Paris and the Loire Valley: Day 12

It was raining when we got up, but the sun came out a couple hours later. After breakfast and dressing, David took off for the train station. He went by train back to Auxerre to pick up our rental car. In the meantime, Adele and Sue straightened up the boat and made sure everything was packed. When David got back, we checked out, got in the car and started heading to Paris. We decided to skip the highway and drove on local roads. This paid off soon when we came upon a market, selling everything from food to clothes!

In the food part of the market (and next picture)

Then we continued on and eventually started looking for someplace to eat. The first town we stopped in had nothing. We moved on to a larger town and found a single place, another kebob place like we got food from last night. This place had a nice outdoor area so we got food and relaxed a while.

Looking for a restaurant....

Adele's adana kebob

Sue's burger

David's whatever

After lunch, we headed back to Paris via the highway, and finally found our hotel. Luckily there is a parking garage, but the rooms are super small (not much bigger than our tiny cabins on the boat!) After we settled in, I went out for a walk and found a cool area called Bercy Village, with tons of restaurants and shops, so we're heading there for dinner!

Waiting to check in to the hotel. Think we have enough stuff?

Bercy Village

Thought this was a funny slogan!

We hung out at the hotel a while, resting, then met in the lobby bar for drinks. David got his and then the server went on a break. We sat there for quite a while, then paid for his drink and left. We went back to the Bercy Village area I'd seen before and looked at all the restaurants. We finally settled on a French restaurant, sat outdoors and had drinks, a shared appetizer and delicious entrees! While we were there, a bride and her bridesmaids came by and they were cheering for her! Then back to our hotel (Campanile Paris) for our last night in France!