I might try that, heheh.
I'd suggest going to the Hemingway Bar at the Ritz Hotel for cocktails. Also consider the Musee D'Orsay if you want amazing artwork - it's full of impressionist paintings and the building is an old railway station.
I can also recommend the Hemingway Bar from experience but brace yourself - the platinum bullet I had was the best Martini I've ever had and also the most expensive 27E several years ago!
Last time we went we took my father in law who was a wheelchair user - so we used the hop-on-hop-off tourist buses.The drivers were not helpful or polite and the final services of the day didn't turn up leaving us to walk from Montmartre back to the centre on our own.Read the Trip Advisor reviews and buy with caution if you're thinking of doing this.
If we could have used the Metro instead I would have done.Paris is great for wandering around.
A boat tour up and down the Seine is a nice way to rest your feet - we caught one from the Eiffel Tower.
I do like hop on and off bus tours so this is something I want to do on day one and get a lay of the land and make notes of all the places I want to go later in the week. Sounds expensive for a martini! I don’t drink though so hopefully I won’t be snagged by any sharp drink prices.
L'OpenTour were shocking.
Sold me a 1 day ticket not two then refused to do anything about it and I had to visit their office to sort it out.That driver conducted a long, hand held phone call while driving at speed around the city.He wasn't pleased when I took his picture but I was furious with him.
One of their drivers closed the doors as my Father in Law had just boarded before the rest of us were on to assist him to a seat, I had to stand in front of the bus to stop him departing with him hanging onto a pole in fear of his life!
None of them would drop the bus and extend the low floor entry which was the specific reason we booked them to get him on and off in the chair.And as I said we had a 1 1/2 mile push back to the hotel when they binned the final very early evening service.
Needless to say the teenager at the office gave me a shrug in response to my complaints.
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That is a horrendous story, sorry to hear about that. To be fair I would’ve taken a photo of the driver too if he was making a call while driving. There is no excuse for that or any of the other things you experienced. Thanks for the warning.