Ibis Paris Porte D Orleans Montrouge

Well, where to begin when I'm so exhausted? I suppose where I left off is as good a place as any, though I fear this could be lengthy -- we've had a lot of adventure since then! Yesterday, we slept late, then walked around NYC, snapping some pictures and taking it in. We went up to Rockefeller Center to see the big tree and all that. The crowds were insane. We also, at the request of my mom, snapped some pics of the elaborate department store windows at Macy's, Saks, and Lord & Taylor. Th...

Well, due to some minor technical difficulty (a - internet code ran out at hotel and needed to go all the way down to desk for new one and b - exhaustion), I did not have the ability to write an entry for 27 Dec. But as Travis pointed out, we have a lot of adventure to record, so I find myself talked into two blog posts - one for each of the two days past... Today (that is, 27 December), we awoke to a mostly dark hotel room, and glancing at the watch were shocked to find that it was almost 10...

Well, we thought that if we left the window shade up and the curtains open, we would be woken up by the natural light of day coming in the window. This was highly flawed. Oh we woke up to the natural light of day all right... and when we checked the watch, it was 11am. So that whole "getting up early" thing didn't really pan out for us. But okay. I guess when you need sleep, you need sleep, yeah? So we started off today by heading for Saint Sulpice, where the organist lets you come up into th...

Am reluat blogul dupa cateva zile. E o confirmare a sentimentului ca in Franta cel mai putin m-a impresionat Parisul. Nu contest ca daca zbori in Franta si aterizezi la Paris pici pe spate si esti fermecat. Dar daca incepi Franta din alt colt e complet diferit sentimentul. Da, e superb, e minunat, dar un pic prea turistic, prea regizat si inghesuit, prea comercial. Nah, ca incep si io cu concluziile. :) E dupa-amiaza tarziu cand intram in Paris... Asadar, iata-ne ajunsi, fara rezervari de hot...

Azi avem treaba! Trebuie sa ajungem sa vizitam Louvre, orice altceva e bonus. Stresati de povestile de cozi lungi la bilete la Louvre care circula pe internet si incurajati de ideea ca daca ai bilet nu mai stai la coada, am cautat un FNAC (hehe, teme facute de acasa). Am gasit locatie la Forum. Am ajuns acolo, ne-am apropiat de ghiseu si-am macait in engleza inspre o duduie care ne-a ignorat scurt si si-a continuat cu o colega povestile despre un decolteu, fara nici o jena in timpul in care e...

Bonjour, Paris!!! Dis-de-dimineata, plecam la Metro (aka subway/tube/metrou), care e, intr-adevar, la cateva minute de hotel. Ne luam metro-pass pe 2 zile, o harta a liniilor de metrou si ne lansam inspre centru. Reteaua de metrouri te duce oriunde, este extrem de bine pusa la punct, cu coduri de culori, cu semnalizari si harti. Cu parcarea prin Paris e aproape ca in Bucuresti, masini pe trotuar, peste tot. Mai bine luam metroul aseara! Coboram la Chatelet. Prima impresie e ca orasul e impanz...