Paris, France Travel Blogs

Back from Cannes
May 10, 2005 (20 photos)

We just returned from a weekend of bliss in Cannes, France...We arrived the week before the Cannes film Festival and people were just arriving and getting everything prepared for the big week. We rented a car in Nice at the airport and drove into Cannes, ...

Paris - The most beautiful city on earth!
Dec 9, 2005 (21 photos)

... visit Paris again soon. Two weeks before the date of departure, there was a terrifying news about the riots taken place in France. I was worried and scared since the news. I thought of to cancel the trip because of safety reasons, but my trip companion ...

Christmas in Paris
Dec 16, 2004 (10 photos)

... freelance photography for le Figaro newspaper and am in the process of creating a new web site for my Paris portfolio. It has been a great first four months in France. We have had some family and friends come to visit us and plan on having more next year ...

Snow in Paris
Mar 4, 2005 (16 photos)

... Basically, combining different photos together to make one image. Also some photos from the Cote Ivoire Celebration Brea worked for in Paris. It was quite amazing...dancers, actors, and musicians. Hope all is well back home and write me sometime back if ...

Paris.
Sep 3, 2008 (3 photos)

Paris.

quick question
Aug 16, 2005

Hello everyone! Well, I said goodbye to Strasbourg and have returned for a last night in Paris. I don't really have much to say; in fact, the reason for this email is because someone sent me an email response to my last travelpod that went to my junk ...

paris pin
Aug 28, 2007

Paris Pin

paris pin
Aug 28, 2007

Paris Pin

Lots of churches and a little Pompidou conclusion
Aug 17, 2007 (34 photos)

... staff, modern design and view to die for...and delicious food.  Our most spectacular dining experience to date in France.  Wandered back through the streets of Le Marais, enjoyed an expertly presented gelato cone and collapsed into bed before ...

Train to Paris
Sep 15, 2006

Eurostar Uni flashback (cables at GEC)

Americans in Paris
Jan 23, 2004 (15 photos)

... us had been to Paris, so we were really excited. Also, our niece, Jessica, had spent most of January in southern France and was due to be back in Paris for the flight home that weekend, so we expected to meet up with her. On Friday, we drove to Watou, ...

Paris: The end
Apr 8, 2006 (15 photos)

... and bikes go by with sirens wailing. Are they on their way to a bank robbery? Are they escorting the President of France? We can't help suspecting that they are just having fun. The policemen in the speeding vehicles are almost invariably lolling back in ...

Valentines in Barcelona
Feb 12, 2005 (18 photos)

... with costumed and masked people in the streets. we rented a car and our friends julie and macgregor came with us. the drive through france , switzerland and italy and it took 8 hours to get to milan , italy where we stayed for the night. we all partied at ...

Into the City of Bread, Crepes and Wine
Mar 16, 2005 (55 photos)

... the cabbie (the most friendly one in Paris) and the rest of us. He jokingly asked what us Americans were doing in France, kindly pointing out that our dollar was worthless here. According to our amused driver, he knew of four Americans in all of Paris and ...

Why I Love the French
Mar 17, 2005 (25 photos)

... everywhere instead of driving makes life better here. The French aren't large. I don't think I saw one obese person in all of Paris (not counting tourists). I love that when I go shopping for jeans in a Paris store, the sizes start with 30/30's (my size ...

Voila!
Aug 28, 2007 (10 photos)

... and things just work out!  Our tour mate, Karla, also joined us for dinner at this great restaurant near the magnificent Paris Opera House.  Our evening ended with a quick taxi ride to the Trocadero to see the full moon next to the Eiffel Tower ...

A new breed of tourist? From ClubMed to graffiti
Oct 3, 2008

... exotic. The new tourism of the 21st century will be urban tourism, the discovery, or the re-discovery of great cities, like Paris or Amsterdam or London." Placing a trendy, new 172-bed hotel in the 20th arrondissement of Paris - the poorest, the most ...

Using your travel to your advantage for extra cash
Nov 14, 2008

One of the advantages of being away from home when traveling is that you can sometimes qualify for things you wouldn't get back home. For example in Asia, foreigners because of their pale complexion (and assumed wealth) travelers find they have an ...

Paris drive-by
Jun 11, 2007 (2 photos)

(C) In Paris for just a day to share some luggage with our new friend Molly - who has agreed to let us leave some luggage at her apartment in the Marais.  Just a real short trip through Paris this time - but we plan to come back and get our stuff...

"Honky Chateau"
May 21, 2007 (7 photos)

... into an overpriced (by Australian standards) quad room - it should really only have been a triple at most - we have arrived in Paris and opened the door of our little apartment to find SPACE! Light, airy, modern and with room to swing that cat. Browns ...

Christmas in Paris
Dec 29, 2007 (26 photos)

... Notre Dame, Parisians in their mink coats and the river in the center of the city made hours of walking effortless.   A week in Paris was not nearly enough to see the full spectrum of the city.  I, too, went to all the touristy sites such as ...

Back to Paris
Jul 2, 2007 (3 photos)

... was bittersweet. We stayed in an actual hotel (thank you, travel partner!), had dinner at an Italian place (I know we were in France, but their food is NOT the best in Europe), and crammed 5 months of traveling back into our suitcases. Landing in Salt ...

Paris
Mar 31, 2006

Paris

"A Rush of Blood to the Head"
May 24, 2007 (15 photos)

(Cold Play - and a jolly fine album it was...) In the end it only cost 6 euros at the Swatch shop for a new battery to fix my watch. But a rush of blood to the head nearly had me paying 99 euros for a new watch in an absolutely charming watch-shop on ...

Tourist or travelers?
Mar 23, 2009

Travelblogs.com recently asked readers to define what is a tourist and what is a traveler. I guess it comes down to your own self-perception, but let's face it, who these days wants to say 'I am a tourist'? It has so many bad connotations. Traveler ...

Paris
Jul 27, 2007 (5 photos)

... , Nantes, Blois, Orleans and are currently in Paris. Whew. We're considering selling kidneys to cover the internet expenses in France. Nice: We arrived in Nice quite late and set about the now-familiar task of finding a room for the night. The ...

It's raining again!
Jun 29, 2007 (34 photos)

... 't care.  She thinks I am whining.  I'm going to poke a hole in her sleeping pad.  Oh yeah, and Paris is cool.  I especially liked the Louvre cause we spent many hours there wandering the halls looking at the paintings.  Such an ...

Cara Lutetia
Mar 30, 2008 (51 photos)

... it.  Naturally we were drawn to the site and not just once.  It is officially the heart of the city. France's "Point Zero" is right out front marking the reference point for distances along roads commencing in Paris. During various visits we were ...

grrrrrrrrr
Aug 15, 2007

Mon plan a foire grave! Aucune place sur les vols de Zoom airline avant le 24 aout! J'essaie de me trouver un vol avec une autre compagnie mais les places se font tres rares! Aujourd'hui c'est jour ferie alors impossible de reserver quoi que ce soit. Je ...

A Birthday in Paris
Mar 27, 2007 (15 photos)

... to many sites. We really liked being able to make our own coffee and have cereal and yogurt in the morning. Normally in France we spend the morning searching for coffee and a pastry and end up eating things which are unhealthy and having teeny tiny cups ...