After the unbearable excitement of EuroDisney, we spent three days talking it easy in Paris. The children quickly took to cafe culture, especially the morning croissant and hot chocolate.
The children enjoyed very much seeing first hand many of the famous sites which are featured so heavily in books and on TV. It was also an opportunity to shatter a few myths e.g. the Walt Disney did not write the Hunchback of Notre Dame, and that the cathedral of Notre Dame does exist. We stayed in a small hotel near the Tour Montparnasse from where we were able to walk to most places. Also from the top of the Tour Montparnasse you get much better views than from the top of the Eiffel Tower, and there is a much shorter wait to climb it too.
Having started our trip in Egypt almost 4 months ago, there was a pleasing symmetry to be almost at the end and to see many Egyptian artifacts, the likes of which we had previously seen in Cairo, Aswan and Luxor.
Paris was a very pleasant and relaxing time. It is a great city for walking (something which children hate to hear) and at the end of the day, there is always a small cafe where you can relax with a cranberry juice.
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