Upon arrival we were knackered, but that didn't stop us bagging a local cache at the Val d'Europe shopping complex. Geoshopping Val d'Europe was a simple find despite the vast amount of concrete surrounding the GZ. The was our first cache outwith the UK and our first in France.
By the next morning we were feeling a bit better so we got the sun cream on and headed into Paris on the train for a spot of sightseeing and of course some Geocaching.
One of the reasons we like Geocaching is that it often brings you to places where you'd never usually go, on other occasions it shows you things which you'd never noticed before. Cimetiere de passy (paris) did a bit of both. We've been to Paris many times, and therefore have wandered around the area of the Trocadero, but until we went hunting for this cache we'd never noticed the Cemetery which is right on the round about (well it is behind a 30ft wall!). Had we noticed this before we would probably not have ventured inside, however as we were looking for the cache we did. I've never been into a French cemetery and have no idea if this one is different from others but this is an amazing place. Some of the tombs (no simple headstones here!) are big enough to be small houses. This wasn't what made the place such a pleasure to visit however, it was the fact that we were a stones throw from one of the busiest places in Paris, yet it was quiet and peaceful.
- Xtrême Moldus Cache #2-Tour Eiffel
- Toute première fois
- la boite branchée
- Champ de Mars by night: Wall of Peace
We did attempt one further cache, however the coordinates led us to a park bench where a rather nasty drunken tramp had set up home. Deciding it wasn't worth the hastle we chose to abandon that one for another time.
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