To all those people who left recommendations for my trip to Paris. We came back yesterday and had the most wonderful 4 days.
I'm so darned impressed with the Eurostar and now I've tried it first class, I'm not sure there is any other way to travel!
We spent the first afternoon there wandering around Ile de la Cite and Ile St Louis, then to La Marais and around the outside of Le Louvre - it was a bit late and the cues were a bit long to go in but the grounds were stunning enough. We ate in a little place in St Germain de Pres and went back to the hotel after that. After all the organised tour bits the next day, we found Chartier. Thankyou so much to the people that told me about that place - it was so lovely, we went back the second night although I'm glad we ate early both times as the queues were out the ally by the time we left. Yesterday morning we found an hour to the marjket at Mouffetard which we really enjoyed - it was more of the village Paris that is missing from all the huge buildings, boulevards, squares and the tourist attractions. It was the perfect way tpo round off our trip - outside a cafe watching the word go by.
Can't wait to go back again but may have to as I'm not sure we can afford it again for quite a while.