France 2015 - Day 7 - This Place is Flash

After a 2.5 hour drive across the French countryside (look sensible speed limits.) we dropped the car back at Charles De Gaulle airport then proceeded to look for the RER train into the city

Our first route was blocked by three heavily armed French Paratroopers so we looked for an alternate route.

Eventually we found the station and jumped on the train to city. We got off at a large station then spent 30 mins trying to find our way out. The station was attached to massive shopping mall parts of which were under construction.

Once we reached the street we went looking for a taxi. That proved harder than we thought. Whilst fumbling with Google maps on my phone a  Frenchwoman came up to me (must of been my good looks) and pointed us in the right direction to a main road. We nabbed a cab just in time as it was starting to rain - a feature we'd get used over the next few days.

We finally arrived at our rather nice abode for the next few days Hotel de La Tremoille.

 That's not our pic, our room was on the 1st floor on the right.

  

And macaroons on arrival... Who would have though 3 days later I'd be sick of these

A view down the street from our room

After we'd settled in we went for a walk to find the Laverie (Laundromat) I'd marked on Google Maps. Washing was a priority after 7 days on the road. Once we found that and confirmed opening times we found a restaurant and sat down for a nice Italian meal.

Some street scenes. 

 It's a busy place