Daguerre Paris

... disappointing. She’s smaller than you’d imagine, has a giant glass case around her and a barricade preventing you from getting within 60 feet.

Paris was a cultural feast for us – literally. Among other things we sampled real French onion soup, foie gras, quail STUFFED with foie gras, crème brulee, chocolate pie, goat cheese salad, and, on our last night, enjoyed a Parisian “picnic” (at a table in our room overlooking our ...

... have the effect of making further travel unlikely because of the extra money I would be laying out, but on the other hand it was obvious it would make their life easier and I didn't want to end up as a spare part, so I agreed and ended up in Paris just after lunch on the Monday.

Whilst booking up my ticket to get to Paris and also my hostel I made a quite startling mistake, I still don't know how! Kaja had stayed at the 3 Ducks Hostel in Paris and hadn't been keen ...

... said they used to use the Grand Trianon as a sort of hotel for visiting dignitaries and they still had the tradition of flying their flag. We all took some pictures and than left to ride along the Grand Canal. It was so beautiful with all the trees lining the way, the people in the boats on the Canal and the fresh sun and wind on our faces (and it was downhill finally LOL).

When we got to the very end of the canal we stopped and laid out all our market buys and everyone ...

... Our non-stop flight from SF to Paris was smooth and quiet. No charges for food, beer or wine (medicinal aids) and it was better than average fare. Pete had arranged for transport to the apartment here in the 17th Arrondissement, so after stowing our luggage, we were off for our first Paris stroll down the Champs-Elysse. Despite our earlier concerns, the weather was sunny and warm, and continues to be so. Everyone ...

Some things i learned about Ireland on my layover. 1.  Ireland is gorgeous.2.  Irish women are immune to the cold.3.  Egg and cheese sandwiches taste better than you might expect. Some things I learned about myself in Paris. 1.  I'm too scared to speak French.2.  At least I understand when people speak French ...

... decker bus. However, we take the metro down to Norte Dame. Dianne is so good with the metro, I just follow her lead and so far so good. Perhaps our evil travel genie has abandoned us. The cathedral is glorious and also mobbed. There are so many photo ops both in and outside the cathedral. Words cannot describe the scene. Of course before we arrived there we had to travel two block gauntlet of nothing but tourist shops. Wonder of wonders, we do not stop - we ...

... don't give much credit to American artists, so they weren't much interested in an old lady in a rocking chair, I suppose. Likewise, while you'll find beaucoup (that's French for "more than five," according to Sami) paintings by Picasso, Van Gogh, Monet, Manet, Pissaro and others, we haven't so much as gotten a hint of a Rembrandt (another American). Rodin's sculptures, on display in a grand mansion that was once his home and studios, were ...

Sleep or no sleep I was determined to get some hiking done so I got up early (is it still called getting up if you didn't actually sleep?) and headed for the hills. Despite a wallet deflating price for a day pass I shelled out the money to get one. The pass gets to access to all the lifts that take you to the top of different mountains and trains going across the city or down the mountains. At 3842 metres high the Aiguille du Midi is the highest point reachable ...

... chique avenida Champs Elysees e vista do Louvre a noite. Num só dia mudei minha opinião de Praga para Paris com sendo a cidade mais bonita da Europa. Noutro dia rumei ao excelente Museu Rodin, não somente pelas esculturas, mas também pelo jardim que o cerca. Emendei no Museu D'Orsay, com obras realistas do séc. XIX e XX, assim como uma vasta galeria de pré-impressionistas e impressionistas renomados. Fui ao campo de marte ver a torre acender e ...

Lets see.. paris.. if memory serves correctly, the most visited city.. and i would have to think rightfully so, lots of do here and most imporantly the city is beautiful wherever you find yourself. especially those moments you separate yourself from the task at hand and allow yourself to soak in the surroundings. I also met up with the first familiar face from home here ...