Blogs from Île-de-France, France, Europe - page 469

Well it was an early morning start for myself, Liani and Heath. Up at 4.15am in search of a tube ride out to Heathrow Airport. After wandering through the tube station, watching a very drunk guy try to surf one of the signs and not crack his head, Heath checked the timetable and realised we were not going to catch our flight if we waited for the first train of the morning! So off we ran to try get a cab into paddington station where we could get the Heathrow express. We managed to grab a mini cab and the guy offered to take us all the way to the airport. This dude had been on all night and was wired - he did not shut up to draw breath! Heath and I chilled out in ... read more

Voyage, voyage... Plus loin que la nuit et le jour.... further than the night and the day... voyage voyage... In fact I was supposed to sleep now as the bus is going to leave at 2 a.m. at night but after trying and getting up, trying to sleep and getting up again etc I thought I'll make a short posting on here. From now on I will write journal on here for every trip I'll take in the future. I'm still kind of broke after the middle east trip but now this is a great chance to see Paris. We are going with a big group of JWs on a bus and the whole thing costs only 99 euros incl hotel, transport to and from Paris and a city tour. Ive been to Paris once a ... read more

So saturday I did another little self-guided walking tour around Paris and here are some of the many things I saw: -The fountain by the Pompidou Center (which I remembered from that one afternoon in Paris with family) I see the site pretty regularly as the Pompidou Center is pretty central. It's very Parisian having this totally modern, crazy colorful fountain right next to this old stain-glass church -The oldest tower in Paris, dating back to the medieval period where Paris only existed on the two islands in the middle of the Seine. It's tiny, but you can probably figure out which one it is (with the brown cross bars it's unmistakably medieval). Behind is Notre Dame, but there's something about that little old tower that really draws me in. -a barge passing along the Seine. ... read more

A little late in the posting, but on Wednesday the 19th I headed to Paris. I met Christine, a friend from her program, and a friend from Bowdoin who was spending the semester in Paris. There were also two friends of a friend to make a group of five people which was together at different times throughout my time there. Basically Paris is amazing! A beautiful city. I did just about all of the touristy sites and had lots of crepes. The first site we went to was Musee d'Orsay. With all my travels I can actually say that I've been to a lot of museums, but none of them had the feel to them this one did. The atmosphere was wonderful. The museum is housed in a one time rail station and has a truly ... read more

aka willy wonka's international wonderland for adults. Chocolatiers from all around Paris and the world come to show their products, sell them, and most importantly give you free samples!! it was amazing. Not just chocolate to taste in every form (bars, chips, ice cream, hot, liqueur, tea, crepes, coating things, coated in things, with pistachio, coffee, olive oil, hot peppers) but also chocolate sculptures of everything from old skate shoes to mermaids leaping from fantastical surroundings, chocolate games, chocolate facials, chocolate massages, chocolate lotion, and chocolate clothing for the fashion show going on in the middle of it all. I sampled just about everything I could get my hands on until i'd had so much chocolate I couldn't even think about buying any to bring home because I would've been sick. I do have to admit ... read more