An early start this morning, with breakfast at 6:30am, suitcases out by 6:45am (being taken separately to Paris by truck), and buses leaving for the train station at 8am.
Our TGV fast train was only in the station for 10 minutes, with a huge crowd of people boarding, but still left on time at 9:04am.
We sped north at up to 322km per hour (that is not a typo) and arrived in Paris just two hours later. It was a pleasant journey and the landscape was very pleasant.
Arriving in Paris, we then enjoyed a two-hour bus tour of some key sights. Then we joined a tour boat just under the Eiffel Tour for a two-hour cruise up and down the Seine, while we enjoyed a lovely three-course lunch. We then returned to shore and drove for two minutes, to where our next APT cruise was to start on the AmaLyra. 99 of the 136 passengers were like us and had continued from the Rhône trip.
Dinner was the usual pleasant event, with a new staff looking after us, but continuing with the same Cruise Director. We popped out onto the bow of the boat at 9pm to see the Eiffel Tower all lit up, and then it literally sparkled on the hour, for five minutes.
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