénat, where they were sterilising flower beds with an ancient steam engine!

We walked to the Panthéon, with its view of the Eiffel Tower. Being tired by then we had hot chocolate in a café and then went back to the hotel for a quick nap.

In the evening we went out for dinner in an Italian restaurant.

Panthéon, Paris	Panthéon, Paris	Panthéon, Paris
Panthéon, Paris	View of Ile de la Cité and the Seine, Paris	View of the Seine from Ile de la Cité, Paris
Helen in front of Notre Dame, Paris	Opposite Notre Dame, Paris	Notre Dame, Paris
Notre Dame, Paris	Palais de Justice, Paris	Pétanque Court, Paris
Proof we were in Paris!	Exhibition on the fence around the Jardin de Luxembourg, Paris	Jeremy at Sénat, Paris
Jeremy at Sénat, Paris	Sénat, Paris	Steam-sterilising the ground, Jardin de Luxembourg, Paris
Statue in the Jardin de Luxembourg, Paris	Sénat, Paris	Helen in the Jardin de Luxembourg, Paris
L'Observatoire, Paris	View of the Eiffel Tower from the Panthéon