Paris in Autumn

It was cool to rocket along through the fields on the TGV - i don't know how fast we were going but it'd have to be over 150 kms per hour. (note to self to find out how fast the TGV goes from Tours to Paris - I know it normally takes two hours but I'm doing it in one).  The countryside on the way to Paris was very green considering they are coming out of summer, the clouds seemed low enough to jump up and grab. The forecast for the next few days in Paris doesn't look so good. Lots of rain, clouds and cold days, especially with our bike ride around the streets tomorrow which runs rain, hail or shine so it looks like we're getting wet. 
In the brief glances of blue skies i saw the white trails of airplanes.  The jetstreams here are amazing. In Perth you see one or two but here they crisscross the sky like a stunt plane trying to write a sentence. 

I've missed the family from about the middle of Spain and more so in France, I guess because the closer I came to seeing them I wanted to. 
We had a great reunion and I got excited hugs from the kids. We hit the town pretty soon after, disappointed by our musty smelling-no wifi-not very clean accommodation. We first walked to the Eiffel tower are went up to the top. A great view as always and awesome to share it with the godfreys. We wandered around for awhile then went back to our place on the 7th arridisimont. The days have all blurred together so I can only list what we've done not the days we've done it on. Monmartte, lourve (twice for me as I went by myself in the morning then with haylee in the afternoon as it was free that Sunday), place de la Concorde where the royalty lost their heads, an awesome bike riding tour which was mainly on sidewalks but had a few hair raising road sections (best way and most unique way to see Paris), Eiffel tower at night when all of Paris was up and museums where open all night as a part of some festival, past the fancy part (where I didn't dare go in even though I could have actually afforded s hit chocolate -$10), into the hotel de crion where all the famous people stay (didn't see anyone) and so much more that I can't fit into my time in a random place with free wifi on the champs élysées.
Tomorrow is our last day in Paris which will be relaxed I'm sure as everyone else has gone to Disneyland today, dad has been pickpocketed on the train (thankfully got his wallet back) and we all are saturated with churches, old buildings and walking.

I hope you and yours are well.
I'll sign off from Paris (I doubt I'll find any more wifi) and hope to update you from Malaysia.

Thanks for reading.
Kym