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... no way we were going to wait in that line. Instead some people decided to walk to another function where Angela and I decided to call it a night before the metro closed and we would be stuck walking home. School work was on the agenda for the next day and we concluded that we had had enough fun for one weekend. <br><br>Although we didn't really participate in any of the Nuit Blanche festivities it was still a crazy experience to walk through the streets ...

So we had a twelve hour layover in Paris on our way back to Pointe-Noire from the US. We checked our carry=on bags and caught the train to Les Halles on a 90-degree day. Just when we had been roasting on a slow-moving train long enough for our minds to wander over thoughts of a hotel swimming pool (we did that last year), we popped into the city and followed the crowd up into a mall that led out onto a park-like setting behind the Louvre. In two ...

... arrived here and not just a few drops... We headed off to Montmartre to have a pick at the Sacré-Coeur Basilica. By the time we arrived there (15 minutes walk through the Arabic area to make it faster) our jeans were drenched and my golf umbrella was my best buy of the century... Due to the rain and the massive group of tourists blocking the entrance of the basilica (they were waiting for the rain to stop to leave, how kind of them) we decided that it was time to ...

... bulli@elbulli.com). Here are suggestions from reservationists at three other hard-to-book restaurants: L'ASTRANCE, PARIS "Two months before the date you desire, call at precisely 10am. Try to get on the waiting list, as we limit it to three parties; so if you make it onto the list, there's a realistic chance of getting a table." 4 Rue Beethoven, 16th Arr.; +33 1 40 50 84 40; dinner for two $581. BABBO, NEW YORK "Call at 10 am one month ahead of the date you want. And for a last ...

... dome ceiling and hangs down to about a metre off the floor. It swings toward a series of numbers which correspond with the hour of the day, and it is quite amazing when you realise it works by the rotation of the earth. Essentially the pendulum is suspended in space and the church rotates around it with the rotation of the earth. Very cool. We then wandered down into the crypt which houses the tombs of the great men of France. Names such as Voltaire, Victor Hugo and Pierre and ...

I arrived in Paris this morning. Made my way down to Sixt car rental to pickup the car. Once I figured out how to use the car and the NAV, I was off on my three hour drive to Arromanches on the Normany coast. *TIP - Have the lot attendent change the NAV into English for you so you can use it. *TIP - The road to the coast is a tollroad and you'll go through 5 or 6 toll plazas. They only take major credit cards or a toll tag, so save your Euros.

... at 6:45 in the morning, now as many of you might know, in order to fight jet leg you are suppose to go right into the schedule of the time zone you are in. Perhaps Kevin now wishes he had flown in at a later time!!! :- ) The first day I took him to the major sights in Rome, Coliseum, Pantheon, Trevi...etc. We had fun, for the most part....and I say this because Kevin was extremely tired and I was not. I think I was pushing too much and ...

... with him before heading back out to check out our new village. We decided almost immediately that this was THE best place we have stayed during the last 4 wks! The room was immaculate, spacious and Jesse went above and beyond making us feel welcome! One more thing: we had been plagued with extremely noisy and busy streets in the last few places so Jesse's Hotel Astor was a welcome relief and we knew we would ...

... from many Americans' habits of being loud, obnoxious, and expecting foreign cities to be just like they are in the States, with full, drive-thru amenities. Virginie told me that she couldn't even count how many times people have told her that if it weren't for the United States, the French would be speaking German. I, in turn, told Virginie that if it weren't for France, Americans would still be paying unreasonable taxes on tea using money with pictures of the British king ...

... were always willing to help us with directions or whatever we needed! They are just lovely people. From there we started to head over to the Eiffel Tower. We wanted to see it when they turn on the twinkle lights. Course, the only problem with that, was that they don't come on until 10 PM (because it's not dark until then). So we had some time to kill. We found another great little bistro. I had a Croque ...