Off to Paris

Tim and Amrit ,and Dave and  Sara and their children having a break in Lille on our way to Paris. We fitted into 2 cars and travelled with them .

We stopped again in Antwerppen and met at the market square for lunch. The fountain was a big hit with the little ones and since it was quite busy, we enjoyed people watching and the architecture.

We stayed in a hotel outside the city and caught the bus and train in - then caught a hop on -hop off bus to see the sights. Stop 1 view of Eiffel tower.Here is one of the many hawkers who did their best to sell us stuff.

Hank and Tim and Anjali and Kiran walked up the stairs to the second level of the tower.Amrit ( in the white hat) was trying to see them without success .It is quite a climb and I'm told that the view is fantastic.The girls were very pleased with their achievement -daddy didn't carry them at all !

This is a fairly typical street scene -the buildings are a uniform height and there are lots of cars.

The Arc de Triomphe as seen from the bus. There is a bus from the same company driving next to us -you have a view from up high and they have recorded information on headphones.We spent 2 days hopping on and off while the kids went to Disney land.

We went walking some of the time and just happened to find the Moulin Rouge.Not the place to go to at night judging by the no. of sex shops in the area .

On the way back home we detoured via Fromelles where Australian war veterans were reinterned recently.Some people walked past us while we were having a picnic and told us that the original mass grave was at the bottom of this field.

Someone had left this Aussie flag.

The new cemetary was opened a few days before we got there.