Blogs from France, Europe - page 1596

here we go. another nice day had by me. had a cruisy morning. wandered around the main squares looking at the yummy chockies - i didn't buy though, can you believe it!! i did a bike tour in the country for 4 hours this arvo. very nice countryside. my butt's killing me now though. lots and lots of riding. saw lots of nice picturesque places though. not much else to report at the moment. i've hired a bike for tomorrow so hopefully my butt recovers by then!!!!!... read more

Lucerne to Paris From the Contiki Guide We drive through the beautiful Frence countryside as we head for Paris. Enjoy a first view of the sights of this spectacular city. ( Breakfest, Dinner ) ... read more

Hey Guys, So we are back tracking a bit to tell you about what we,ve done so far... so bear with us here. We,ve had limited internet access. Anyways Paris was absolutely amazing- it blew both of us away and it was much better than expected. Although we were with our tour group that day we pretty much went on our own. After leaving London we saw the white cliffs of dover and took a ferry across the channel. Then our tour took us on an evening tour of the main landmarks in Paris which was really cool and we got some great pictures! Seeing the Eiffel Tower for the first time was crazy' it was just fantastic. The next day we were SUPPOSED to get up and have breakfast with the group then head on ... read more

Overnight bussed to Paris. Ferried from Dover to Calais and could still see the "white cliffs" at midnight. Snoozed most of the way and arrived in Paris without any euros. Naturally there were no ATMs at the bus statioon, so I ambled off into the financial district which seemed particualrly lacking in banks. Finally made it to the Peace and Love Hostel, which had around 50 stairs up to my room and they were almost vertical. I got stuck with my back pack, so heavens knows how people with real back packs cope. It was cool though, in Montmartre, which is apparently the red light district but handy to catch the metro into the city centre. Dumped the bags and hit the Musee DÓrsay on the first day and that was fully worth the effort. Fabulous ... read more

wow, what an amazing place! it is undescribably massive. i went by train - got on the wrong one so went the long way around. it took over an hour, instead of 30 mins, but it was all good - ended up at the right spot. i did a tour of the state rooms. what can i say - the most amount of gold i've ever seen in one place. it was built for louis XIV because he was living in the louvre and thought that was too small!! he was called the sun king because he loved gold so much - so obvious from his house! i just went through one tiny part of it - it took me 2 hours to walk through! not that tiny! the part i was in had 5 drawing ... read more