Hello! We'll be in Paris in July but only for 3 hours. We have reserved tickets on EuroStar arrives at Gare Du Nord at 3:47. We will then take a taxi to St Lazare and get a train to Caen, probably the train that leaves Paris at around 6:45. I don't want to get to Caen too late, because we are staying in an airbnb and I don't want the owners to have to stay up too late.
I'm bummed that we don't get to see the big landmarks of Paris, so I was thinking since we have 3 hours, perhaps we could ask the driver to take us on a little detour to drive by the Eiffel Tower, maybe the Louvre, just so we can say we saw them :) I'm going to buy the tickets to Caen ahead of time, so I figure we should be back to St Lazare by 6:15 pm if the train leaves at 6:45.
What do you think- good idea or waste of money/stress? Would it be a good idea to ask the driver to stop somewhere just so we can take pictures? (we don't have to park and see it up close- just stop quickly at a viewpoint). Or, will traffic be really bad that time of day to make it not worth it?
(there are four of us, so we are taking a taxi rather than metro-- then we don't have to worry about the luggage).