Paris Trip - Vauxhall-sur-Seine to PARIS!

 Off we go, Eiffel Tower, here we come!  30 miles to go, should be a doddle, right?  Hmmm.

Left Vaux and went through Triel to cross the bridge across the Seine.  One of the more interesting things was the most enormous snail ever!  Can see why they’re a dinner delicacy.

Immediately missed a turn and ended up on the wrong road.  After debating going forward, decided not to repeat yesterday and headed back to the known route.  Went one more exit down and found our road into the cutest Seine-side village with some fantastic houses and a market!  We stopped for a croissant and coffee before heading up the hill.

That was the first of several hills.  The route meandered through park after park.  You wouldn’t expect so much green on a route coming into Paris.  Or so many hills.  Had a lovely lunch in Versailles and then made our way into the last bit of Saturday afternoon Paris chaos.  And it was chaos, bikes crashing into each other, parents on bikes w/ little tikes trying to follow, people shopping and wandering (without looking) into the road - made steering and navigation especially ‘interesting’!

Wish I could have taken pictures, but there needed to be extreme navigational focus as we got to the last part of the day.  Finally, finally made it to the bridge over the Seine and there was the Eiffel Tower!  What a place to finish!

Super excited to have done it and to be here!  It has been one of the more challenging routes so far, but worth it because we love Paris!  Chris said coming into Paris and finishing at the Eiffel Tower was one of the coolest things to have done!

Nice hotel, Hotel Exposition, easy walking distance from the Tower and convenient to everything.  Walked out to dinner at a very traditional French bistro, Le Commerce. Escargot was had!  Calf’s head was not!  Finished with the Mousse au Chocolate - perfect!  Now in bed listening to the sound of Saturday night Paris and looking forward to introducing Chris to more of the city tomorrow.