Blogs from Paris, Île-de-France, France, Europe - page 380

Bonjour tout le monde et desolée, mais je vais continuer d'écrire en anglais. This has already been quite a busy trip and I'm not sure what to start with. We landed in Paris on Tuesday and right away Dad wanted to walk along the Seine, and we ended up circling the Sorbonne and wandering around the Jardin du Luxembourg. Wednesday was just as busy with an impromptu trip to the Musée d'Orsay and a walk through Montmartre. The high light of the museum was the pastels by Roden in room 40. Inspired by dreams and beautiful, most had cloudlike elements that allow the observer to see almost anything they can imagine in certain parts of the drawing. It's difficult to explain, like most dreams. It has been somewhat of a shock to go so quickly from ... read more

Our contiki tour started on Friday 8 July in London. We were planning to stay the night at the hotel that the tour started from but given the events in London we were not able to get to our hotel. So we stayed at a friends place, which meant an early start, we tried booking a cab but could not so at 5am we were walking up the road trying to hail a cab. The cabbie could not take us all the way to the hotel because the area was still all blocked, so we walked in. At every street corner we were met by police who questioned where we were going. By the time we got there we had passed about 20 cops. Then at the hotel there were at least another 20 out the ... read more

Salve! Spent the weekend in Paris with my friend Veronyca. It was amazing and exhausting! The French and their city are quite elegant. Saw all the famous sights--Notre Dame, the Louvre, Eiffel Tower, etc. Walked down the Champs Elysees and took in everything French. Had some delicious crepes at a little cafe near the Eiffel Tower. All the French were very nice and accomodating. My favorite thing to do there was to sit out on the lawn in front of the Eiffel Tower people watching--some were reading, picnicking, or playing a pick up game of soccer. Very relaxing. I didn't think the city was particularly "romantic" but I could see how a couple might enjoy a simple picnic as the sun sets on the tower. Another cool thing that I saw was a group of string ... read more

We are in Reims but we have some more Paris stuff, along with gratuitous twists on the phrase "not ready for prime time," to lay on you. Enjoy.... read more

Our first of many trips to Europe started perfectly with a long weekend in Paris to celebrate our birthdays. Saturday We caught the Eurostar (fast train) from London and before we knew it we were in Paris 3.5 hrs later!. We didnt want to waste any time as we were keen to explore this beautiful city, so after checking into our hotel we explored in style.....a 4hr push bike tour of the city! This was great fun, and was capped off with a boat cruise along the river Seine and a few glasses of red of course! We crawled back to our hotel at about midnight to recharge for the next day. Sunday After breaky we decided to visit the Lourve for the morning......this place was ENORMOUS! To give you an idea, apparently if you spend ... read more