Petit Palais Paris

Omar brought the sunshine to Paris!

The day he flew in was a little rough because of the time change and a bit of jet lag. He traveled from Mexico to Houston, through Chicago and then Brussels before finally landing in Paris. But, after an afternoon nap he was awake and energized enough to go salsa dancing. We found a weekly latin party …

We started our day in paris by stopping by a patisserie for a quick bite to eat, then it was off to the museum d'Orsay for Laurie and a bit of walkabout for Bill. We walked to the museum and were in the plaza where the museum was. There was a news stand selling tickets for the same price as the museum, so Laurie bought one to avoid the ticket line …

Woke up this morning in Paris to beautiful blue sky, a recent rarity according to the locals. It has been cold and wet in Paris for months now. Spring has basically come and gone with not much of an improvement from winter. But this morning looks good.
We left our hotel in St Germain for the 5 minute walk down to the Seine. Our intention was to …

Llegamos a Paris de tarde, tipo noche. Salimos del aeropuerto y tomamos el metro...ya teníamos algo de experiencia en eso, ya que cuando partimos el viaje pasamos unas horas en Paris. Entonces, compramos el boleto de metro, le dijimos a la niña del counter donde íbamos, nos explicó y listo....eso si, nos advirtió del peligro del metro a la noche... …

I left Amsterdam having had my fill of the city. It was beautiful but I was eager to see the famous city of light. Transportation is one of my major expenses, and the cheapest way to go is usually a bus. I was able to find a decent price to Paris through Eurolines.fr. I hopped on to the coach with a bunch of hung-over kids and we headed south for …

(All the pictures in this section are not mine as my pictures were lost)

After my wonderful date with Sir Paul, we left around 2 and got back to Twickenham around 3. This left me about 20 minutes before I had to turn around to make my 5:40 train to Paris. While the adrenaline was enough to get me home it was not enough to get me to the …

This morning we awoke and headed towards the Louvre making sure we got there by 9:00am. We decided to take the Metro and it was pretty easy to figure out. I had the help of an app on my iPhone which I could download the Paris metro to use offline. It made it that much easier! It is strange on the metro when you head down you walk for ages before …

Slept in today and found breakfast very crowded. We wandered down to the Department store - it's closed for Easter, so we withdrew some cash and waited at the tour office.

The tour was good - took us by the all the above listed places, and more!!! The Place du Pantheon is where Marie Curie and other famous people are buried. We finished …

... ; Yesterday I saw it..............!  The Eifel Tower.  And not only that, the Seine River, the Louvre, the Grand and Petit Palais museums and the Arc de Triomphe!  Alex and I went into Paris so that I could arrange the necessary things at ...

... in the garden. The manor house had more works. Walked across the Pont Alexandre III. Saw the glass ceiling-ed Grand Palais and the Petit Palais. Down what was left of the Champ d'Elyses to the Place de la Concorde. Luxor Obelisk (over 3000 years old) ...

... won, and man... their fans are so excitable! I saw all the touristy things: Montmartre, Sacre Coeur, Eiffel Tower, Petit Palais, Arc de Triomphe, L'Ouvre, Catacombs, Champs D'Elysee, L'Ecole Militaire (o.k. the Military School isn't touristy, but I ...

... Orsay, Pont Alexandre III, The Louvre, Palais Royal, Napoléon's Tomb, Assemblé Nationale, Champs-Élysées, Arc de Triomphe, Grand & Petit Palais and Place de la Concorde. So much to remember. The Eiffel Tower was our next stop at 16:30. We went to ...

... down the tree-lined streets of the first half of the Ave des Champs-Elysees, made a left turn to pass the Grand and Petit Palais, crossed the Seine using the lavish Pont Alexandre bridge, and walked all the way to the Eiffel Tower from there along ...

... Another short trip on the bus up the Champs Elysees, around the Arc de Triomphe and back, dropped off at the Grand and Petit Palais. Statues of de Gaulle and Churchill and golden topped columns guarding the bridge. We wlak along the Seine and then trough ...

... , Pont des Arts) 9. Concorde (Obélisque de la Concorde, Musée de l'Orangerie) 10. Champs-Elysées Clemenceau (Grand-Palais, Petit Palais, Marché aux Timbres) 11. La Boétie - Champs-Elysées (Avenue Montaigne) 12. George V (Arc de Triomphe) 13. ...

... the top taking pictures at almost every step,, Views of the Effiel Tower, the Champs-Elysees' , Place de Concorde, the Gran and Petit Palais and others to numerous to mention. As I look down, I see that there is a round-a-bout for traffic flow. ...

... point of a busy roundabout. As if that wasn't enough to see for the day, we boarded the Metro once again en route to the Petit Palais, the Grand Palais and the Palais de l'Elysee, where President Nicolais Sarkosi works when he's in town. We ...

... for our founding fathers.  After a shower and breakfast, I set out for my last day of exploration.  First stop - Grand Palais and Petit Palais, which I've never seen up close.  I had one more ticket left from the carnet and when I arrived at ...