We were sad to leave our lovely Novotel this morning, but excited to be driving to Paris!
We had our luggage out at 6:45am this morning and were down for breakfast shortly after. It was a great buffet this morning. Not quite as good as the London Novotel, but very very good. We had lots of fresh fruit, bacon, beans (?!), potatoes, mushrooms, yogurts, cereal, toast and croissants, and eggs. We boarded our bus at a little after 7:30am to begin our journey to Paris.
You could tell we are all a little weary from traveling nearly two weeks now... there was a lot of napping on the bus!
The weather was gorgeous again; sunny and not a cloud in the sky.
We drove a couple of hours to the beautiful town of Beaune for a comfort stop. After Beaune, we drove another hour or so to the Burgundy area of France, famous for its wine.
We found a quaint little cafe and had our lunch and some wine. Bryan ordered the traditional coq au vin, and I ordered croquette monsieur y salade. It was all very good! We walked to a little wine shop to select a good regional wine to have with our Gruyere cheese.
We boarded our bus and drove a couple of hours to our next comfort stop in Venoy. We had a chocolate eclair and some cafe creme.
You could tell we are all a little weary from traveling nearly two weeks now... there was a lot of napping on the bus!
The weather was gorgeous again; sunny and not a cloud in the sky.
We drove a couple of hours to the beautiful town of Beaune for a comfort stop. After Beaune, we drove another hour or so to the Burgundy area of France, famous for its wine.
We found a quaint little cafe and had our lunch and some wine. Bryan ordered the traditional coq au vin, and I ordered croquette monsieur y salade. It was all very good! We walked to a little wine shop to select a good regional wine to have with our Gruyere cheese.
We boarded our bus and drove a couple of hours to our next comfort stop in Venoy. We had a chocolate eclair and some cafe creme. We then boarded our bus for the last part of our drive to Paris!
We had a couple of hours drive to Paris, and we were all thrilled to see part of the Eiffel Tower as we arrived. Our hotel was on the North East side of Paris, inside the "Peripherique" (maybe the equivalent of the 465 loop for Indianapolis). We had a little traffic, since it was Friday at 5:30pm.
We had a couple of hours drive to Paris, and we were all thrilled to see part of the Eiffel Tower as we arrived. Our hotel was on the North East side of Paris, inside the "Peripherique" (maybe the equivalent of the 465 loop for Indianapolis). We had a little traffic, since it was Friday at 5:30pm.We arrived at our hotel, Forest Hill LaVillette, close to 6:00pm. We checked in, checked our email, and got ready for dinner. Bryan asked the receptionist where to go for some typical French food, so we walked across the street to a little "brasserie." The food was great. I got some "soupe d'lognion" (french onion soup), and Bryan got "d'escargot" (snails) for appetizers. For our main course, I had "canard" (duck), and Bryan had a "cote de boeuf" (steak). We also had a bottle of red wine, a Bordeaux. Everything was very good, and the service was excellent. We walked back to out hotel after dinner, excited that we were going to stay in one place for three whole nights!
It was a nice hotel; the rooms were fairly small, but certainly clean and comfortable. the bathroom even had a proper clothesline in the bathtub for doing hand laundry.
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