April 30

We had a rather lazy day today, washing our clothes, and getting ready for the next leg of our trip to Germany on Friday, to continue our holidays. It was raining fairly hard for a while this morning, so we didn't go out until after noon. We visited a street famous for it's street market called the Rue Clerc, to see what it was like, and had a bite to eat, at a slightly more reasonable cost, than previous days.





We then walked to the Eiffel Tower again and it was much less crowded today but there were a lot of army personnel in full garb around so not sure what was going on. On Saturday the first day we went to the Eiffel Tower we didn't see any army just a few police. If anyone knows what was going on let us know; we can't tell because we don't understand the news broadcasts.



From the Tower we crossed the bridge over the Seine to get to the famous Trocadero. This building was finished for the 1937 World's Fair that was held in Paris. The Eiffel Tower was for the 1866 Fair I believe. We walked down the river on the West side on the Aveneue de New York.




These townhouses date back to 1850-60. The very wealthy lived in this area which is also very close to the Champs de Elysses which is where the rich of that day went to be seen, not much different from today.:-)

It was very windy and the rain was coming off and on, so we found our way back to the trusty subway service and headed back to the apartment. We stopped on the way to pick up some groceries and I made us Toasted Ham, Cheese and Tomato Sandwiches with a Canadian type salad. Tomorrow night for our last night in Paris I am going to make Bob a special dinner. We have been able to see the main things we wanted to in Paris and keep smiling even though we had misfortune the first day here.