Sept 24th - Transition Day: Nancy-Paris

at Nancy train stn ready to go to Paris

Birdie has quiche Lorraine for breakfast - it comes from this region

At Paris Est train station - praying we'll find a big taxi outside since our shuttle is nowhere to be seen

found a big cab - yay! - Bird take photo to text to coworkers of Fedex van in Paris

Blue Marble Travel has a tiny space ... so we shift our stuff from suitcases to paniers on the street, why not?

Bird in transition

Bird looks almost ready while I'm still trying to downsize

Paniers done but its diner in France - everyone stops work for 1.5 hrs even Blue Marble kicked us out so it's off for lunch!

Lots of choices down a mall closed to traffic but we settle on Café du Centre

Yummy - Bird enjoys her first Salade Niçoise

While I go for an Omelette de la champagne

Toilets at Café de Centre - ok might as well get used to it - you're gonna see alot of toilets in this blog

 

Deux café allongé S.V.P! (yes that's a martini glass - Bird can't resist as France makes her favourite vodka brand "Grey Goose" - I opted for the French favorite "Ricard" as my appertif. It is like Pernod with an aniseed or licorce flavour, over ice with water. I was surprised that you cannot order nor buy Pernod in France, it was all Ricard.

Birdie hasn't broken the sugar addiction with her coffee I see!

Back to Blue Marble to ready our bikes and then we're off cycling in downtown Paris on bike/bus only lanes thru various roundabouts in lots of traffic giggling like schoolbirds

Our Parisienne hotel in the Opéra district - location good but this hotel would be the only one we didn't enjoy and cancelled the 2 nights at the end of the week.

Off to see the sights...

Bird at Place Concorde