Au revoir Paris

I am at the Gare du Nord, just waiting to board the train to London. It has been a good week here, but I am also excited to go and see the Fairhearts.

The visit to the Louvre was good, I decided to go on the late closing night and it wasn't really crowded. I did get to see the Mona Lisa, did not take a picture as I did not think I need a reminder of what she looks like. I enjoyed the other paintings and sculptures. It is a lot  of walking. One thing that surprised me was the .Starbucks in the middle of the museum. It sure seemed out of place. 

Police sightings were nicer a couple of cops on bikes and a couple on roller blades. Not sure how the roller blades could stay up withput tripping, the streets are cobblestones. 

The temperature was around 9 degrees all week, and the number of people all bundled up because of the cold made me laugh a bit. Lots of fur coats too.

Went to the Eiffel Tower, but did not go up it. There was also a Christmas Market there. 

I really liked the area I stayed in. Lots of restaurants, grocery stores and specialty ones like fishmongers, meat, cheese,l bakery etc. Lots of English speakers too working in the area. Easy access to the Metro.

Line ups this morning at the train station were really long. Lots of people traveling for Christmas. I did see Santa and he gave me a candy cane!!