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Day 2 – Christening of APT’s Amabella

Article posted: May 14th, 2010 by Cruisepilot | No Comments »

Follow James, one of Cruisepilot’s experienced Cruise Team Leaders on day 2 of his daily blog, as he travels to Europe for the Christening of APT’s latest ship, Amabella.

Day 2: Paris, France
We arrived into Paris early this morning. I still can’t believe I am actually here! What strikes me most is the amount of traffic – it’s unbelievable!

We drop our bags off at the hotel and a few of us head off to explore. We are staying at the Hotel Lutetia in the Left Bank region which has just celebrated its 100^th anniversary!

Paris is amazing and to see all the old buildings it’s like going back in time. They have many height and building restrictions that have been in place for hundreds of years, so there are hardly any modern buildings.

Tonight after a few welcome drinks (and a shower at last)  we head off to a restaurant in a high rise –  Le Ciel de Paris. The restaurant is on the 56^th floor and the highest in Europe. Although I usually hate heights, the views are so amazing I didn’t even think about how high up we were. 

After a lovely meal, we head off by coach on an illuminations tour – to see all the sights of Paris at night and of course the Eiffel tower. The commentary provided by the Tour Director was great.

The tour director has a desk in the hotel when we are not on a tour and is very approachable and willing to assist with questions and recommendations on what we can see or do.

At 10pm they have a light show on the Eiffel that lasts about 10 mins and the tower is all lit up – looks amazing.

By now its around 11 pm and I’m  ready for bed.

Join James tomorrow as he continues his European adventure.