Novotel Paris CDG Terminal Roissy

... br>The gardens were beautiful with bright flowers, neatly trimmed hedges and topiaries, marble statues and fountains, that unfortunately, were not working. We walked to the Grand Trianon, but stopped along the way to have lunch: paninis and beverages. Then the Girl had to have a ginormous ice cream (where does she put it all?). <br><br>The Grand Trianon was nice; we liked it better than the Palace, perhaps because it was Marie's. It was on a much smaller scale ...

... trying to teach the kids not to compare with one another, so I ask her, "Ella, what did you just say?". She repeated, "Iiiii get Ice Cream!" .... and thats it. "Ella, you said something else. What was it?" .... "Nothing." .... "Ella, tell me the truth please." .... "For real, all I said was Iiiii get Ice Cream. Thats all." ... We all heard what she said, and the guilty lying face was obvious. .... "Ella, I heard exactly what you said. And I'm disappointed that you ...

... more shopping. Yeah! My apt is a block away from L'Opera Garnier (the buiding featured in Phantom of the Opera..so beauiful, and just a few blocks from there, is Madeline the church and then Place de Concord, which leads to the Tuleries, which is the garden in front of the Louvre, and points to Les Champs Elysees which is near my destination, Le Grand et Petit Palais. What I'm trying to say, is Paris is small, toute petite, and just by walking you can ...

... lunch. The Cour de Cassation is essentially akin to the Canadian Supreme Court. Although the French have a zillion appeal courts. The final court is like the 6th level and your case pretty much only gets to that level when you die. What's the point....reform. Haha. The Cour de Cassation is on the Ile de la Cite. The ile was actually Paris when Paris first existed. It's crazy to think about how much it's grown, especially over the Belle Epoch and now. We got ...

... know that we had cooked up a surprise with Scott and Elizabeth and that we were going to meet up for the first time since our arrival in Paris! Needless to say, the was a lot of hugging and yelling, especially since we gave them 1 1/2 hours to play. When we all met up again at the entrance to the park we happily noted that they looked tired and rather spent - the afternoon would be a breeze discipline-wise! We headed to the Grande Galerie ...

... sur le dos et pis qu'y avait reculé, l'écoeurant. Quand je suis rentré à l'appartement, je me suis enligné pour la chambre et j'ai fait ma méditation avec quelques ronflements mêlés au travers. Mais la Tour Eiffel, c'est à voir. C'est une des choses que je peux enlever de ma liste de chose à voir avant de mourir. On est revenu vers 17h30, et c'était plein de monde. Il y a même des gardes-métros qui travaillent à ces heures-l ...

... as it was late but we managed to find a small store open even at 1030. Its still relatively light until 10 at night here. Again the streets were loud and noisy but we never felt unsafe. Walked by and stopped to listed to the sounds of an up tempo jazz band performing in a club, then home to read and then to bed. Full day planned tomorrow. Lessons: 1. Keep your wits about you and play smart but don't let fear of panhandlers, street ...

Paris Roller One of the joys of the lifestyle here is that we start our mornings late and go to bed late. At home, Rob is always up at 5 and out of the house hours before I wake, so you will be surprised to know that in Paris, unless he has a morning meeting or is going out of town, he doesn't even wake up until 9a.m.. Office hours are noon until 8:15p.m. (market closes at 2:15 at home), and we usually don't ...

Hello from Paris! After a long (and somewhat harrowing due to turbulence) flight via Shanghai, we arrived in Paris last Friday morning at 6am. We've spent the last five days enjoying the sights and atmosphere of the city, including the Louvre, the Eiffel Tower, the Arc de Triomphe and the Champs-Elysees, Notre Dame Cathedral, and the many restaurants, cafes, and bakeries present on virtually every street corner. I think I have eaten more bread in the ...

... enough in most of the areas I will be. While 3 days may be enough for Barcelona or Madrid, it's certainly not enough for Rome, which I want to explore intensely. I have always been in love with Rome, and Italy in general, because I think it's so romantic and beautiful from what the movies and art exemplifies of it. It's ashame that there isn't much of that for the Spanish Kingdom, even though that as a fact, Spain and Italy are the two most equally toured countries in ...