Mercure Paris Porte d'Orleans Montrouge

... jamais trouvé ma voie ici. Un parcours scolaire peu glorieux, la comptabilité ne m'a pas emballé et La Poste (où j'avais réussi à m'incruster) perd peu à peu son rôle de service public... Une perspective d'avenir qui ne m'attire pas vraiment, malgré le respect que j'ai à l'égard de tous mes collègues (et qui le m ...

From Uncle David: List of new things Josh tried and liked in France: Turbot Mackeral Rabbit Duck PIGEON, yes pigeon! Couscous Leeks Patisserie: Eclairs Croissants Pain au chocolate Bichon Napoleon Tarte au pommes Galettes Many more Gelattos: Pannacotta Amarena Things he tried and didn't like: Pate (duh, it's made from liver!) Duck mousse (double duh, also from liver) Stinky cheeses Things he almost ate and ...

... squishy... 10am - first stop Mumm. Gorgeous! what a stunning place! The pictures say it all (yet to be uploaded sorry). Taste test?! Sure why not..i mean we are here after all right? 12pm - off to Joan of Arc Cathedral for a guided tour....crazy stuff! Once again the pictures say it all! (sorry...once again yet to be uploaded!) 1pm - time for a baguette for lunch...mmmm baguette with salade, jambon, and fromage (salad, ham and cheese) 130pm ...

... doses of strawberries and Pimms. A spiffing wat to start my time away, I must say. The following five days were taken up by camping outside Oxford for the People and Planet Summer gathering. An inspiring time meeting other P&P-ers, packed full of workshops from fundraising to samba drumming. We were sustained with delicious vegan food, enjoyed a ceilidh bemusing all the english unis (ie 80% of those there...) and had plenty of games and bonfires. Twas ...

My arrival. I met Megan and John at the airport at 10:30. We bought the wrong metro tickets and had to go back to buy the correct RER tickets. Not a big deal though because we needed the other tickets once the RER got into Paris anyways. We took the metro to our hostal. Rather than make a connection we decided to walk a bit farther. This was probably the worst idea of the week because no one's luggage was eay to carry ...

... been told by several people that the painting is much smaller than you expect. Actually she was about the size I was expecting, the problem is that the bullet proof glass protecting her gives the painting a green tinge and the pushy Japanese tourists will not give you much of a chance to enjoy the work. After the Italian paintings it was off the see the Italian sculptures, especially Michelangelo's two slaves. We next visited the Classical Greek collection which is dominated by the ...

... station had been opened for local passengers. 1 ticket window had been opened for Eurail and Interail passholders. The line for the local passengers was empty. The line for passholders stretched into Belguim, and showed no signs of moving after 45 minutes. In dismay, we fled to the next station along the line, Cannes, and managed (with a minute to spare) to book a train to Avignon. Avignon: We pulled into Avignon's sleek TGV station late in the afternoon on what had ...

... t speak French (and neither me!) and was keen to speak English. Hanna became her translator and helped her out to get where she wanted. We had a chat for a few minutes and after that time we decided to meet up on the next day, under the Notre Dame cathedral. The Versailles palace was huge and very pretty, and we were well impressed by its gardens. I remembered that place from 4 years before when I had been there last, but didn`t have any ...

... of Dan Brown's 2003 novel The Da Vinci Code[1]-a significant boost of 22% compared to previous figures, placing the Louvre as the most visited monument in Paris.[2] ...read more about the Louvre at www.wikipedia.org. (photo taken from wikipedia) The entrance into the Louvre is for free on the first Sunday in the month or every Friday after 6pm if you are under 26 years old.

... first day will be something like this: ß Safe arrival at 11:30 ß Shuttle to hostel, arrive around 2pm ß Go to main train station for BIG RED BUS tour~! This way I can see all the sites and get an idea of the city layout ß Hit up the National Museum of Rome to learn about the history behind the city ß Little groceries and then Dinner ß Take Rick Steve's recommended night walk "Dolce Vita Stroll" to get to know the sweeter side of Rome ...