Day 24 - Wednesday August 8th

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Paris

Holiday Inn Express at the airport.

https://www.ihg.com/holidayinnexpress/hotels/us/en/roissy-en-france/pardg/hoteldetail?cm_mmc=GoogleMaps-_-EX-_-FR-_-PARDG

Packed up this morning and left our luggage at the front desk and walking to the Louvre!!!

We waited in line for about 40 minutes which wasn't too bad...it's a security thing!!  Once we were in, it was quite overwhelming. We found the kiosk to buy our tickets and the audio guides...took a bit for us to figure them on, they were interactive on a Nintendo DS. Where was my son when I needed him?

We looked at some of the ancient Egyptian artifacts, then on to some Greek statues, including Venus. Then onto French paintings... finishing up with some African artifacts.  It was very busy and warm...we were a little sweaty!

It also took us awhile to find our way out lol, Robert was looking forward to a smoke...we had a little break in the court yard...after almost 6 hours if standing and walking.

We headed bad towards our hotel, where we found the Great Canadian Pub...had a drink and a very late lunch...when we arrived back at our hotel our car service was waiting to take us to the airport. It landed up being 40 minutes vs a few hours by train etc.  Tracee was happy 😍

We got to our hotel to discover they didn't have a restaurant.😮 So luckily enough the hotel next door did! 

After our long day...off to bed!!

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