Mike's Grand Tour of Europe 2022

 ** Today I leave Paris and mainland  Europe for the last time on my current journey. I am looking forward to going home to Perth in 15 days time as it is the next logical thing to do for me. Don't know if or when I'll be back but while I was here it was fun. I catch the 5:15 pm train to London from the Gare du Nord. Intend relaxing somewhat today as I ended up walking in exceed of 13 klm yesterday and as expected the old foot is feeling somewhat bedraggled. I'll do updates today as and when. ** Well 3rd time lucky for someone, may they fall and break their family jewels on the night of their honeymoon. At some point between getting on and getting off the train they managed to grab my tablet and my toilet bag. I was totally unaware of anyone doing this. Someone told me the backpack was open once I got through immigration.  What they did not get was my passport, my cash money, my Bose ear buds, my battery charger or my phone. What they did get besides the tablet and toilet...

 ** Good morning. Today I have tickets for the Musée Marmottan Monet, and given it's location, I plan to also visit the Eiffel Tower and the Arc de Triumph. As you can see from Google Maps the three locations are not that far from each other. ** Will show the Monet museum images further down. Just wanted to comment on the change in scenery from the parts of Paris I have seen and stayed in. The roads in this area, where the museum is located, are very wide, and almost reminds me of Bulawayo, and the quality of the buildings stand out. No two buildings are sharing common walls. Here there are large gaps between the buildings.  I have now moved 3 blocks down and although the buildings still look more grandure than the ones I'm used to, gone are the gaps and the wide streets.  I have finally seen, albeit at a distance, tall office buildings in Paris. Somehow I have never seen them before. Almost got run over by a motor bike demonstration. African gentlemen protesting against ...