The big 50 today - happy birthday to me. Can't get much better that waking up in Switzerland to find it had snowed overnight and there was a spectacular view up to the snow covered mountains, then finishing the day with dinner and going to sleep in Paris. Well at least we will be after about 9 1/2 hours driving!
Our new found friends, Beth and David gave me birthday card in German which they hoped said Happy Birthday, (Lucerne is German speaking Switzerland), and the most beautiful earrings and a Murano Glass bead for my bracelet. Nicky from Australia gave me some Swiss chocolate and the Canadians, all the Australians and the other New Zealanders gave me a signed birthday card.
The "piece de resistance" was having the whole tour bus sing happy birthday to me as we were leaving Switzerland. Pretty good start to the day so far.
We will spend the whole day on the bus in an effort to get into Paris before rush hour traffic, with various stops for toilet and food etc.
We had only been on the road for half an hour and someone let go the most god awful smell. A few minutes later we were having to pull into a truck stop to let someone off to go to the toilet. Our guess is it was the same person who practically cleared the bus. Well given the chance we would have all piled off for some fresh air. Not a well stomach at all.
The rest of the journey was pretty uneventful and we arrived in Paris about 5.30 pm. We caught a glimpse of the Eiffel Tower as we were driving in so getting pretty exciting now.
We have a couple of hours to relax before heading off for the big night out. It had been raining but reasonably clear skies now so hopefully it will last for our dinner.
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