Hop on and off bus

When Bob and I were in Italy 2 years ago we chose our mean of touring the city on the hop on hop off bus.  Bob calls it the "hip hop bus"  anyway we all headed to the Eiffel tower.  Along the way we were fortunate to experience one of the Saturday markets filled with produce, fish, cooked chickens, baked goods and clothing.  We finally arrived at the Eiffel tower where we all boarded the double decker bus, equipped with ear phones and cameras  we started the long ride around the city.

  We rode the bus past  Notre Dame before our hipping and hopping would begin.    Our first stop was the Arc de triomphe this is where Napoleon ordered the arches  be built,  but never lived to walk under them.  The group made a decision to stop and have some lunch amazing  8 people all agreed with a restaurant called Geroge V.  The food was tasty but ordering vegetable soup can be  labor intensive I think because everyone had finished their meal and finally my tomato soup arrived warm, and tasty.  We wanted to explore Notre Dame so we hopped on the metro  and made it to the 6:30 mass.  There was a line 2 blocks long but Jim managed to walk through the exit and we all had front row seats at high mass.  After a lovely church  service and the roof not falling down we headed back on the bus stopping at  Trocadero.  The restaurant that was chosen by the group was Le Coq a very  upscale place with the best people watching we had seen the entire time.   The service and food was excellent.  I chose to forgo the big menu and have aspargas soup and a superb macaroon with raspberry sauce.  Tired and full from a great day we hailed a taxi and headed back to get ready for our last day in Paris.