We then made our way to the heart of Paris, always a little daunting for the driver –me – but I love it. We found lots of people and road congestion here as well. Our hotel, College de France is as we remember it and it was nice to park Renee away in a nice safe car-park for a couple of days of no driving. After a little refresher in our room we set out on foot for Notre Dame. This is the first time we can remember since the late 70’s that almost all of the scaffolding is gone and you get a really good look at this amazing cathedral. After numerous pictures – you’d think we’d never seen the place before – we settled on a restaurant we’d been to in the past just up from the hotel, called Coupe Chou. We cashed it in fairly early, at least by Paris standards and rested up for a big day on foot tomorrow. It doesn’t matter how many times you’ve been here. This is a really exciting city!