Blogs from Paris, Île-de-France, France, Europe - page 333

hello, we have a lot to catch up on! on thursday, we hired out a lovely little peugot and did an excellent job of driving through london city to the countryside (sevenoaks in kent). we drove through the most charming villages with boulevards and winding roads (some roads more thqn once or twice as we got lost on several occasions, amusing at first but after detouring 100 miles or so off course, somewhat frustrating - lets just say we were the closest we'd ever been to a punch on, not really.... well sort of) we really roughed it by staying in a 3 star motel (a huge step down from our novotel days) and indulging in some of the finest english breakfast cuisine! you know what..we gave it our best shot to type this entry..but really ... read more

Oh where to start.....its the most visited city in the whole world, its the most romantic city in the world, its, its Paris of-course!! We departed last Sunday night and after 5hrs sleeping on the bus, 2 hrs on the ferry, 10 quid later and we had arrived in Paris...yeehah!! After digging into a hearty lunch of frogs legs and snails (actually it was a cheese and ham omelette......close though) we were off to do some exploring! As it turned out our hotel was located close to Moulin Rouge, so we checked that out, then caught the metro in to see the Eiffel Tower. Might I add, we are now considered 'tube/underground/metro experts' as we have now mastered this form of travel in several countries. Anyway, we couldnt wait to see the eiffel tower again, as ... read more

Geverny - Paris (Train) 29 July No one in Paris speaks English. In an effort to navigate your way through the city you mumble a poor attempt at speaking some simple French from your frantic decoding of the pronunciation hints in your travel phrase book (which will in fact sound nothing like any word of French ever spoken). You will then find that Parisians can suddenly recall enough (clear and perfectly formed - although ‘eavily accented) English to berate you for how poorly you spoke. And - you are probably personally responsible for the demise of French as the international language of diplomacy. Finally, we got our metro ticket and headed toward our accommodation. Montmartre did look much nicer in the film ‘Amelie’. They certainly did not shoot any scenes on the street onto which we ... read more

Bonjour mon amis, Je suis en Parie. C'est à grand ville avec beucoup dejour. J'etudie en Pere Lechaise. C'est a gentil quartier en le Nord est de Parie. C'est le habitacion pour Jim Morrison )aka The Doors au Portes). Mon maison est en Le Quartier Latin sud de Le Riviera Seine. C'est bien. Je habit en le Rue Saint Jaques tres proche le church Saint Jaques de Compostele. C'est a peau monde. Mon chambre est en le deusieme di et est à tres chaud. En le soir j'a et explore Parie. Chaque soir je boie un biere et parle avec le Garcon. Ils ne aim pas! Phew. I better stop before I offend someone with my French I know all my friends wouldnt be offended but since anyone can check this sight out I had better ... read more

Just a quick note to say that we have arrived in Paris, Thankfully, will explain more mater but so glad to be away from Rome. Quiet day, although have just had supper at The Hard Rock Cafe in Paris. Have updated some photos but will add more later. P.S I thought thqt Ger,qn keyboqrds zere bqd; but qt leqst they only hqd one letter ,oved, You cqn see by this thqt there qre q lot ,ore on q french keyboqrd ,oved qround1111... read more