First days in Paris

So we finally wound up getting a room in an Ibis in Epanay - about 30 minutes outside of Paris. The only reason we got the room was because the floor was sodden and they hadn't intended to rent it out.

But with the Paris airshow - the largest of its kind in the world - we found our story wasn't uncommon. Even those who'd attempted to book in advance had been forced out of the city. The airshow is still ongoing, but all the big-business wheeling and dealing is over and the hotels have opened up again.

Sort of.

Everyone stuck out of the city is now decamping for the centre and rooms filled up fast.

Fortunately we got a room in a really nice hotel in the 12th Arrondisement, near the Bastille, but it was a close thing and we're paying more than we would've liked.

The first night we made it to our hotel around 8 at night. It's a very suburban area and we were only able to grab a bite to eat in a dodgy little italian joint. Still, it managed to prove that the French really do know how to make bread, wine and cheese!

Yesterday we started on our actually Parisian journey.

We're being helped in our itinerary by a friend of Maya and Cornelius who is the cultural attaché to Swizterland. We're a bit worn out, so I'll post more later.