Oct 8 & 9 - Paris, Paris to Avignon

10-08: Paris. We arrived to Paris in the middle of the night. I think it was 4:30a when I heard us docking. It is cold outside, 58˚ with clouds. Our plan was to go to Rue Cler and enjoy one more café lunch sitting outside. We opted to stay in. Tomorrow we will leave for Avignon where the weather prediction is in the 70’s. I sure hope so. We did have an accordion player for entertainment tonight. He was actually pretty good. Happy Birthday toast to Debra! 

10-09: We were up early, got everything packed, and had it outside our door before 8:00. 8:45 was the latest to put it out. We went up to breakfast they had a nice array of food some of it was actually hot. We sat in the lounge for a while after that. Then we braved the cold to get an Uber to the Gare de Lyon train station. Brr it's 57° earlier it was 54˚predicted high is only 60˚ so it is cold in Paris today. We had a very strange Uber driver who kept talking to himself and using multiple squirts of hand sanitizer, at least he got us to our destination. The traffic was horrible. We have heard of riots and different things something to do with schools but we haven't seen any indication of any problems. Once we got to the train station, we looked for a few shops and found one that had some coats so now I have a new jacket! I will be warmer, at least on the ship on the way home too! After purchasing the coat we found a restaurant that had inside seating (warmer and quieter) inside at the train station. We have a long wait for our train. We weren't very hungry so we split a hamburger. Our train is not leaving until 3:15p. It was going to be at 1:15p but when we were unsure of our ending location in Paris, so we moved it up. We will have plenty of time to get to Avignon. We've communicated with our host and we have the lock box information. Finally on the train from Paris to Avignon. Everything was uneventful, all the people are so super friendly and helpful. The weather is quite cool, but we did have sun when we arrived to Avignon. As we are getting off the train the first thing we see is a fruit stand setup about 20 feet long with all kinds of fruit and vegetables and even some wine! We bought two pieces of quiche in Gare de Lyon so that, with the tomatoes and fruit - plus the wine, we have dinner!