B&B Hotel Roissy Charles De Gaulle

I'm off and running on what should be quite a varied trip to places in both the northern and the southern hemispheres. My itinerary takes me to Reunion and Mauritius Islands off the coast of Madagascar, South Africa, Rwanda (via Kenya), then France before returning home. Reunion and Mauritius will be to make church members visits and arrangements for our fall festival. I have to transit through South Africa to reach Rwanda, so I arranged for a stop ...

... getting off back at the Tower. We then ate nutella crepes and enjoyed the touristy crowd at Trocadero. As evening began to set in, we started walking to our HI hostel in Clichy (Northern Paris neighborhood/suburb.) This was an 8 km walk. We cooked dinner and then enjoyed chocolate and wine in our room with a view of the Eiffel Tower. We watched in lazy awe as it sparkled like a glittering Christmas tree, and then as it faded into the violet glow of a lighthouse. The next ...

... trips. It had been late at night. Now, though, we all went inside and got to see its grandeur. We took in the paintings, tapestries, and sculptures. I especially liked the one that says, "Live free or die" in French of course. We went down into the crypt where many famous people were put to rest. There was also a special exhibition about Zola who eventually found his way to the Pantheon after a scandal during his life. There were only a ...

... at l“Arc de Triomphe before plodding down the Champs-Elysees. We managed to get a decent lunch for only 9 euros (a major victory) but also found the most expensive toilets yet - 1.5 euros, ouch. Our walk brought us into the Jardins de Tuileries, a lovely strolling park just west of the Louvre. There we enjoyed walking through a small carnival that was set up in the park. Somehow the French midway seemed a bit more refined than the U.S. county fair variety. All ...

... and the kids really enjoyed it given that they have been studying war at school. Disneyland Paris was a huge hit! We got there early and went straight for the most popular thrill ride, Space Mountain 2. After being thrown around and upside down in the dark from all angles for a few minutes all of us boys came off feeling thrashed but keen for more! And so it continued...ride after ride on things such as Buzz Lightyear, Thunder ...

Day Five (yesterday) was fairly noneventful. I ventured to St. Germain to find a cave du vin known for their selection and price. It's owned by an American who has been living in Paris for 18 years - he was so friendly, and helped me find six good quality, inexpensive bottles to bring back. Hauling said bottles up 81 stairs was not as pleasant as one might think, though ...

... Roman wall in the lower level, found during excavation of the building. What more could anyone possibly want? Altogether L'Orangerie is a unique place and I would recommend it to anyone and everyone. We then went onto the Pompidou Center. To be honest, I am not quite certain what it is. It seemed to be a conglomerate of art museums ...

... impressionist art (we saw a lot less of Jesus and the Saints). And this time we made sure to buy an audio guide - the main works of art have numbers that you can punch into this handheld thing (like and old school cell phone) and some British woman comes on to tell you all about the symbolism and brushstrokes. Afterwards we headed up towards the Montmartre to see the Bal du Moulin Rouge - although we couldn't afford to pay for a show, we at least wanted to see the red ...

Pictures from the area where we live. We really like the neighbourhood. Maybe it's "the real Paris", at least there are almost no touristst (!) and more normal people live here. Relaxed atmosphere. The 19th arrondissement has got some 170 000 inhabitants and includes the public park Buttes Chaumont and the Parc de la Villette.

... we managed to fill up the better part of an hour with it. She was a psychologist so I thought she should be able to decide for herself or perhaps I was just a sounding board for her. Just for clarity I thought it was alright cause she is the vessel, but the child is still clearly the man and his wife's product and the child should grow up knowing that and the fact that the aunt carried the child. I don't think the sister should be considered the 'mother' per se and I doubt that a woman in ...