Wednesday, 5 June 2019

Paris day 10.

Sunday 2nd June
Today we say goodbye to Paris. It has been a very interesting and busy place.  Keeping us both active, not only physically, but mentally aswell, using the metro, understanding the history, and age of the place.  Things here built long before Australia was even discovered. We take the metro to the Gare de Nord, one of the large train stations in Paris, many trains arrive here from other countries. And this is where we pick up our hire car for the next month. So after filling in the obligatory paperwork, showing of drivers license and passport, we get the key, ( if you can call it a key.  More like a garage door remote, )and head off  to find the car.  Once located, we orientate ourselves around the vehicle,  a Renault capture, and head off. First minor issue, getting the reversing mirrorsto fold out, button is found. Now we are good.  So now we are on target to go to the unit,  pick up the luggage, which has to be vey quick, as there is no parking,  and the thing to do it seems is to pull up,  put hazard lights on, and hope for the best. Anyhow we get done and head on our way to Dieppe. Navigating out of Paris was not an easy task,  especially if the gps is 10 seconds behind were you actually are.  Missed turns,  little tension, and some new sights of  Paris, but we eventually leave Paris behind. 
Bob decides to take the scenic route to get to Dieppe, after an hour on the motorway. We pass though the rural county side,  view giant wind turbines, come across an old church, which we stop to look at.  Things we would not have seen on the motorway, even though it was about an hour longer,  it was worth it.
We arrive at Dieppe, find the next accommodation after a couple more wrong turns.  Dieppe is built on hills,  and very narrow streets. Mostly only wide enough for one car and a parked car. We locate a convience store, grab a couple of things for tea and retire for the day. 

1 comment:

  1. Sounds like you guys are having a wonderful trip - keep enjoying yourselves and loving reading your blog!!

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