Mercure Paris Royal Madeleine
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Ou est Le Tour Eiffel...c'est la!
... street, with my atrocious sense of direction and armed with a pencil drawn map copied of Google, it was inevitable that I would get completely lost. And that is just what happened...
After doing 3 laps of the station area and doplily walking in circles, I finally found the club, conveniently opposite the station.
The club itself was a cute little hang out called La Pachanga. They had salsa classes for beginners through ...
A medieval castle
This morning dawned grey and wet, and it has rained most of the day. But that didn't stop our planned visit to a real medieval castle - the Chateau de Vincennes, on the edge of the Bois de Vincennes in the east of Paris.
We breakfasted on croissants, then walked down to Abbesses station to catch the metro (line 12 to Concorde then line 1 to the end of the line). After the obligatory cafe stop, we headed into the castle. The property is used by ...
A Parisian Way of Life
... in standing still in some of the bedrooms. But the Hall of Mirrors, OMG I just adored this room. As soon as I walked in, I just wished I could dress up prettily and stay for a ball here. I think it has to do with the natural light streaming in from the many windows, reflecting onto the many crystal chandeliers and the mirrors to the side. Whatever it was, how I wished for a ball then!
The final stop on day 3 was the Lourve. ...
Home away from home!
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Outside we are on Rue De La Harpe - the street that the original Sweeny Todd murders are said to have taken place on! Now it's a street filled with restaurants with 3 coursed for 10Euro, souvenir shops, and chocolate maker, and on the far end, a McDonalds of course. The street noise drifts up late into the night, but it's more comforting than anything. I've added some photos so you can see what it looks like out our windows.
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So French!
... Eiffel Tower and take millions of pictures, we definitely had way too much fun. We then grabbed a chocolate crepe before meeting the rest of the group for our Fat Bike Tour! We toured all of the highlights of Paris and even enjoyed a beer at the base of the Eiffel Tower, it was pretty awesome. That night we had a picnic dinner at the Eiffel tower and then headed to a restaurant for a beer with some new friends. The next morning we started our ...