Europe Clichy

... as horrible as Dubai, for example, and we found every Parisian we encountered to be nothing but friendly and polite. To orientate ourselves in this rather large city we joined a free walking tour of the city that basically works on a tip system. If you enjoyed the tour you can tip the guide whatever you think the tour was worth, if you thought it was a waste of time you pay nothing. A very novel approach where the more they give the more they get and where good entertaining ...

... we went walking around in the Marais. We went through the oldest covered market site in Paris--the Enfants Rouges. We found a place for lunch right across the street at Cafe Charlot. They were very nice, and the food was delicious. DH and I shared a cheeseburger & fries with wine. I haven't ever had a cheeseburger with wine before or had a burger in Paris for that matter. Hamburgers might be an ...

... Have I ever mentioned how much I hate the gd rain???? It's late here, so I'll leave you in a state of suspense regarding the Sunday change of plan...... Until tomorrow, K PS: if you emailed me and got a "mailbox quota exceeded" message, my apologies. I'e cleaned out my mailbox, so it should be okay now. Please write again.

... hair samples from the royal family, etc.. will continue when I can let you know what all we did. Right now we are going to try to find a store and make our way back to the apt. since we leave in the morning. Thanks so much to all that posted!!! It is so nice to hear from you!! :) Will tell all soon, am making a list of observations of what we've seen here that is different for us. Jim asked if I liked this ...

... train system. Escalators are used sparingly in France and as a result I had to lug both our suitaces down several flights of stairs before we reached the first of the two Metro trains we had to catch. It was now about 6pm and right in the middle of the evening peak. Fortunately we managed to stand on the platform at a spot immediately adjacent to were a train door ended up and also, as this station was a major interchange, many people exited the train so we ...

Salut à Tous, Je brise l'inactivité hurlante de mon chti blog de voyage en chômage technique pour vous souhaiter à Tous une excellente année 2008, pleine d'amor, salud y pesetas. Pour moi l'aventure en ce début d'année est plus sédentaire qu'à l'accoutumée, et j'attends impatiemment que Junior fasse ses premiers pas en godillots pour reprendre les chemins de l'aventure. En attendant je le motive en l'endormant à coup de souvenirs de guerre et projections diapos ...

... trip. I left the keys to the apartment at home in Canada!! So here we were on Rue Martel, no keys and no one to call. So after a few minutes I approached a local shop keeper and in my broken French explained the situation. He laughed but then graciously agreed to let me use his phone. Thank God our exchangers ahd given us the name of one of their friends. We called her, she called her cleaning lady and in 45 minut we had keys. Thank you Luce and thank you Xena. Our apartment is great ...

... a fan of heights, we didn't bother with going up the Grande Arche. Sitting on a park bench in the esplanade and enjoying the sun burning down on our faces was pure pleasure. As a one-time visit, it was worth it to see the artwork and what Paris deems somewhat of a planned city. If you're going, it's best to get out at the terminus (The Grande Arche), since one must continually walk down groups of stairs down the kilometer-long esplanade.

... We started to feel it after 5 and the last hour wasnt too bad because it was Matts favorite as we took in a special exhibition of East Indian royal tresures, diamonds, rubies and emeralds everywhere!!! check out the Louvre website for a visual because we couldnt take pictures! Met and socialized with more Aussies that night and made some phones calls...but then the first rain and thunderstorm! Scary but no problems in ...

... not in the mood that day, not to mention I had a specific idea in mind when I started out and didn't end up finding the dress of my dreams... oh well, it wasn't meant to be-yet. The morning was spend in the Montmartre Shopping area by the Moulin Rouge and the afternoon in the Chatalet Shopping District, also known as Les Halles Shopping district very close to the Pompidou Center. There were a lot of great store and I am read to go back to shop for things, but the Eve was ...