Blogs from Paris, Île-de-France, France, Europe - page 340

Bonjour a tous. am american taking a sabbathical in paris....arrived in paris for what i thought would be a few months. five years later, still here!!! well something happened along the way. and thats another story. for later. decided to start this blog after spending time reading other tales of travel & discovery. well, i know paris well. really WELL by now. so am here to share this city with you! for those on your way here, some tips: bring comfy shoes make an effort to look decent don"t dress like a fool don't talk out loud try to speak some french, even if just please(s'il vous plait) bonjour(good day) & merci(duhhh) read up on some history on the plane over get a paris map take the red bus tour soon as you arrive, best way ... read more

Oh my Eiffel. Oh my Louvre. Oh my French cuisine. Oh how I miss you France.... read more

We left London to go to Paris today. I wanted so badly to be wearing the outfit from breakfast at tiffany's it hurt. When I saw the view from the hotel I almost cried. There were all of these amazing tin roofs and the eiffle tower! That's right I left eye tracks ALL over that freaking tower; all on it, in it and around it! After settling into the hotel, not at all. We were off to the the champs elisie (which I have not spelled right at all). And then we met this amazing man who makes crepes. It was spectacular and he spoke to me in french and I thought I was understanding him but I wasn't it. Antics ensued. But he called me pretty so that's all that really matters right? ... read more

Day 17 & 18 Arrived: (Gare d'Austerlitz - Paris, France (early morning by overnight train from Barcelona) Accommodation: Hotel Plessis first impression = difficult to find, clean, typical, compreable to a 2 star room type = private double shower = private tip = get good directions to hotel Gone.. Go Trippin' Paris is a place where no matter where you choose to stay, there is something exciting in every arrodisment. Hotel Plessis was conveniently located near several metros which was easy for us to get around. However, we did get lost trying to find the hotel and had to ask for help. Luckily, the guy we ask was so nice he pulled out his cell phone and called the hotel to ask for directions for us and pointed us to the right way. Who says the ... read more

Today is Saturday. The sky started out cloudy but now, at 7 pm, the sun is out and the sky is blue. One thing that I have noticed is how long the daylight lasts here. It isn't dark by 10 pm and the streets are very busy much later than that. I had an interesting day yesterday. I set out to explore by myself and made my way to "Little Italy" and Paris' Chinatown, which are side-by-side and at the same Metro station. The Chinese, although very visible here by their numbers, don't seem to accumulate in one part of the city, like in Richmond, for example. There were actually very few shops but quite a selection of Asian restaurants: Chinese, Thai, Japanese and Vietnamese. And then, stuck in the middle of little Italy, I ran ... read more