Paris — Bastille Day

Paris — Bastille Day
Last night we ascended the Tour Eiffel around twilight, so 9.30 or thereabouts, and climbed the stairs to the second level. By the time we got there it was dark, and the fireworks started — all around the perimeter of Paris, like compass-points, were a dozen or so fireworks displays all going at once. They went on and on for what felt like an hour, and finally blew themselves out in a blaze of light and thunder. It was magical.
This morning we watched the Bastille Day Parade on the Champs-Élysées, which was a fairly impressive display of fighter planes and tanks, but the freshness of the wind made everyone very cold.
We are just setting out now for Chartres Cathedral, and I will be asleep, I think, in about 4 minutes!
After seeing the Cathedral, we'll return to Paris in time for the Opera Concert, which culminates in a fantastic fireworks display from the Eiffel Tower. Can't help but love Paris; almost all the boys are thinking of moving here....

Hope you are all well,
Warren B


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