Ahhh Paris (Paree)

Here it is, the last day of what has been a fantastic trip. I'm in Paris, staying at the Charles De Gaulle airport. The last few days have been....

Grenoble for Bastille and Chartreuse caves (actually one of the best museum type displays I went to so far). Bastille was pretty much for lunch alone and it was lovely, the view was great and the food was spot on.

Slept in on Tuesday, and decide instead of another attempt at Galibier I would just head for Alp d'Huez again.. Well, between that and the 800 vertical meter climb back to the Chalet, i'm glad I did, my legs were cooked. Following that packed the bike and headed back to Grenoble in preparation for the TGV ride at 4.50am Wednesday morning.

Wed - TGV to Paris, check into hotel at CDG and straight to the Louvre for a 5 hour explore. I really had no idea, the Louvre is not just that glass pyramid thing, it's a massive castle/fortress/apartments from back before medieval times. It is truly amazing and well worth the time if you do head to Paris. Saw Venus d'Milo and Mona, they were cool, but really loved Napoleons apartment. Excessive does not even come close to explaining it.

Today, back into Paris for bike shop (big ups to Laurent Cycles), la Defense, Arc d'Triumph, Champs Elysee, Moulin Rouge, Eiffel Tower and back home... Enough of a taste for one day.

And to that pretty much marks the end of the journey, bar the A380 trip to Singapore for 3hrs and then back to Brissy. Got to say i'm looking forward to getting back and seeing everyone and everything, getting back to some normality, training, racing and Aussie coffee. As much as Europe is fantastic, there's no place like Australia... Even the Europeans agree.

Once I get back to my laptop i'll post some photo's - my web albums app spat the dummy a while back and I lost patience with it. If you're mildly interested, i'll post again with the link to the album.