Atel Hotel De L Etoile Île-de-France

... it was actually bigger than I remembered. The first time I saw it, I had been disappointed at how small it was. After many photos of the Mona Lisa we decided on a plan. The Louvre would have to have the biggest art collection in the world and we knew a couple of hours would be our limit. We looked at the Greek and Roman Antiquities including the famous Venus de Milo as well as the Egyptian artifacts ...

... nation. Looking forward to going there myself. Ok...I must get some rest...it is quite late, but I wanted to share my stories! Oh...I'm sorry there aren't any pictures. I am not sure when and if I'll be able to put many up. These hostel computers either cover the USB ports or say not to download. I have taken a few hundred already, so I'll try to get some highlights to you sometime along the way! Miss you all and much love from Paris!! Ali / Althea

... with 2 teapots doing some business at the café. We walked through the Place de la Concorde and onto the Champs-Élysées and viewed the massive traffic jam or patterns. If you think the LIE (Long Island Expressway) is bad you should see this. And, the driving - oh my word! There are stoplights in the middle of the roundabouts. I can't really see how anyone would know how to drive in the direction they need to be! All that aside, the view is magnificent because, of ...

... on top of the canal where some people were playing Boules (I think the other term for it is Patanque?). It is similar to Bocci Ball. Anyway, there were a couple different games going on, and they really get into it. And surprisingly, it was youngish people playing...I had thought it was an old Frenchman's game. LOL We walked around a little more, then called it a day.

... saying, but it was so much fun nonetheless! Monsieur Fiore (my French teacher) would have been proud! Anyway, after eating the galette I went to a bakery that I had read about in my book that is supposed to have the best bread in France, thus the world. It's called Eric Kayser Boulangerie. Now I had nothing to compare it to, but my goodness, I'll never forget that baguette!! It was still warm from the oven and very crispy and crusty on ...

... shower and sink about half the size of my laundry room (for those who have been to my house) and it has no door. As you all know Kristen and I are friends, but not that good of friends. SO we take shifts on the computer in the main area. :) That is all for now. If you guys have noticed some funny spelling, part of it is me, and the other part is missplaced keys on the keyboard. Its like learning to type all over again. Bye for now!!!! A and K

... Triomphe was the first place on our trip that we found ourselves completely surrounded by our fellow tourists, and the first time I didn't feel out of place standing around pointing my camera at everything.  The grand scale of the arch and the statues that adorn it are truly impressive. From there we took another Metro to a stop near the Eiffel Tower where we blasted away with our ...

... our first Parisian transvestite here! Dinner that night was at Dans Le Noir, a concept restaurant where all the servers are blind, and the patrons eat in a room that is pitch black (i.e. your eyes never adjust to the darkness). The food was mediocre at best, but the dining experience was like nothing else. We were seated next to a young couple from England, Rosalind and Nicholas, who ...

La campagne d'Égypte entreprise par Napoléon pour freiner la progression des Anglais vers les Indes se solda par un échec au plan militaire. Néanmoins, cette campagne passionna beaucoup les Français, fit oublier les défaites et eut une grande influence au plan de ...

... de los cojones" (más o menos dijo eso). El Sr. Bukake nos atendió muy educadamente; no te jode el hijo puta, nos quería cobrar como si fuesemos 5 personas!! Le dijimos que luego lo arreglabamos, que nos enseñase nuestra habitación. Subimos, y subimos, y subimos por unas escaleras de madera, que crepitaban con cada paso, hasta la buhardilla del edificio, y al fondo de un pasillo nos dijo que era donde dormiriamos. En cuanto abrimos la puerta ...