June 6, 2017 started off as a cold windy day. Our first stop of the day was Pavillion Le Notre located right next to the president’s resident. The building itself belongs to the city of Paris and this is the last year Le Notre will be leasing with them. Our second site visit is place de la Concorde which was a short walk from Pavillion Le Notre. The palace ground was once soaked with blood from victims of the guillotine; now it is a beautiful land mark with a monument from Egypt in the middle of it. After a short lunch break we all met up for our last visit of the day, Hotel Mercure which was located right on the border of the Paris periphery. Our rendezvous spot was at the metro stop of Porte d’Orleans exit number 3. Some of us took the tram to get there, some bus, and some by metro. The hotel caterers mainly to corporate business personnel. They offer three type of suits to it’s guest and offer meeting rooms that can hold up to 200 people. After the visit was over we all broke in to small groups and when on our separate ways. On our trip back to the hotel we were hit with heavy rain follow by bead size hail.
The ceiling of Pavillion Le Notre, build around the same time as the Eiffel Tower.
Place de la Concorde as rain clouds begin to roll in
Evidence of tipping ( petite piece) from Parisians who ordered coffee.
In front of Hotel Mercure as a group
Thunder storm followed by a briefer moment of hail storm.
