Blogs from Paris, Île-de-France, France, Europe - page 388

Les habitants de cette planete ont egalement des ordinateurs avec des connections internet, ce qui me permet de vous faire parvenir mes premieres impressions, 3 jours apres l'atterrissage... Bon, les lettres ont change d'emplacement sur le clavier, et cela ralentit ma vitesse de frappe, mais ce n'est rien face a la terrible anesthesie qui s'est emparee de mon corps, ainsi que de mes doigts, due aux temperatures himalayiennes qui nous ont frigorifies des l'ouverture des portes de l'aeronef qui nous a amene sur cette planete etrange appelee : "Paris-France"... "Paris-France", c'est le nom que les natifs de ce lieu utilisent pour nommer leur planete, mais dans mon language alien, elle s'appelle la planete "Glaaa-glAAAA" !!! Il me faudra vraisemblablement quelques temps pour m'habituer aux moeurs locales... Par exemple, les habitants ont leurs pieds recouverts d'une ... read more

Left Paris on or about this day for Brugge via Lille. This blog will contain a few of my favorite photos/sites. Next blog will be from Madrid, Spain. Now that I have to rest my legs in the evening after training I may get a few more of these blogs posted. Viva La France! Will return again.... read more

Grand Opera Feb 24, 2005 To see a performance at the Paris Opera House should be high on anyone’s list of must sees when in Paris. This is one of the few events that I remember the actual date that I was there (birthday). All other dates for attractions and towns are close approximates (typically within two or three days) no further than a week off at the very worst. All I can say is wow, stunning, incredible. While the seat was nothing to write home about the whole cultural experience was one that I’ll never forget. I hope to return to the opera house again in the future. My suggestion to you is prebook tickets if you really want to go. You won’t regret it even if the performance is a yawn. Oh yes, this ... read more

Villa Savoye By Le Corbusier, 1929 Typical tourists are lucky just to see the most recognizable sites in a major city. I’m never just satisfied with the easy and convenient sites. I’m known for going to out of the way places by difficult and inconvenient means just to satisfy a hankering. I’m a sucker for architecture the good, bad and the plain ugly. If I’ve read an article on a place, seen a photo of a structure, or been told that I must/mustn’t see an architect’s work I’ll be very tempted to cross sea and climb mountains to reach it just to say I’ve been there. Today I visited one of the most recognizable works of the International Style, Le Corbusier’s Villa Savoye. This little voyage was probably the second most difficult trek I’ve made to ... read more

We woke up at 7:00 to another chilly day in Paris. We stopped at our boulangerie for another chausson des pommes and chocolat chaude. With full stomachs we were off to the metro station to buy our "Carte Orange" to give us unlimited subway use for the rest of our trip (this is definitely the way to get around and cheaper than the tourist metro passes). We had a bit of a time with the picture machine but finally got the right size pic and then picked up our passes. First stop today...the Louvre. Well I have to say I am not much of an "artsy" person...or at least I wasn't. My main intention was to see the Mona Lisa (to say I've seen it) but once I got there I was hooked. It begins outside ... read more