Day 1 – October 2nd

The Le Meridien Etoile hotel is located near the city center, walking distance to the Arc de Triomphe where the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is (from WWI) and a very long walk to the Museum du Louvre.  In fact as you walk down the Avenue des Champs Elysees (where all the expensive shopping is) you can see the Seine River and the Louvre.  But as you walk towards the Louvre, it seemed to get further away.    We will be visiting that museum tomorrow after the city tour. 

After we checked in, we still had a good part of the day to do something.  Instead of sleeping (we will catch up with that later) we visited the Arc de Triomphe and walked the Avenue des Champs Elysees and checked out the shops and looked for a place to have lunch...dinner, whatever.  We needed food!  Lots of little outdoor cafes to choose from.  

 

As far as the eye can see; Champs Elysees is full of shoppers today!

We ate at a place called George V.  I had a delicious burgundy beef stew and Dave had curry chicken w rice.  So we ate British and India cuisine in Paris, France. 

Tomorrow, on our second day, a city tour of Paris and a visit to the Louvre in the afternoon.