Thursday - gay

Rainy and cold in Paris

Thursday - go to gay Paris on the RER C train, after some time of getting out of bed etc, and finding the commuter train station at Bouray near Lardy.

Get out at the Eiffel tower stop, have tourist lunch with 20% tax - no tip! The tower area now has a security fence around it. You have your bags searched, and a metal detector wand to check for weapons. Me and Ollie wait in the cold while Louis and Marie parade up the tower, and wander around for a good while.

We roll up the Trocadero gardens for a drink stop. The waitress is from Ohio. Then a stop at the bank where an upfriendly lady informs us we can't close the account without a forwarding account to send the balance.


For dinner, we have the lentils from Le Puy en Velay that we brought along with duck sausage from a farm near Rodez down south - excellent, really meaty.

Me, Stephane, Catherine, Alice, Marie.