We had a 10 am start today.
Challenge of the day - getting out of the hotel car park!
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We travelled via
Versailles and then followed what Tom suggested was the safest route into the centre of
Paris. These were all designated cycle routes with traffic calming measures - try telling that to the vehicles!
We arrived at the
Eiffel Tower with cheers from our family. We had finally made it! 😅😅😅
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We had our lunch and then it was time to enjoy some of the iconic sites of
Paris. My parents and my sister joined me in the long queue to go up the lifts to the top of the tower. (I wasn't going to use the stairs!)
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| Satellite view from the top of Eiffel Tower of Tom & Ronnie's position! |
This took us quite a while and by the time we came back, Tom and Ronnie looked tired and so was I! 😴😴😴. We were planning to cycle to more of the sites but decided the
Batobus (river bus) was the best way to see the sites in the short time that we had.
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| We were glad the captain allowed the bikes on the boat ! |
We passed some important buildings passed like
Le Musée du Louvre, but the saddest sight was definitely
La Notre Dame, which has recently been severely damaged by fire. We could still see the huge amount of scaffolding around it and of course it was minus the spire.
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| La Notre Dame still standing. |
Off the Batobus at
La Place de la Concorde, we cycled the last 1.5 miles down the
Champs-Élysées, which is the main shopping street in Paris. We had our final ice-cream feast at
Haagen Dazs, before riding the last few hundred metres to the train station at the
Arc de Triumph.
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| Final photo in Paris - Au Revoir! |
On our way back on the train, it finally hit us ... au revoir Paris!
All I can say is a massive thank you to my friends and family, and the supporters who have read the blog and donated money. 👍👍👍👍👍
Encore un fois? Only if my dad cycles with me! Now I'm going to sleep for a very long time!
