Next stop Paris by the fast train



Luxemberg Gardens



After a great dinner and good nights sleep we all got up bright and early to start the big commute to Paris.  Teresa made our train arrangements and with all of her tools we made it to Paris without any complications.  The train took about 3 1/2 hours and Bob and Jim spent time in the bistro having lunch with 2 French women.  I forgot to mention Gail and I were busy holding our seats because everyone getting on did not have a reserved seat.  With only alittle time to start to explore Paris we started moving pretty fast.  The hotel we were booked in is called the Hotel Concorde Montparnasse, the location is not so good and the first room we were assigned to was not to my standards the smell was really bad. 

With only a few hours of daylight we saw, Luxemberg gardens, St. Supice church, and the famous Eiffel tower.  The other 2 couples that will be on the barge with us are Grangers, and Tilges, we met up  with them at the boat were we toured the Seine river and finished the night walking back to our hotel and stopping along the way to eat  at LePub Saint-Germain.  Bob and I had probably the best snapper I have tasted in a long time.  The final decision was not to continue to walk but go by taxi to our hotel.  Did I mention our hotel had a bar.  To bead late to start the big all day trip on Sat.