Hotel Champs-Elysees Friedland
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Old Friends, Paris
... I skipped the macaron experience but Ammara had suggested La Duree before we left so away I went! On a quest to get macarons! Power walked up the Jardin des Tuileries, crossed the Place de la Concorde, saw the sunset behind the Eiffel Tower, sped up to La Duree and went back to d’Orsay all in record time =P. Only to discover there was a La Duree right next to the museum…of course…*sigh* But you know what, it was worth it =) They were some of ...
Zombie.
... It's crazy how so much thought was put into detail to have certain monuments lined up with other monuments. The Eiffel Tower is really pretty when it sparkles. Our bus driver drove like a mad man around the arc de triomphe. Homeboy has skills! Supposedly there is an accident every 12 SECONDS. Yes, seconds. That roundabout is ridiculous, and it was thrilling at the same time. We almost got into an accident, ...
Venez on, Venez tous
Bonjour, and welcome to the French portion of my trip away.
I caught the Euroline bus from London under the Channel Tunnel on the Euro-Tunnel Train and got into Paris this morning and dawn. Before I go any further, I highly suggest that if you are going to use the bus network to get to Europe please please use anybody but Eurolines as they have very useless Customer Service and run the check-in operation ...
Versailles
Be still my throbbing feet.
Up and off early again this morning, to catch the RER C line out to Estate of Versailles. We had earlier in the week bought our train tickets and importantly, the tickets to Varsailles to avoid the queues. We arrived at 9am after a very warm 30 minute train ride and got straight in just ahead of 4 coach loads of Japanese and Korean tour groups. We managed ...
Si'l vous plait ma cherie allez tombez la chemise
... s copies, and some later copies and homages to the piece. The attention to detail in Da Vinci's works is astounding! He truly was a genius! The final piece done by Da Vinci himself before carking it, had taken a couple of decades and many locations to get to. There is some debate as to whether the piece is actually finished or not. There are areas of rough brushwork, and the background lacks detail. Some suggest he was trying out an new technique called 'non finito'. In the end, no ...