Day 1 Saturday May 29. First day of the tour and the tour members met in the foyer of the Hotel Mathurin in Paris before taking our guided tour of Paris. It was always going to be a tight finish for the people arriving at 6.00 in the morning to be at the Hotel by 10.00am and so it proved to be as Ann and Melissa ran through the door at 10.10 and then straight out again and onto the bus. The tour of Paris was excellent especially for those visiting Paris for the first time. The tour took us past the Opera, along the Seine, through Saint Germain past the Pantheon, Notre Dame, Place de la Concorde, Champs Elysee, Arc de Triomphe, the Eiffel Tower, Les Invalides and the National Assembly to name but a few of the features and monuments.
The afternoon was free giving the new arrivals a chance to shower and settle into their rooms while the rest of us hit the shops of Paris, trawlling the wine shops and Bistros.
At 6.00 pm that evening we gathered in the bar of our hotel for the official welcome and a very enjoyable glass or two of Taittinger NV champagne. The tour was officially underway.
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