Friday 28.10 : First evening in Paris

The trip was rather uneventful, except we had an unscheduled stop and then the train had to wait for traffic congestion , never heard of that in a train. And I was sure I reserved forward facing seats 😕. The train hit 293 km/h, normally TGV cruise around 250 to save a bit of energy. 

We arrived at Gare de Lyon with a 20 minutes delay. Which was OK with us, since we had no constraints😏. We went searching for the tourist office in this huge station, with two halls (like train terminals) and one limitless hall a level below. Could not find it where it was supposed to be (maybe because of the important renovation in progress?).

We went to the Citizenm Hotel and changed room as most beds were against the wall and one would need to climb over the other in the night. We got a very roomy room ;-).

We went out again and purchased metro tickets and a map and off we went to Hotel de Ville and walked around, and around Notre-Dame under major repair after the terrible fire.








We had a good dinner near the Palais de Justice and took the metro back.

The room is controlled with an Apple tablet. Very high tech, however the blinds got wrinkled (height adjustment faulty) and the ambiance light and sounds did not want to stop. I slept very well despite my cold.  The personal is very friendly and efficient.

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