http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/-le-de-France/Paris/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , France , le de France , Paris en-us Wed, 08 Oct 2008 07:03:27 BST Wed, 08 Oct 2008 07:03:27 BST Arch de Triomph http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/-le-de-France/Paris/blog-332065.html I believe I have finally gotten a schedule fixed for myself at University. This is good considering that University started yesterday. I am enrolled in 16 classroom hours at Nanterre Paris 10 which should transfer back as 16 units in the states. I hope. Pretty much everything I've been doing is done on a wing and a prayer and the blind hope that it will all work out just fine. So far so http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/-le-de-France/Paris/blog-332022.html October 6 2008I was never a fan of postscripts. So here I shall begin with a prescript. p.s. I will explain this once as I use the following phrases frequently if you say the phrase ldquoneedless to sayrdquo you donrsquot need to say anything afterwards. Not only is it unnecessary to say something after saying that it is needless to be said but walking away from someone after saying http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/-le-de-France/Paris/blog-332001.html About 40 years ago two long haired teenagers dared to dream. As they pondered their future and how to escape the working class suburb of Mt Wellington the area in which their friendship had developed through school rugby and other commonalities. They dreamed of travel in fact 105 countries if my memory is correct.The adventure was to start in the mines of Australia in Western Ozzie where fit http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/-le-de-France/Paris/blog-331988.html I woke up today to screaming which is typical with two kids running around except this time it wasn't the kids who were yelling. I'm not really sure what happened but when I left there was a rather intense message written on the door. It wasn't just a piece of paper stuck to the door I want to be very clear there was a message written ON the door. It readMerdeFermer la porteen partant http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/-le-de-France/Paris/blog-331966.html Vi tog et TGV tog fra NIce til Paris tidligt d. 4 turen tog ca 7 timer men vi fik desvaerre ikke set noget af den flotte natur da vi jo koerte om natten.tilgengaeld betoed dette at vi var i Paris ved 1 tiden saadan at vi havde rig mulighed for at se dette flotte by vi fik set Eiffeltaarnet og Champs E'lyse hvoefter vi tog ud i lufthavnen for at tilbringe natten saadan at vi slap for at betale http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/-le-de-France/Paris/blog-331954.html Paris 7 OctoberSue What can I say about today.... eventually life catches up with us all. We had planned to jump out of bed catch the metro and then a regional train to Versaille to see the palace and grounds. Instead we woke feeling extremely tired and decided to have a lay day. After all we have seen the odd palace or 2 in the last 7 weeks. We found a shopping centre and cruised the shops. Ge http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/-le-de-France/Paris/blog-331929.html I just walked home from class which takes me through the Luxembourg Gardens by the Montparnasse Tower and through the Montparnasse Cemetery. Fall is really starting to show here it makes Paris feel cozy. I started my second week of classes today. I have class TuesdayFriday so it leaves plenty of time to travel and explore. Each class is three hours long once a week taught in french. My fren http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/-le-de-France/Paris/blog-331883.html I just love the Paris metro. Getting anywhere is such a breeze. This morning we take it to Gare StLazarre to meet our group for the day. The Fat Tire Bicycle Company seem to be guided and organised by young expat Americans. Today it's Paul. We ride to the RER station and jump on with our bikes 4 to a carriage entrance to go to Vernon 45 minutes away. Once there we get off ride to the local http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/-le-de-France/Paris/blog-331859.html Paris October 6Geoff Sue has big plans for us today lots of things to do starting with a visit to the Louvre. We head into town expecting lots of crowds and queues but are surprised to find that the queues are quite small. Might be a result of having the museums open free of charge on the first Sunday of the month. We go through the security and show our Paris Museum passes and we are in. http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/-le-de-France/Paris/blog-331767.html Hunting for internships this late in the game is a pain. Just about the only official internships left on the market are lessthanglorified telephone operators for NGOs. But hey at least you get paid 30 of minimum wage right So as I was checkin out my internship options here in Paris I decided to start easy. I went to google and I typed internship Paris. Brilliant I found all sorts of org http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/-le-de-France/Paris/blog-331571.html bienvenue http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/-le-de-France/Paris/blog-331497.html Let me start by saying that I am head over heals in love with Paris. I think that that is something important to remember for this entry especially after you read it in full and refuse to believe me. However it's true. I plan on coming back as often as my life will let me and staying in the city has solidified my belief that French is one of the most beautiful languages in the world.That being http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/-le-de-France/Paris/blog-331440.html I discovered that the on first Sunday of every month the Louvre is free. Considering I found this out three days before the first Sunday of October and I wanted to visit the Louvre I felt it only obligatory that I attend this Sunday. I decided to get up early and spend the entire day there. I packed a lunch had my camera good runners and I was ready to go. I was happy that I arrived earl http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/-le-de-France/Paris/blog-331416.html Paris October 5Geoff We had breakfast in the hotel and then got organised to get our Paris passes. This meant getting ourselves organised on the metro to get to the Hard Rock cafe in the 9th Arrondissement. If I do say so myself we managed this quite well and got there well before the 100 o'clock cutoff. Then off to the Gare St Lazare to organise TGV tickets for Amiens on Wednesday. We s http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/-le-de-France/Paris/blog-331329.html I think I managed to follow the lecture in every class but Philosophy this week And Philosophy is excusable because Mr. Dematini speaks very fast and very quietly and it's impossible to hear what he's saying. In other school news I had a test in German on Mondayand I got a perfect score This does NOT happen often hear so my academic pride has been slightly salved especially because we ha http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/-le-de-France/Paris/blog-331077.html Arrived in Paris this morning for my quick daytrip. Because it was going to be a quick daytrip I didn't really make any specific plans and planned for a day of wandering the big sites.Took the Eurostar over which was a great way to travel. The trip took a bit over 3 hours which is longer than normal because of some work they are doing due to a fire a couple weeks ago. I thought it was going pr http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/-le-de-France/Paris/blog-330918.html Paris October 4Geoff Wow what a day and what a girl We left Amboise this morning at 1120 and caught the train for Tours. This was only a short trip so that we could connect with the TGV to Paris Montparnasse Paris has lots of Railway stations in different parts of the city we are finding out There was a short changeover time and and bit of pidgin French till we finally confirmed we http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/-le-de-France/Paris/blog-330856.html Alright this is going to cover the long weekend trip to Paris during orientation. Irsquom going to divide this into headings so hopefully itrsquos easier to read. Actually if you just want a very basic summary feel free to ONLY read the headings. And just a quick note most of the pictures are at the end. And there are more on the second page if you follow the link. And if you click on a pi http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/-le-de-France/Paris/blog-330851.html Bonjour mes amis We have just left Paris after three fantastic days and nights in the city We arrived from Geneva after a lonnnnng train ride We had to backtrack to Lausanne to get there and then the train was delayed but we made it. After successfully navigating the Metro which is great by the way i am a huge fan Teija we arrived at our clean hostel a rarity in Paris according to commo http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/-le-de-France/Paris/blog-330776.html So I just finished my first week of classes. I had three days of classes this week and it was pretty easy as expected. I mean the classes wont be too easy but I have a four day weekend and three days of classes every week so... it's not hard. And we don't really need to buy any books so that's fun. Probably more important than my classes is that I bought tickets for a masters tournament I' http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/-le-de-France/Paris/blog-330769.html Finally got away after changing our flight from last Saturday. Travel with MAS was pretty uneventful arrived in CDGParis after 24 hours in transit via K.L. Took the RER from the airport then after a coffee and a croissant we take a taxi from Gare du Nord. We arrive at the address on our hotel printout only to find it's a closed orthodontist even though Jo might have been glad of it i http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/-le-de-France/Paris/blog-330720.html I have arrived in Paris France safe and sound. I am going to be here for 6 months give or take an excursion. I am looking forward to starting school and meeting some new people. I am attending INSEEC School of Business and finishing up my European Masters in Business EMBA. Hopefully once I am finished this when I return to Vancouver I can find a job that will satisfy my career and fina http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/-le-de-France/Paris/blog-330435.html sorry for the wait of almost a full entire week until you got to hear back from melet's just say it's been a very long and busy week.i have now officially settled into life here in the 20th on Rue Boyer. My hosts name just so you shall sit in anticipation no longer is Aldona. Her daughter's name sounds something like Lila but it could be spelled differently. you know the french and those sile http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/-le-de-France/Paris/blog-330416.html Charles de Gaulle is different than I remember. There are gerbil tunnellike tubes with moving sidewalks but the funny thing is theyrsquore at like 30 degree angles so you have to dramatically lean forward just to keep from falling down. It is funny to be in one and see 5 or 6 others nearby going in different directions. When I went to pee there my number one hobby I scowled at the first pi http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/-le-de-France/Paris/blog-330039.html It is a rainy day in Paris and it looks to be that way for the entire weekend. I am not bothered though because I am heading to London for the weekend with Brad to visit our UPS pal Greta I believe the plan is to drop off our stuff at her dorm and then head to the theatre. Greta found us cheap tickets for Spamalot so I am pumped. I've heard it's funny and it will be cool to see a play in the http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/-le-de-France/Paris/blog-330021.html ......okay. So i've been in Paris since Friday. Alex freaked me out by being 20 minutes late at the train station and giving me a mini panic attack but since then its been awesome. ZFor all you archi type people I have a list of all the things i've seen in the past.... 56 days in orderFridaySt. DenisSacre Couer Sacred HeartEiffel TowerSaturdayLouvreL'arc de TriompheSacre Couer again at ni http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/-le-de-France/Paris/blog-329857.html Today was incredibly windy...so windy that this giant of a woman accidentally spit in my face. Apparently I was in the spitting splash zone...who'da thunk Classy...A girl should be two things classy and fabulous. Coco ChanelP.S. She was neither. http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/-le-de-France/Paris/blog-329756.html The city of lights really lived up to its name. We only had three days in Paris but made the most of it. Alex and I got off the night train at about 745am. We couldn't check in to our room but were allowed to drop our bags and get in on a free breakfast. Alex was super happy about this We saw an ad for a free walking tour of Paris at our hostel and decided to take it. The tour was not just a f http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/-le-de-France/Paris/blog-329636.html