New Year's Eve and sadly the time has come for us to book into our flights. While we are not looking forward to leaving Paris, we are looking forward to our flight to Singapore on the new A380 airbus. We are told, by friends who have flown on it, that it is quieter and smoother than anything else in the air these days (with the possible exception of a hot air balloon).
Although the weather is turning cold again we took a rather long walk. Partly this was of necessity since, having gotten our boarding passes via the internet, we needed to find a place to print them out. We had checked, some days ago, and found an internet cafe near Abbesses where this could be done and, since we were in the area, we took the funicular up to the Butte for a last look at the Place du Tertre.
In the late afternoon we caught the bus over to the elegant 16eme Arondissment where we spent New Year's Eve with friends. We enjoyed a delightful dinner at the home of our friends but decided to leave before midnight to avoid the crush that would be inevitable on public transport. And it was every bit as busy as we thought it might be. For one thing, all public transport in the city is free on New Year's Eve and into the following day. We travelled by Metro which meant making two transfers and one of the stations is very near the Eiffel Tower. You can imagine the crowds in the stations. Nonetheless, we made it home and watched the lights of the Eiffel Tower on the television - exactly like you could have done in Australia or wherever you are reading this.
To bed around 1.30 knowing that tomorrow is our cleaning and packing day although we may go out for lunch to Cafe Franceour.
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