Second day in Paris

17 October 2017 Travel time: with 27 august 2017 on 27 august 2017
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Breakfast - 8-00.

At 8-45 we went on a sightseeing tour.

At 9-10 we stopped near the House of Invalids. Black Parisians immediately ran in with Eiffel Towers of all sizes, books and scarves. I bought a dozen small towers for 2E, one 25cm tower for 12E, and three handkerchiefs for 5E. I wanted to bargain for a book about Paris, but the guy did not want to give in.

Then we drove between the Military School and the Champ de Mars, near the Eiffel Tower we turned onto the Jena bridge, remembering the place to the right of the bridge, where the pier for pleasure boats is located.

At 9:30 we stopped for 10 minutes at the Square of Freedoms and Human Rights to take pictures against the backdrop of the Eiffel Tower. The moment was unfortunate - the sun was shining into the lens.


Then we drove to the Arc de Triomphe, turned onto the Champs-Elysé es, drove to Place de la Concorde, turned to the Madeleine church, drove to see the Pantheon and at 10-50 stopped at Notre Dame Cathedral. We took pictures outside and went inside. After 20 minutes, we crossed the bridge and came to the building of the Paris City Hall on Place de la Hotel de Ville, where our tour ended.

Part of the group went to Fontainebleau, and at 12-10 we came to the Lafayette Gallery to look at the dome and buy something. At 14-00 we decided to go to the area of ​ ​ skyscrapers - Defense. We bought a dozen tickets (carne), first we drove along the 9th branch to the Franklin Roosevelt station, there we transferred to the 1st branch and reached the final one. On the 9th branch, they traveled in old cars, where the doors must be opened independently by turning the lever.

And on the 1st line, the platform is fenced with a protective transparent wall with doors.

At 14-30 we arrived in Defense. In La Defense, surrounded by skyscrapers, it is somehow quiet, warm, calm and cozy . We wanted to have a bite to eat in a street cafe, but the waiter behaved somehow inappropriately, and we went to the Les Quatre Temps shopping center, had a bite to eat in a small cafe "Pomme de Pain" and dispersed through the floors. At 16-30 we went to the gathering place - McDonald's near the Louvre. Line 1 just goes past the Louvre, and we quickly reached the Louvre Rivoli station in 20 minutes.

At 17-15 everyone got on the bus and went to the pier of pleasure boats.

At 18-00 we boarded the boat and sailed. The announcer greeted the guests of the city of Paris in several languages ​ ​ and explained on which number of the audio guide a particular language is located.

The audio guide is a large flat metal box similar to a telephone with number buttons and a speaker, with a metal-braided cable.


First we sailed under the Pont Alexandre III, then past the Musé e d'Orsay, after the Louvre we rounded Fr. Cité from the south, past Notre Dame Cathedral, along Fr. Saint Louis. Not reaching the Austerlitz bridge, we turned around and sailed back along the northern shores of the islands. People sat on the embankment, rested and waved their hands at us. At the end of the walk, the boat, before mooring, first sailed under the Jena Bridge and turned around. This gave us the opportunity to admire the Eiffel Tower, which we had planned to climb at 19-30.

When boarding the boat, we were all photographed, and while we were swimming, they managed to print the photos and put them up for sale in a kiosk at the pier. There were few applicants.

After the boat, we stood in line for organized groups at the northern "leg" of the Eiffel Tower (Pilier Nord), passed the inspection. A married couple was inspected in front of us, a kitchen knife was found in my wife's bag and seized. They were offended and did not climb the tower. Nothing was found with us and we went to the two-story elevator, where we were sent to the second floor of the elevator. The ascent to the 2nd level took one and a half minutes.

Somehow I was randomly put into the queue for the 3rd level. I took a picture, then I decided to go ahead, of course they didn't let me in - it's a queue.

Having understood what was going on, I broke out of the queue and calmly continued the photo session. At 20-15 I went down the elevator along the eastern "leg", took a picture a clown with a red nose, sticking to the queue at the northern "leg". He noticed this and immediately announced me as his producer - everyone laughed.

At 20-30, those who planned to go to a group dinner at 21-00 at a restaurant near the Pantheon, and those who just wanted to go to the hotel, gathered on the bus.

I had a little adventure at the hotel. I used the kettle to cook dinner. After that, after 5 minutes, the light in the room turned off. I complained at the reception, they told me that there was no electrician, and they offered to move to another room. Then our other tourist came up with the same problem. She was also asked to change her number. We basically agreed.

But then a dark-skinned employee passed by (probably some kind of boss) and asked what the noise was. She was explained. She went with us to the 4th floor and said to wait. After about 5 minutes, apparently turned on the automatic switch, the light appeared.

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