One way to the UK?

Okay, so I am a little behind on my updates due to not having much decent internet time or keyboards around the place!

On our second day in Paris, we all wokr up pretty well with me still sick, Lis coming down sick and Mara feeling fine – lucky thing! So Lis stayed at the Hotel (only venturing out for a little while during the day to buy some shoes) and when I got up i ventured into town to the Post Office and then to meet up with Mara around the Opera House. We had lunch at SAS Brioche Doree which is a great cafe that I first encountered in 2005 in Paris and you’ll be pleased to know the fresh OJ and the strawberry tarts etc are still as great as ever!!! After going through the Opera House, we then ventured over to the Arc de Triomphe and passed under the chaotic no-lane round-a-bout to look around the monument. I wanted to climb up but seeing as my back was giving a lot of pain I gave it a miss – same with the Eiffel Tower. I had seen both placed in 2005 when feeling better, so was not overly bothered second time around about only standing at their bases! Mara and I sat in the sun for a while under the Arc de Triomph and watched for car accidents! Apparently there is about one every 5-10 minutes and as soon as a car enters the round-about their insurance is void for that period! We only saw a few near misses unfortunately (!). On leaving, when we went underground again there was a whole French army platoon sitting down, lining the underground exit (underpass) which was a bit strange!… but could explain the green army bus that was circling around the Arc.. it was probably looking for the platoon! Following this, we walked down Champs Elysees (and bought nothing!) and headed back to Montmarte and the Sacre Cour!
Last night in Paris, Mara and I headed to a restaurant called Le Marmite where even though it was pakced with Scottish men in kilts, it was a notably French place and we had Escargot (SNAILS) for a shared entree! Similar to ocean shell-fish, I was pleased when the snails came in shells that were big rather than the common garden snail variety! They tasted like muscles (moulles) in garlic butter so nothing to fret about! For mains we had duck with blueberry sauce, which was nice although the duck could have been cooked a little more so that it wasn’t still quacking!

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