Our only brief today was to be at Gare du Nord by 14:15. Our hotel was on the north-western edge of Paris so Stephen, Ollie, Pete and I decided to use good-old Google maps to help us navigate our way on foot to Gare du Nord, stopping off at Montmatre en route. We set off about 09:00 and, fantastically, the sun was shining and it was a glorious day. After about a 30 minute walk (with our bags) we found ourselves a table in the sunshine outside a cafe on the Place du Tertre. Perfect!
We used the table as a base and went off exploring.
I absolutely LOVE this little bit of Paris. I last came here when I was 21 (so a few years ago now!) and have such fond memories of the place.
One of the many artists on the square hoping to sell their work.
Yes, I did the touristy thing and had my portrait done by a street artist, who I was assured by his 'pimp' was 'the best of the best, and the rest'. Well, I'll let you be the judge of that ...
A good way of knocking 30 years off anyway!!
A chap came wandering past playing an accordion. He was a very friendly chap and turns out he's also a cyclist!
We set off about 13:30 to walk to Gare du Nord and we came across this set of steps, so I got in a bit of training for my next challenge in 5 weeks' time!
Gare du Nord
We caught the 15:13 Eurostar back to St Pancreas, which was on time, and we had a very easy journey back to the UK. We were met at St Pancreas by our two coach drivers who safely brought us back to Air Ambulance HQ where we were reunited with our bikes. Well, I had a bike and a half to collect as I also had parts of Helen's. We got back to Newquay at midnight so it was nearly 2am by the time I climbed into bed after our long journey home.
It was a great trip and I really enjoyed the challenge. Thanks for the memories Team L2P!
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