Got up around 9AM. We went downstairs for breakfast. No one asked for our room number so it was free this morning. Tracy check on her bags, no information. We time tested the Metro for tomorrow mornings run to the tour rendezvous point. We went to the Metro station and could not figure out the ticket system. We ended up going back to the hotel, they told us it was one of the other stops that had ticket kiosk. We purchased 10 tickets each, which is a preferred way to go since its pay as you go not based on time. Then we took the Metro to the Tulleries stop, route 8 to Concorde then route 1. After our test run we decided to check out the hood. We went to a Starbucks, I got a Chocolate Cheery Late and Tracy went across the street for a soda at McDonald's. We located the Red Hop-on-Hop-off tour stop and jumped on for a trip around Paris. Though it is winter, the bus was an open top. The weather was not bad, though Tracy had to head down to the closed cab toward the end of the ride. We got off at the Trocadero stop, which is across from the Eiffel Tower. We found a nice Café on the roundabout. I had a large quiche lauran. Tracy had onion soup and a cheese plate. We proceeded to the Eiffel Tower but the lines were too long so we just took pictures. We decided to go back to the hotel. It was hard trying to find a Metro station. We ended up finding one near the Champs E’lysses, FDR stop. We had a drink in the hotel bar and told a break in the room. That evening we asked the hotel where we could arrange for Christmas dinner. They suggested Julien’s, we went down and made reservations. We went to the pharmacy next to the restaurant. We picked up a few items that we needed. We swung into a corner café for a baguette sandwich and wine.
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