The long journey home.

We now had further to travel back but we were going to do it slower. As well as driving more slowly, we were going to take several days. We booked into a hotel in Bourges which is just about in the middle of France and arrived there on Tuesday afternoon. We travelled over the Massif Central so had the thrill of travelling over the bridge in the sky, otherwise known as the Millau Viaduct, what an impressive structure. Bourges had distinctive cathedral but other than that was somewhat disappointing, but we were only staying overnight. Our next stop, Wednesday night, which we had booked before leaving England, was in Paris, near the Montparnasse Tower, from where you can get the best view of Paris - needless to say, we did not go up. But we did go on the Metro, into the city, to Notre Dame and the Eiffel Tower and walked along the Seine. In the evening we had a typically French meal at a restaurant near the hotel, Le 14 Juillet, the name of the restaurant, not the hotel. The next day we had a leisurely drive to Calais, where we took an earlier ferry than the evening one we had booked. The worst part of the journey back was the Dartford Tunnel and the worst part of the journey out was the Dartford Crossing.