Hotel Du Marche Saint Martin
Travel Blogs from Paris
Yep, I made it!!!
... a sign that the end was in sight.
An hour and a half wait to enter the country in very stuffy, hot conditions was not a great way to start the morning, but then we were through and our adventure starts.
Battling with this keyboard and jetlag is getting the better of me, will have to continue to,orrow,
au revoir C
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Allo Allo!
... onto the metro trains again this morning as the girls were keen to do a little shopping on Av des Champs-Elysees, as this would otherwise have been a good hour and a half walk. We seem to find it easy to get onto the metro stations but it is not so easy getting out! This trip however went with relative ease, considering we had to switch lines part way through.
After our visit to the Disney store and over a few umms and aahs ...
Paris, and More Must-See Things
... Matisse, and many more.
The Gallery Lafayette looks like any department store, with the usual brands one finds everywhere in the world. But it has a unique feature – a beautiful atrium capped with a magnificent dome. It's well worth a visit, whether to buy a pair of socks or not.
Two other monstrous buildings in the same area are the Opera House and the Church of the Place Madeleine. It seems to be hard to get into ...
Sometimes Dreams Really Do Come True
... a French player that was a finalist at the Australian Open a few years ago. This match was amazing to watch only because it was a French player. So the stadium was packed and the crowd was really into it. The play itself was not quite as fun to watch. It was funny, though, because people in the crowd kept yelling what I thought was "Edge-O" at first. I just figured it was some peculiar French cheer. But then I realized they were actually saying “Eh-Jo”, ...
The Rose Line
Up early today to leave Vienna and travel to Paris. The flight today was in a proper jet rather than in a prop plane so the journey should be a little less noisy and hopefully bumpy. Unfortunately we were kept waiting as the inbound flight with our plane was delayed so we were left waiting for about an hour while things were getting ready. Amazingly as time went on more and more people began to crowd near the gate. Could not figure out if they thought the plane would arrive quicker ...