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Mona Lisa, Latin Quarter

A travel blog entry by ecirpnek

This morning we reached Paris. Around 2:30 we did a quick tour of The Louvre where we saw the Mona Lisa and the Venus de Milo. Then we had some time have a walk around the Arc de Triomphe and the Champs Élysées. Later we were dropped off in the Latin Quarter where we chose a little restaurant for dinner. That was followed by a great …

Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triomphe, Champs-Elysees

A travel blog entry by exploreamerica

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Tuesday, June 29

We started the day with a visit to the top of the Eiffel Tower. The tower was designed by Gustave Eiffel and built for the 1889 World's Fair to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the revolution. The tower is 889 feet tall.< …

The Grand tour begins!

A travel blog entry by jasndan

Today is the first day of our 32 day "The Ultimate" tour of Europe, we
got up early (5.20am is very early) after a telemarket call on Dan's
phone at midnight and an sms at 1am from Ma (I didn't hear it but Dan
did!). We were ready and marched our way down to Kings Cross station to
catch the 6.04 train to Victoria station. I …

A parisian kinda day :) (Warning, looooong post!)

A travel blog entry by jasndan

Ah, the wonderful sounds of a wake up call at 6.30am..and finally we drag ourselves up..shower and do washing and head to breakfast at 7.20...back to the room for some final clothes washing we get to the bus at 8am...and it appears we are the last ones there almost! Grrr..going to have to get to the bus earlier tomorrow to get a good seat, not the …

Real Life Lessons in Paris

A travel blog entry by jmlcamacho

... me! I yelled at him to give it back. He tried to back up, but an EXTREMELY nice french woman reached in his back pocket and gave it back to me. The guy quickly scurried away, as I entered the subway. I did not take my hand of my iPhone for the rest of the trip (Sorry I didn't tell you mom... I figured you would freak out a little). I was flustered after the incident, but walking in the cold air helped me vent while I walked to the Lourve.

The Lourve was a bit pricey at ...