Last night certainly was a night out on the town. We were picked up at the hotel at 5:40 by a French guy with a mini bus. The whole night had been booked as a package and we thought we would be part of a group. Well, the group was just us. The guy drove us to The Tower where he gave us fast access tickets up to the restaurant. It was a beautiful meal with a great view. Chatted with two young couples who were doing the same thing as us. It seems to be the thing to do, dinner, cruise and Moulin Rouge. After dinner we walked to the dock and had a cruise up and down the river to see the lights. The Tower looks wonderful with its sparkling lights on the hour for five minutes.
After the cruise our guy was waiting for us and drove to Montmartre for the show with lots of hand waving and horn blaring along the way. The tickets were ready so we don't have to join the really long queue.
The show was marvelous, lovely girls in spectacular costumes, mostly anyway, interspersed with other acts. The show finished at 1:30 and our man was waiting for us again to take us home. There would have been hundreds of people at the show and we had great seats, thoroughly enjoyed it.
Today (Sunday) we had a sleep,in and a late start. Out of our window we watched the butcher over the road, he must have a booming business because he had a queue out the door all morning, also sold BBQ chooks which were cooked in a portable oven on the footpath. Eventually got on the hop on hop off bus and spent the afternoon driving around Paris. The weather got colder and had some light rain so we were glad to get back to the hotel. Anyway it was a good way to get an overview of the city. Went around the corner to a cafe for dinner where we sat on the footpath under awnings and gas heaters. Unfortunately the mood was spoiled by the smokers.
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