We went to breakfast at 7 am, which was held on the 1st floor for all Viking guests. There were those getting off a cruise and those starting their journey. The food was excellent, and I had an omelet made to order.
At 8:15, we met in the lobby for our Panoramic Paris tour. Millie was our tour guide. One couple told me that their dad got a headset to use over his hearing aids, so I got one for Don, but he never used them. Instead, he took out one hearing aid and used the QuietVox earbud in that ear. He said it worked well. Millie was an excellent tour guide. 35 of us gon on the tour bus and we saw the highlights of Paris. We saw the Arc de Triomphe (but the Champs Élysées was closed due to a 10K running race), the Louvre, the Grand Palais, the Petite Palais, the Pont Neuf, and Place de Concorde. Then we stopped at Notre Dame and went into the cathedral. It was absolutely beautiful! We had gone to it about 20 years ago, and it is much cleaner and brighter now since they cleaned and renovated it after the fire. We also had a photo stop at the Eiffel Tower. We returned to our hotel at 12:30.
Then Don and I put on some warmer coats and went to a bakery for lunch, where we ate some quiche. Next, we went to the train station and bought a 1-day pass for the public transportation (12 euros for the pass + 2 euros for the card each)
We took the RER C train to Notre Dame. Then we walked to the Louvre and saw where the robbery actually took place. Then we walked all the way down the Gardens of the Tuileries to the Place de Concorde. We walked through the Christmas market, which was very crowded. Then we took Metro 1 back to the hotel since it was getting dark. We stopped and ate a sandwich charcuterie at the bakery where we had lunch. We walked about 7 miles.
At 8 pm, we watched the Eiffel Tower sparkle and it was beautifu1!
Original photos by Pat Hensley
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