We arrived in Beauvais, a small town about 80km north of Paris on Wednesday night, grabbed the only taxi to be seen and managed to check into our hotel just minutes before it closed for the night. We weren't expecting too much from Beauvais but were pleasantly surprised. We explored the huge cathedral in the centre of town then found a nice little patisserie where we collected our daily quota of croissants and bagettes which we enjoyed for breakfast in the main street of town. We made our way to the train station where we discovered that the next train to Paris was an hour away so we enjoyed a coffee in the sunshine outside a nice little nearby cafe.
Paris was a fairly whirlwind tour for Jill, but it gave her a bit of a chance to practice her French. Thursday afternoon we wandered along the Seine, visited Notre-Dame cathedral, the pantheon and Luxembourg gardens. Thursday night we went out for a nice Parisian dinner.
Friday we had the day to explore. We went to the Eiffel tower, into Musee D'Orsay, the Louvre and attempted to visit a jazz bar at night (they turned out to be much too expensive sadly).
Saturday morning we went up to Sacre Couer before catching the eurostar back to London.
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Location:Beauvais & Paris
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