Arrived here in the wee hours of the morning after a 13 hr flight. Overdosed of interruppted ZZzzz in the upright position. (Surprisingly, managed to sleep a little, here & there !!) After clearing immigration, had a challenging time trying to get from the airport to the hotel. Comparing French signposts with a piece of English map and asking for directions from English speaking French was by itself an adventure. Finally managed to arrive at the hotel about 3 hours from touch down ... all in all, about 16 hrs of travelling.
Stayed at the "Mecure Paris Suffren Tour Eiffel", which is a stone throw from the Eiffel Tower and almost next to the International Energy Agency (IEA) where I'll be having my meeting / presentation. Of course, being in the heart of the country's landmark, its a hotspot magnet for tourists and prices of everything else is equally on the high end. (Eg : A side stall for a Hot Dog is 5 Euro ... about S$10. The hot dog is about a foot long ... using the entire lenght of a French loaf).
After catching some 2.5 hrs of peaceful "horizontal" recovery sleep, had the later half of the afternoon to discover the vicinity of the Tower / Hotel. Nice cool walks. Temperature was about 8 deg C (in daylight hours; went down to about 3-5 deg C in the night. Sunset was at about 5:30pm). Looks like thats all the time that I'll have to look around cos the meeting starts tomorrow and I'll be off the next day catching the first flight out of the French capital. 
In the meantime, enjoy the temperature and see the tower ... by Day, by Night and when it is lighter up !!!
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