Paris

This morning we drove 134 k's from Reims to Charles De Gaulle 
Airport, Paris where we dropped off the hire car 
and caught the train (about 1/2 an hour) to Paris.

We found our apartment without any problems and

were warmly greeted by Fleur, the housekeeper.

After showing us where everything is and giving us some tips

about places to see, she left us with her phone number

and said to call her if we need any assistance during our stay.

We're very impressed with the apartment,

it was described on Airbnb as an old photo studio

recently converted into a 50m2 apartment,

on the 2nd floor. There is a lift. The apartment has high ceilings,

a separate bedroom with a large double bed (200X160).

The bathroom has a walk-in shower.

The kitchen is fully equipped with dishwasher, microwave, grill

and induction hob. It is in a quiet place,

in a private lane 'La Cité Paradis'.

You will also find many local shops (including bakery, grocery)

It's more spacious than we imagined,

and will be a great base for our six nights in Paris.

We've both been 'off colour' over the last few days

and have put it down to food poisoning due 

to some chicken we both ate on Monday.

I had a bad night on Monday and Andrew started

to feel all hot and clammy on the train today.

He has not been well this afternoon and we're

hoping that he'll feel much better in the morning.

The Airbnb photos don't do it justice, however because

the resident photographer is out of action at the moment,

I'll add them anyway.

From the road our private street has a gate,

you need a pass card to open the boom gate 
and drive in during the day.

 From 9pm each night the big gates are closed until 7am.

Again you need the pass card to come in and out.

There is then a 5 digit passcode to come into the building

and another to enter the foyer where the lift is.

We feel quite safe and secure here.

 Our street, the apartment is the very last one 

down the far end on the left hand side.

The gates open onto Rue d'Hauteville.

We only walked 5.2 k's today!

A fun fact to finish off with...

Quite a few Australian TV shows are aired here,

we've seen Bondi Vet, Border Patrol, Home & Away 

and even My Kitchen Rules!