When we first hopped on the bus with 50 other people our Tour Manager Kerith stood up and told us ' firstly you need to understand that this isn't a holiday, you will get grumpy, you will have long days and long nights and you will be exhausted' -that was no exaggeration at all. We headed to the Ferry at Dover and arrived in Paris at our first 'Contiki Special Stopover' in the afternoon, we were greeted with a small glass of french champagne, had some dinner and then went on a short bus tour of 'The City of Lights' with a short stop to see the Eiffel Tower at night. We learnt very quickly that Baz (bus driver) and Kez were serious about being at our meeting points on time because we left three people
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