Coffee and croissants at café on corner. Four French medicines seemed to have worked and Eloise much better.
Then walked from Hotel through the Tuileries gardens to Grand Palais. Grandfather has difficulty keeping up with them and also taking video and now the Photos for the blog.
Justin advised me against getting a photo card for the video camera. In his view video and stills do not go on same machine. Unusually I disregarded his advice. And I am glad I did. One camera not two is much simpler.
Stopped for Eloise’s lunch in English Garden then to the Marie Antoinette exhibition. Pleased we had booked tickets, no queuing, and Eloise presence speeds things along too.
The exhibition was of paintings, bijoux and furniture illustrating her life in three stages- childhood-Queen- and downfall. The pictures were not exceptional but the exhibition was arranged as only the French can do it. The various rooms were set out, and decorated, as salons in Versailles. So realistic one felt one was there; as befits my imperial status.
After the exhibition another walk along the Seine to the Eiffel Tower. Queues impossibly long (and impossible to book in advance unless you are in a group). At least Eloise has seen it; and has a postcard to send to friends at playschool/ kinder- sorry wrong it’s “Early Learning Centre”.
Instead of the Tower Eloise had two rides on the carousel and a crepe.
Exhausted we bundled ourselves into a taxi back to the hotel. Brenda and I said goodbye- until next week- and had a good drive home to Ragny.
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Disregarding my advice will only cause trouble....
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