Today is our last day in France. We wake up early to take full advantage of the time that we have and head out for breakfast to Maison Angelina, on the Rue de Rivoli. This Salon de The, Patissier-Restaurant was founded in 1903 and was so beautiful. It overlooks the Jardin des Tuilleries. We each had a croissant and cafe. My cafe creme came with fresh whipped cream! What an indulgence!!!!! After breakfast we walked to the Jardin des Tuilleries first to Place De La Concorde, past the Musee De L'Orangerie. There is a big fountain here surrounded by lounge chairs. [View Full Entry]

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We decided to catch the 8:15 train from Epernay back to Paris. We had an early breakfast at L'Interface and before leaving Didier asked to take our picture for his digital picture frame display. He said he will also email us a picture. We took a picture of Didier and his wife as well. It was easy getting on the train today as we didn't have to cross any tracks! The trip back to Paris took about 1 hr and 45 minutes. We were able to easily find our way through the Gare De l'Est back to the subway and find [View Full Entry]

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We woke up early today as we wanted to make the first tour at Moet and Chandon and we didn't have a reservation. The shower was small and I laughed at Michael standing in it as he was shoulder to shoulder and could barely move as he tried to shower. He even hit his head on the sloped ceiling as the bathroom had sloped ceilings. We had arranged for breakfast at 8:30 and the German couple joined us in the dining room at the same time. We had fresh coffee with warm milk, huge croissants, bagettes and home-made jams: rhubarb and [View Full Entry]

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Today is Thursday, although I must confess I need to ask what day it is to remember. We walked across the street from our hotel this morning to Pomme De Pain for cafe and croissants. Back to the hotel to pack. I didn't sleep well last night as I kept wondering how we were going to move our heavy suitcases from Paris to Epernay and back again via the train. Eventually I had my epiphany and realized we should take a taxi from the Renaissance Arc De Triomphe to the Renaissance Vendome and store our luggage there. Then we could pack [View Full Entry]

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We decided to have breakfast today on the Champs Elysees at Brioche Doree. We shared a maxi croissant chocolats and a briochette chocolate. After we finished and we started walking further down Champs Elysees we found a Starbucks and we each got another coffee. We really needed the supersized version as the cafe we get are small and we needed the caffeine this morning! We walked to the Grand Palais and the Petis Palais and admired the architecture. We walked across the Pont Alexendre II towards the Esplanade Des Invalides, Hotel Des Invalides and the Musee De L'Armee but decided instead [View Full Entry]

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Again we enjoyed a wonderful breakfast at the Hilton Lyon before checking out. We wanted to go back to the Halles food market before leaving Lyon and decided since it was in walking distance to the train station that we would drive to the Gare De La Part-Dieu and park the rental car in the return lot and walk to the market, pick up some pain, charcuterie and fromage for lunch and board the train to Paris. We were worried that we might get lost again navigating back to the Gare, which of course we did, after getting gas for E1.23/litre. [View Full Entry]

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What a treat to wake up to a beautiful view of Lyon. We had breakfast on the concierge floor where they served eggs, bacon, sausage, baked tomatoes, sauteed mushrooms, meats, cheeses, croissants, breads, jams and fruit. Since we have lunch reservations at 12:30 today at Paul Bocuse we tried to eat light. We drove to Pérouges a tiny town originally inhabited by craftsmen — mainly farmers and linen weavers that was founded by a Gallic colony returning from Perugia in Italy. In 1167, the Seigneur d'Anthon famously shut the commune's walls against the troops of the Archbishop of Lyon, a [View Full Entry]

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Today we depart the Uniworld River Royale, check out time is 8 am. We share a taxi with some other couples from the ship to the Gare (train station) and we are off to Lyon. I wasn't sure if we had to purchase a ticket or if we could just use our rail pass and the only girl working at the ticket booth didn't know the answer. We had a 9:13 am train to catch and we had to wait until 9 am for the supervisor to come and explain whether we needed to purchase tickets or we could just board [View Full Entry]

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Our day began with "French toast", how perfect for beginning a day in the city known for French gastronomy! I found it a bit sweet, with a lot of brown sugar and honey but none the less it was still delicious. After breakfast we departed for a tour of Vieux Lyon. It was chilly this morning and overcast and we were really worried that we would have our first day of rain, but luck was with us and as the day progressed, the sun burned off the clouds and we had another glorious day! Our tour was by bus and we [View Full Entry]

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Today's breakfast was eggs Benedict and I must admit it was the best sauce that I can remember having in a long time. We were scheduled for an early departure so we had a wake up call at 7 am for departure at 8:30. We were taking a bus from Chalon-Sur-Saone to Beaune. We had a beautiful ride through the Saone Valley passing vineyards all the way. We arrived in Beaune and were given a tour of the Hospices de Beaune, Hotel - Dieu which was a charity hospital that was built in 1443 and had patients up until the late [View Full Entry]

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