Country Info
- Paris
- Capital
- Euro (EUR)
- Currency
- 59,551,227
- Population
- FR
- Country Code
Paris Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Paris, France
I feel dizzy, I feel sunny ...
... on St Germain des Pres and nearby church, Les Invalides (the tomb of Napoleon and museum of the Occupation and Liberation of Paris), across the Pont Alexander III up the Champs Elysees to the Arc de Triomphe, through Les jardins des Tuileries and ...
Eiffel Tower jumper
... (have to share their au pair horror stories later with you). On Monday (it being a "bank holiday") I spent the day in Paris alone to snooze under the Eiffel Tower ...while actually going there to study my French... and soak in the atmosphere. Took some ...
Gay Pari!
... aussie mates (who were in the same boat),making a toast to 'not pre-booking accomodation!'. Anyway, our disorganisation aside, i love Paris, it is so green and very clean...... our first night was spent walking through the latin quarter to the sacre ...
Pandemonium Round Two
... We veer into a parallel lane and keep driving for a while. We are looking for the train station we arrived at upon first entering France, Gare de Nord, as we need to return this car after a pleasant round of service. We catch sight of the station ...
Day 10 - Sunday at the Louvre
Woke up later than we wanted, but last night was a late one. Took the fabulous 72 Bus, the Hotel De Ville line. Bus right to the entrance again. Can't say enough good things about this bus. Even the name is easily pronounced as it does not contain any ...
City sight-seeing tour
... unfriendly. The Seine River is named because it is in the shape of a snake. A couple of new words I learned in France are paper handkerchief, which is a Kleenex to us and I also learned window licking which in the US is window ...
On our way home
Not much to tell this morning except we had to get up really early to make it to the airport for the trip home. We're all happy (except Sam) to be headed home but sad our trip is over. ...
I am moving to Paris
... all of Paris as you turned around and looked in different directions. Incredible.After the Notre Dame, Vanessa and I went to the Paris Opera House. For anyone interested, the Paris Opera House is where the Phantom of the Opera took place and where he ...
Two Words: Steak Tartare
As we returned from Normandy and entered the third and final "stage" in our "Tour de France" we made a list of foods we want to try before we go...below are some of them and how we did so far: Steak Tartare: Went to a restaurant known for its ...