Paris

We went to Camping Indigo in Paris, which was plan C after some other options failed us.  The site was a 10 minute bus ride (the campsite provided a shuttle bus morning and night) to Porte Maillot, a large metro station on the edge of the central city.  We spent a hectic 2 days seeing the sights in Paris and spent a third at Versailles Chateau.
Our first day consisted of a long walking route taking us from the Arc de Triomphe, down the Champs Elysees, past the: Grand and Petit Palaces, Pont Alexandar III (bridge), Place de la Concorde (square), the Louvre and Palais Royal.  We then walked all the way to the Eiffel Tower.  We walked up the tower about 7pm and as we were nearly back down, the lights came on and we had a fantastic view to appreciate whilst we indulged in crepes for dinner.  We made it back to the campsite about 9.30pm and I was really glad I didn't have to cook dinner!

Our second day we went to Versailles and we were lucky to catch the final shuttle bus from the site at 10am as we overslept.  The time on the phone was completely out as we had been through a time zone and daylight savings.  It took about 1.5 hours to get to Versailles and once there we passed two ticketing agents for the Palace, one with a massive queue.  We continued on to the official ticket office at Versailles to find no queue and we were served straight away.  We bought tickets for the Palace (15 euro each) and then spent 3 hours walking the grounds and having a picnic lunch.  Some of the gardens were closed and some fountains not going which was a little annoying.  We left the Chateau till later as it is supposed to be a quieter time of day.  That did prove to be the case as it quietened about 4.30pm.  We spent 3 hours inside and could have done with slightly longer.  The official map stated that the Palace shut at 6.30pm, but we were told it was 6pm and rushed through the last apartments.  The Palace is amazing- especially the Chapel and the Royal apartments, one of those must sees.

Our final day in Paris we headed to the flea markets at Clingnancourt where we browsed antiques.  We then walked to Sacre Coeur Basilica which has a fantastic view over the city.  Like most places we went that day (Saturday) it was absolutely heaving with people.
It was then a quick photo op at the Moulin Rouge before catching the metro to St Pauls where we walked to a museum on the history of Paris (Musee Carnavalet).  The main reason was to use their toilets as the museum is free, but it is also a wonderful and very well rated museum.  There was no information in English but they had some very nice rooms and items on display.  We then chilled out in the nearby square called Place des Vosges with the rest of Paris it seemed. Finally we went to the Notre Dame Cathedral and had a look inside.  They were just about to start mass for the evening.

A full on three days (and we only just scratched the surface) which we really enjoyed.  Due to time constraints it was off to Luxembourg next.  The Paris Marathon was on Sunday the day we left, which caused us a couple of u turns.  We also had to negotiate the round about at Porte Maillot (only half a mile from the Arc de Triomphe- argh!).  The Porte Maillot roundabout is huge and takes about 15 minute to walk around the perimeter.  Once we were on the ring roads it was smooth sailing and we drove 5 hours to a campsite in the city of Luxembourg.