Formule 1 Roissy Aeroport CDG PN 2

... we boarded and took the elevator to the 1st level. Aidan decided quickly he was not fond of heights and it one second he scaled me and was clinging on to me very tightly. I have to agree with him, a little to high for my taste.....and with all the people shoving you around you get the horrible sensation you could be pushed over the edge. Aidan and I decided we had seen enought and took the elevator back down....plus from the ground you could get a ...

... decorated and well appointed. It is only 25 metres from the metro entrance - a very big plus after a day's sighseeing when you get off the Metro and think you can't walk another step. It is in an area with small narrow hilly lane ways packed with interesting shops, bakeries, butchers, fruit shops, fromageries and more. A great find and we will definitely be back! After a quick freshen up our plan to beat the jetlag was to keep on going so we walked into the Moulin Rouge area of ...

... sites you're interested in seeing. Yeah, I wasn't quite prepared for how HUGE this place was. I walked and walked and walked, then went a little into panic mode when I couldn't figure out where the hell I was in this place. I was sure, they'd find my wrinkled corpse lying amongst the dry flowers and broken crypts. American Tourist found dead in Pere Lachese. Guards say she couldn't find her way out. The ...

... doing pretty well not to get as lost and we found the Ledru-Rolin street with metros at either end. We didn't listen to David's idea of visiting the nearby supermaket there (man did we pay with hunger later!). Liz also noticed a needle laying on the street (and along with the many homeless ppl sleeping on streets that I noticed on the bus from the aiport), I think Paris is one of the dirtiest cities I have ever seen. I mean you see the cleanup crews with ...

... students speed through, missing most of the important things. It is always important to stand still for a few moments in the apse of Notre Dame, and look up. The stained glass is fabulous and it's fun to notice tiny details like a skull on a tomb. A mass was beginning as we were leaving. I would like to have stayed. Maxime and I decide that some free time is in order. We head to the Place St. Michel, where there is a big fountain. We go to cash machines and then ...

... sniffing each other, the table legs, my legs. I got a cheese and tomato crepe and shared one with a tiny terrior who belonged to one of the vendors. It was a beautiful day to be outside - over 60 degrees and sunny, no jacket needed. It felt magical. After the flea market we jumped back on the Metro and headed over to the ile de la cite, home of Notre Dame. Coming out of that Metro station we found another ...

... did his PhD work there. He lives 15 min. from Gare de Lyon and came to meet us. We walked to his apartment and dropped our luggage off there and then to a beautiful walk to the Seine. The walk followed the path that a former elevated train took through the Parisian streets. The elevated structure was not torn down when the trains went underground, instead it was made into an elevated garden. It had water fountains and small water ways and tons of ...

... broke the rules. I had heard it was small, but it was pretty much the size expected, and even though it looked exactly the same as the many photos and pictures we had seen it was still great to have seen it. We walked through some other paintings and headed to the Venus de Milo and joined in on the happy snappy before touching on some French jewels, the Egyptian exhibition and French impressionists before deciding that we could not ignore the pain in the feet for much longer before ...

WELCOME TO THE CITY OF LIGHTS After a comfortable overnight train from Barcelona, we arrived in Paris ready to take in France's most famous treasure: CREPES!! YUM We opted for another hop on/hop off option, given the short period of time we had to explore Paris (24 hours). It worked out wonderfully: the Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triomphe, the Louvre, Notre Dame, and did I mention Crepes!!

... Seine River 2) Notre dame cathedral 3) Eiffel tower - watching sunset with a picnic consisting of cheese, meat, bread, chocolate and red wine. Steel structure by day, luminous thought provoking tower by night. 4) Pompidou Centre - modern and contemporary art. I was not impressed with this museum; I was honestly bored by it. The majority of the work was from the 1940-60's, whereas I prefer more modern, modern art. 5) Louvre - after standing in a 1 ...