Novotel Paris Aulnay Sous Bois Aulnay-sous-Bois

... Le carcan social est lourd, tout comme la masturbation rend sourd. C'est ce qu'ils me répétaient au catéchisme après les cours. Jamais un versaillais ne sera capable de faire de mal à une mouche.C'est impossible puisque au fond de lui il respecte bien trop la vie Moi c'est en grandissant à leurs côtés que je suis devenu. Un fervent défenseur en faveur de l'avortement ainsi que de l'euthanasie. Pour savoir à quoi ressemble une ville ...

... off and walked off. Then he came back and said, "I think she should blah blah blah" and I said, "I think you should keep walking!" But he didn't understand my english. My new term for those types of French men is Pepe le Pieux because they have so much in common. French "lover" mentality, smelly and overbearing/over persistent. Then we all went home, took a break and went back to Serena's apartment to drink some wine before going out ...

... had beaten us there by half a day, I was thrilled she was in great spirits and had successfully negotiated her way there from the airport via the metro,stubbornly refusing to accept my offer of reimbursing her cabfare after a long flight (I got it from both sides!). Inside, again I was superpleased, as the apartment was cosily furnished in nice taste and was larger and roomier than I had envisaged, especially by Parisian standards! Our wander around the sights of ...

My time in Paris was absolutely wonderful. John, Megan and I really kept moving to see everything we wanted. I am glad to be resting a little in Chambery now. Here's everything we did and a few notes and photos. DISCLAIMER: This week was CRAZY! If your eyes start to blur, your muscles start to weaken or your mouth starts to get dry while reading, take a break. In just reading all that we did, you are ...

Day 2 of our excellent adventure. We wake up to an unusual telephone ring the front desk is informing us that it is 12:30PM and are we checking out in a panic I jump up and yet my body is not following my lead oh it is deja vu all over again. I get up take a shower and Angela follows, now we are at airport hotel and looking at a great deal number of suite cases. The man at the front desk who was originally mean now is nice having ...

... the Eifel tower. Well, we waited around for 1.5hrs in the freezing cold wind, paid €11, then got an elevator up to the top, admired the view for about 20min, then nearly died of cold waiting to go down again. So the tower was not exactly a highlight. But we had a nice dinner back in Montmartre, so it was all good. Next day we joined a free tour (New Paris - I did the New Berlin tour the week ...

Our last side trips around Paris, the City of Light, the City of Love, the City of Art and Culture... We travelled out via the Metro to Montmartre to see the Basilica Sacre Coeur. It was quite impressive with it's Romano-Byzantine architecture. Even though taking photos of the interior was prohibited, the memories of the enormous domes and gilded altar will stay with me forever. The surrounding streets that were lined with artists and shops selling their creations ...

... to leave. This was not before I realised that carrying a lonely planet book & another guidebook is ridiculous. Mom & I proceeded to rip up my lonely planet book for me to take e relevant sections. As I am writing this, I just remembered that I forgot to bring my lonely planet guide for central america. So much for getting myself prepared for costa rica.

... on French food. After three lovely days with our hosts and tour guides Jimmy and Tom we certainly achieved that. We arrived late on Wednesday night after an hour bus ride from Ryan Air's 'Paris' airport - actually a town called Beuvais. We met Jimmy and Tom on the Grand Armee and our taxi ride home took us straight to the Arc de Triomphe. As most people know the traffic rules around the Arc are pretty vague. Getting around in the ...

... two islands on the Seine, and famous for housing the Cathedrale de Notre-Dame. (It's the same one from Victor Hugo's novel - The Hunchback of Notre-Dame). The plan was to buy the 3-day Museums and Monuments pass, which I thought would be available at the metro stations and tourist information booths. I ask at a few and nobody has it. Or maybe my French sucks... (In my defense, I wrote the damn thing on a piece of paper and stuck it at their ...