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Travel Blogs from Paris

We missed the train!

A travel blog entry by ahnettski

Waking up so early for a train was rough! Then the train stopped and we missed our next train to get to Paris so we missed our city tour. But at least we were able to see the Eiffel Tower and le Louvre! The Eiffel Tower was the my favorite part of the trip! I studied four year French I high school and one year in college and my dream of going to …

Paris - part 1

A travel blog entry by clgs

Finally arrived in Paris - it's a long way via Singapore and Helsinki. But we're here. My niece Stephanie met us at the airport and accompanied us into Paris to the hotel, and then we had some lunch in Bastille.

Later we went for a walk around the Marais - wandered through a few galleries at Place des Vosges.
Craig loves a …

Day 8

A travel blog entry by krystaloswald

Our first day in Paris didn't begin well considering we missed our second train and were hopelessly handed off by our tour guide to another train. Everything started to look up when we were placed in first class, but then it turned bad again once the people in first class realized we definitely didn't belong in first class. I didn't realize it at …

Day 9

A travel blog entry by krystaloswald

This morning I was excited to leave Paris and go to Versailles. France seemed to change drastically from one city to the next (which I observed on the train) so I was hoping Versailles would be better than Paris. The Versailles Palace and gardens itself were incredible. It's hard not to be impressed by such a massive layout. The tour of the palace …

Day 1 in Paris

A travel blog entry by lenamoina

After getting to the hotel in Paris, our tour guide for the pre-tour took us to the Eiffel Tower (La tour Eiffel) and a riverboat tour on the river running through Paris (I'm not sure what the name is).� The Eiffel tower and almost all other sights are very easy to get to because of the metro and other public transportation throughout Paris.� It …