THE BRIDGES OF PARIS

River views ~ the Seine

One of my favorite things to do in Paris is walk and a great place to do this is along the Seine. Did you know there are thirty-seven bridges across the Seine, of which five are pedestrian. A view above the bridges or below, come take a stroll with me for breathtaking sights along the river. 

Pont au Double

Pont de Archeveche

Locks of Love
 Where visitors leave messages of love and lock their locks and toss the key into the river.  Although charming, the city of Paris began removing the rails with the locks and replaced with new rails after the weight caused sections to crumble and fall away

The Pont des Arts

Pont Alexandre III and Pont des Invalides

Pink sunset at Pont Bir-Hakeim

Pont au Change

Pont de Archeveche

Pont au Double

Pont de la Concorde

Musée d'Orsay

Notre Dame

Just a few of the sights along the beautiful Seine. I hope you enjoyed our stroll and I hope you will forgive any mistakes in the bridge names! Thank you for your visit, I hope you will leave a comment so I know you stopped in. 

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POSTCARDS FROM PARIS

Strike!

Last September while on the Quimper Club International trip to Nice, here, we were caught-up in that dreaded six-letter word, strike! We were scheduled to leave the South of France from Nice on Air France to Paris for the second week of our trip, then we received an email telling us our flight had been cancelled. This was not the first strike experience for us in Europe so we had an idea of what to do. Others in our group were also scrambling to secure different Airline flights and some opted for the train. We decided on a rental car. We were lucky that we've driven around France on previous trips so we were comfortable with this. 

So here are some of my "Paris Postcards" of my week in Paris.

First a little of our drive to Paris.  Nice to Paris is a little under nine hours. We decided to  break the trip up into two days. Along the way we saw lavender fields, and of course the French countryside which is always breathtaking. We drove through the town of Lyon, beautiful! When we rented our car we booked a hotel for the night in Dijon. Once we checked in we bought a ticket for the tram and a short ride later we were in the heart of old town. We walked around here, then over to the cathedral. Watching the sun set, we walked to a little restaurant for dinner. 

Our route, I loved every minute!

Stay out of the left lane! Fast, like the autobahn in Germany.

August is when most everyone in France goes on vacation. September finds vacationers heading home.

Lyon

Dijon

Leaving Lyon for Paris

Toll roads, which lane? We figure it out in a hurry. Early here so the traffic was not bad. Wish I had photos of traffic in Paris but I was much to busy reading road signs to make pics.

Paris


Our hotel was near Notre Dame, about three blocks and we actually had  a bit of a view from our room. A short walk past the river stalls which is always interesting. This is the view we had coming to our hotel.

Street named for our hotel so it was easy to find.

The hotel was lovely inside and out. Fresh flowers were out every day and the full breakfast was incredible. 

City sights of the City of Light

It was a lovely sunset, and we were ready for a little pick me up so  when this waiter offered us a table we were happy to oblige!

Jim enjoyed a beer and we shared the ice cream sundae treat

And, this was our view. We lingered  and enjoyed a glass of wine

I always enjoy walking through the tourist spots, whats not to enjoy?

A visit to Printemps and Galeries Lafayette just for fun

I hope you enjoyed this day and evening in Paris with me. So much to share so I’ll save some for later. Hope you will leave a comment so I know you stopped in. As always, thank you for your visit.

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