After our brief stop in Champagne, the tour of France with the cadets moved into Paris for its cultural bounty. Since it was December, the city was all decked out for the holidays.
Fortunately for me, Anna and Alexander were able to hop a high speed train and meet me in the city.
Au Printemps is one of the largest department stores in Paris and very well dressed, as you can see.
We spent the day touring museums and Christmas Markets. We ended up on the Avenue des Champs-Élysées, with the largest market.
Here we are enjoying some hot wine. Unfortunately, we only had the small camera, so the picture quality isn’t the best. Hope you don’t mind too much.
We didn’t try the Ferris wheel (Grand Roue), but it was very tempting… Perhaps next year on the next trip.
Looking back at the Arc de Triomphe.
This was the view from our hotel room.
Two French icons…
This is the St Augustin Church, also from our hotel room.
After an all too brief weekend in Paris, the bus moved out again, and Anna and Alexander headed back south. Next stop the group was Normandy.
Until then…
–Jim