Today we start day 1 of the tour with an early departure to Dover to catch the ferry across the English Channel. The 90mins ride was rather pleasant. once the bus exit from the ferry, it was a bus ride to Paris with a stop at the service area for a bite. Pomme de Pain was where we practice our first Bonjour! I had a yummy club sandwich and a Cesear salad,which has a rather taste for the dressing.
The bus ride to Paris is quite pleasant, our tour manager has provided useful information along the way, keeping us awake and prepared for our free day in Paris tomorrow. 90% of the travelers are from Australia, even the tour manager. our driver is a funny bloke from Prague.
Dinner is included tonight at the Holiday Inn Saint Ouen, which is our accommodation in Paris. The room is tiny and would consider old style for a holiday inn standard but at least its clean and decent. The free wifi scores points too. Dinner wasn't really a french cuisine i suspect- for starter tomatoe salsa, main is pork slices with french fries and dessert is bread pudding. french fries in Paris doesn't taste nice.
we then head out for a night city tour and to make the Parisian traffic worse, there are cops everywhere, later we found out there is a protest in the city. The night was ended with a trip up to the top of the Effiel Tower, which has an excellent view of the city and a metro ride back to the hotel. Good first day but its too long for me, i was struggling to stay away after a 5am start.
