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Day 2: April 14, 2024
A pretty seamless arrival process at CDG airport then a bus drive down to the hotel to drop our bags. We went past the Stade de France and saw the Sacre Coeur up on the hill.
First challenge was taking the subway, but everyone rocked it and we all made it safely into central Paris.
We took a lunch break in Les Halles which is the old food market area, so there is lots of choice of cafés, food stalls and restaurants.
After lunch we did a walking tour, first going past the futuristic Pompidou Centre which dates from the 1970s, then we wandered around the Marais (the Jewish quarter). The streets were packed, and there was a very long line outside the best known falafel store.
We took a break in the green square of Place des Vosges, then walked via a street antique market to the Bastille, where we jumped in the subway and went to Montparnasse for a Breton supper of galettes and crepes.
Then it was time for our final métro trip back to the hotel to check in and get some very well earned rest.