Paris!

Hello!

We have spent the first of May in Paris. It was Manu's fourth visit to the city of light, but it was Nina's first visit. We enjoyed together the lovely and nice atmosphere of a very romantic town. Well, except for the tones and tones of tourists (we remind you here that we ARE NOT tourist, of course :D) that were filling the streets and the cafes and were queuing just everywhere.

The travel from Grenoble was very nice. We took the high speed train, or train a grande vitesse (TGV). In a bit less than 3 hours we were downtonw Paris, in the Gare de Lyon. We were living in a hotel in Paris "extramuros", but situated very close from the metro Line 1, which have stops all along the historical centre of Paris.

We visit the Eiffel tower, of course, but we also wondered along the little streets of Montmartre, the Quartier Latin or the Marais. And we walked the Champs Elysees all long, from the gardens of Les Tuilleries to the Arc the Triumph. We saw a little bit of everything that one must see in Paris for a first visit, and we left many of other things for the next one ;) including the Louvre. Actually, after the Winter Palace and the Hermitage of St. Petersburg, the Louvre's building looked to our eyes a bit disappointing. Maybe next time!

As usual more pictures of our trip can bee seen in our Picasa website.

Cheers,
-Manu y Nina-