We spent time wandering down a few streets, eating lunch and taking a few pictures with our soon-to-be-lost camera and some with our Ipad. Macon's latest claim to fame was as a starting point for a leg of the 2012 Tour de France. The bike theme was ubiquitous.
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| John enjoying bikes! |
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| Carol enjoying window shopping! |
We boarded the train in Macon Ville to take us through Paris and on to Brussels to meet Jody and Kevin. During our stop over in Paris we had to schlep our bags through the subway from one station to the next. It was incredibly disconcering to see the station teeming with security police and big dogs as well as armed soldiers! Unnerving to be enjoying a cafe au lait and croissants while the soldiers with guns pointed walked by every few minutes. We never learned whether this was prompted by a security concern or simply standard operating procedure. And it gave us some gratitude for our time in Botswana where we rarely saw an armed soldier or police officer.
Once in Brussels we had an evening to rest, in anticipation of picking Jody and Kevin up at the airport the next day for yet another travel adventure and the last chapter of our incredible time in Europe.
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