Mercure Paris Gare De Lyon 3

... and Mieke decided to experience all Paris had to offer that night. We ventured out for some drinks with some new friends and after an entertaining evening we headed back via the metro. Now I know all you mothers are thinking we were crazy to take metro at night, but we made it back safely. It may have taken 2 hours, and several wrong metros, but we made it back, and all before sunrise. <br><br>The next day we were a little tired so we went to ...

... Jardin du Luxembourg and did some outlet shopping outside of Paris!<br><br>No matter when we spoke French we got replies in English...kind of annoying and insulting lol<br><br>These 4 days were packed of site seeing and eating crepes with nutella mmmmmmm.... We tried to relax as we were exhausted from the craziness of our first tour!!!<br><br>Next stop: Nice &amp; the French Riviera<br><br>

... of customs. Our deluxe motor coach is awaiting us to take us to the town of Herouville, a suburb of Caen in the center of the Province of Normandy. After checking into our residence in Herouville, and taking a short rest the group will make a short visit to Cane - a major town in the early plans of the invasion of Normandy. Finally we landed at Orly airport at 8:30am. France time. It was rainy. We went in the airport and ...

Allo le monde, Une belle journée! Pas chaude avec le vent, mais du soleil. On a encore fait la grasse matinée. Déjeuner au lit. Et on lit des journaux et des livres. On a chacun notre Eckhart Tolle. On s'est finalement levé vers midi. Et par le temps que nous avons décollé pour aller en ville, il était au moins 13h. Puisqu'il devait pleuvoir, on a décidé d'aller visiter en-dedans. Je prends le livre de Paris et je commence à faire des ...

... sound of African Hip Hop music blared from the radio. I knew that it was African music only after I had asked the driver what language the song was in since I knew it wasn't remotely French. He proceeded to drop me off and then high-fived me after I paid him, perhaps ecstatic that I hadn't figured out the Euro system yet and elated with his unexpected windfall. Oh well, chock one up for the Americans- and we can use all the help we can get over here. By the way ...

... level using the lift, which does cater for wheelchairs. It cost 8,40 Euros for the two, which wasn't too bad. After consulting our map we decided to visit the Louvre, and first investigated going by boat (Bateaux Mouches). However they are not necessarily wheelchair friendly from this departure point. Getting down there involved ...

... at the French national assembly and a cool gold domed building in the distance. A lot of police on the streets of France- a few too many. Sauntered over to the Eiffel tower, surrounded by the bizarre combination of Japanese tourists and French soldiers occasionally checking passports. I didn't really see the point of the soldiers, I know some Algerians once threatened to crash an aircraft into it, but soldiers couldn't stop that anyway ...

... Arc de Triomphe (aucun arrêt). Du moins sommes-nous moins fatigués que la veille, et les visites se font dans la bonne humeur généralisée. Peu après, vers 11 heures 30, nous nous faisons déposer à l'Auberge de Jeunesse, rue Jules-Ferry, près de l'Avenue de la République, où doit commencer une manifestation contre les CPE dans l'après-midi. En attendant "l'événement", nous allons parcourir les marchés et maraîchers en ...