Blogs from Île-de-France, France, Europe - page 8

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L'après midi jovacien est agréable en ce mercredi 27 octobre. Le ciel est dégagé, l'ambaince est paisible, les oiseaux survolent le lac. Je suis toujours Gedimat. Voici ma motivation. L'idée de faire du stop (dans de vraies conditions préméditées cette fois) me plaît beaucoup. C'est un moyen original de voyager qui non seulement oblige à être débrouillard(e), mais permet de rencontrer du monde, d'échanger, et de se taper de bonnes barres. J'ai eu plusieurs idées de nouveautés à apporter à l'asso (certaines ont peut-être déjà été imaginées). À l'arrivée, une cérémonie marrante pourrait être organisée où l'on remet des prix au binôme qui est arrivé le premier, à celui qui aura voyagé dans le plus grand / plus petit nombre de voitures, celui qui sera monté dans la voiture la plus stylée / éclatée (preuves photographiques ... read more

We are back in Paris for the last leg of our trip. We rented a one bedroom Airbnb apartment in the Opera district. We are on the fourth floor but we can still hear and feel the underground metro. On the upside we are half block from the metro station and we have earplugs to block the noise.We have been to Paris multiple times this trip and years ago so we decide to do something different and that is Paris Disneyland. We buy tickets online which includes a bus ride from Paris. Paris Disneyland has two parks Disneyland and the Disney Studios, we decide to only visit Disneyland. The bus has three stops and one stop is a five minute walk from our apartment in the Opera district. The bus picks us up at 8:30 am ... read more

Our first international trip since Covid. We have had our vaccinations We have been watching the news which is not good but we decide if they let us in we are going. Our flight went well, we wore masks except when we ate or drank. I have a hard time sleeping on a plane and this flight was no different. We arrive around 7 am and took a taxi to our hotel. We booked Maison Astor using Hilton points. Even though check in was not until 3 pm they checked us into our room. We were tired and rested until lunch. Our first stop was a pharmacy where we paid 10 Eros to get a French Health Pass. We showed the pharmacy our passports and vaccination cards. They gave us a ehealth pass. At lunch were ... read more

Before we left home, I’d read about buying picnic stuff on Rue Cler, a pedestrian street then taking everything to have a picnic at the Eiffel Tower. Zaya was so excited about doing this after I told her about it. We had to 1st get our Covid test before entering the UK so had found a place for walk-in testing. We got our tests then hopped on a bus to the Eiffel Tower. The Rue Cler was within walking distance to the Eiffel Tower. We found a fresh baguette, cheese, meats, salads and wine. The meats looked like salami but we were sternly advised that they were not salami, but rather sausages! As we had brought our picnic supplies from home: plates, flatware, a table cloth and cloth napkins, we were set for a proper picnic. ... read more