The alarm was buzzing at around 0700 and so an early breakfast and then finish packing the last few bits in the cat and we departed around 0815 for ||West Byfleet en -route for the Eurotunnel at Folkestone.
The traffic to Junction 10 on the A3 was quite as expected but the finale 25 miles of max 50 mph due to so called testing of systems was a real pain and slowed us down quite a bit but we finally arrived at the terminal at about 0940 and were put on an earlier train at 1054 which was good, The French Customs was only operating at 50% of the gates open and this caused quite some chaos with cars trying to butt in and drivers getting our cars and having shouting matches, bloody efficient the French Ha Ha???
We finally boarded and left on time and arrived in France around 1240 and so on the the Motorway for Paris and hoping our BIP and GO would work and thank heavens it did. Around 1400 we stopped at a services which was packed with mostly French drivers and families enjoying lunch and we had our sandwiches, used the Loos and and then departed for our Hotel on the West Side of Paris Called the Double Tree Hilton Hotel in Bourgival . There had been an accident so we had a rather slow last 30 minutes but arrived at the Hotel around 16.30 and parked in their multi story which was empty apart from us.
A quick rest followed by dinner and a couple of drinks in the restaurant Jennifer had a beef compote which looked and tasted great but due my food restrictions OI ended up with grilled salmon and French fries and washed down with a beer and a couple of glasses of red wine. And the after dinner we walked across the road to the River Seine and a short walk in then evening sun having temp around 25 C this evening and so quite nice to sit their and watch the world go by.
After this we returned to the room and Noel did his blog and Jennifer read her book. Thee Hotel is in need of an upgrade and re decoration but otherwise served its purpose having paid for it on Hilton Points
Oh well time for bed.
