Hostellerie du Prieure Île-de-France

... s called in English.

This battle happened on Friday, October 25th 1415, about 70 years after Crécy. King Henry V of England had again landed in France to press his claim to the French throne (or at least to enlarge his territories on the Continent). The French king was going mad, and two noble houses were fighting civil war. It seemed a good time for the English to press an attack. Henry landed with around 2000 infantry and 6000 archers. He besieged Harfleur (near ...

... in Athens. I was really intrigued to see them in London before going to Greece later in my trip. I felt a little bit strange though. There is a debate about whether the items belong in Athens, and I think I'm on the side that says that they should be, back where they belong. But I also read about the great number of people that come through the British Musuem every year make it worth them staying there so that many people get the chance to see ...

... and chimeras on this cathedral was great. I am not exactly sure how they managed to get all of them up to those great heights. I would warn anyone who wants to go up. There are approximately 400 steps and you do at least the 1st half of them up to the fist landing. Paul said to me, "that about killed me." I, however, was thankful to all my workout sessions at the Y. Afterwards, we had a late lunch on a quiet side street. I watched some young people play cards and ...

... around. Some of the men there were a little overbearing and kept pulling on us. And we met a really attractive french guy who sells bananas and fruits in some market. SATURDAY Today I slept in by accident. But I had plans to go by myself to Cite du Sciences et L'industrie in Porte de la Vilette which is in the north east corner of Paris. It was HUGE! I liked it a lot. I went to the Planetarium but the show was entirely in french so ...

... lotions, from all over France. As if this isn't enough, across from the shop is a beautiful 17th century church whose bells rang quite frequently, and then my building was an 18th century townhouse with ivy growing on it. What a lovely atmosphere! Everytime I got back from somewhere, no matter how tired I was, I always enjoyed coming back to Rue des Barres. My room was $40 a night, and I know that the $2000 a night people staying at the ...

... while everyone is sleeping and things like that. The second night unfortunately we were not so lucky. There was a couple who were pretty cool. They turned in early. Then there were the other 4 peeps who were much like a freight train, whistles and all. I was fortunate in that I was so tired that i didnt wake up. Kristen however got about 3 hours of sleep. Luckily we were going to be on the train all day so she could get some sleep ...

Today we toured the city via foot and metro. This city is endless, perhaps one of the largest geographical cities in the world (Mexico City is its own district area, Paris is a huge city). We rolled out of bed late and had delicious coffee, sauntered up the Av Victor Hugo and grabbed baguette sandwiches to start our day (ok, afternoon) and strolled the Champs Elysees and all the shops. We learned that "soldes" means "sale ...

... as well - the perfect way to end a 3 month honeymoon!! Only in Paris! Anyway, when the lights finally stopped, it was total chaos with everyone in thecrowd trying to leave at the same time. We walked for awhile - avoiding the huge lines for the metro, until we finally spotted another metro rail -almost as packed, but a little better. So with that, we headed home after the most perfect Paris day possible!!! I love Paris!!! Good night everyone!! Love, Andrea and Jose

... ei minulla ollut takana vasta kuin kaksi ja Valtterilla yksi. Misalla jopa kolme. Vuorotellen me kyllä lippoja sinne hankeen heitettiin ja keräiltiin kamoja lumisina mutta suurimmaksi osaksi se johtui kyllä piilokivistä. Niitä riittää ja ne ikävästi hidastaa tahtia ja pitää järjen touhussa mukana. Törmättiin Odeen ja niiden vuoristo-opaskoulutusryhmästä oli vissiin eilen joku murtanut kätensä ja tänään toinen kaveri ...

... I tried my best not to fall asleep in class, and was rather successful. After class, I went back to the louvre with several people. We walked around and ate at an italian restaurant first. Even though I just ate at 2, I still managed to finish an entire plate of spaghetti bolognaise. At the louvre, I saw the Mona Lisa, and walked around where a lot of the paintings were. We were there for about an hour and a half, and then headed back to La Cite.