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Passages downtown

A travel blog entry by silsby

... is beautiful.

There are some other passages close by, but we went straight through to the gardens of the Palais Royal, wandering along the shady avenues of trees and then passing into the courtyard with the black and white columns that we saw on the weekend. From there is just a matter of crossing rue de Rivoli to reach the Louvre, although we chose to walk along the street to find a lunch venue (and where I may have bought a ...

Day Nineteen, Historic and Neighborhood Paris

A travel blog entry by seasalt

... br>
Just a few blocks away and we find ourselves at Notre Dame cathedral, in which we were given only thirty minutes to walk through… The amount of time allotted to us was super disappointing and one of the huge drawbacks to doing a tour such as this. This cathedral did not disappoint, though! I just wanted to pinch myself as we (speed-)walked the periphery, and again, once we were back outside and looking up at both the fascinating gargoyles ...

Day 4

A travel blog entry by tnthompson

... ended up curing my nausea and I only missed the salad by the time I came down for dinner.� After dinner we headed out on a bus tour of Paris where we saw many many of paris' monuments and attractions. We passed the opera house, la grand palais, le petit palais, the demedici country house, the mused d'orsay,the hotel des invalides and of course the arc de triomphe and Eiffel tower.� After the bus tour, Jen (the tour manager) ...

The Romance of Paris

A travel blog entry by novaceks

... time from the comfort of a guided tour bus or river barge, rather than mess with the hum-drum of everyday traffic.

After our very pleasant evening, I’m now feeling very nostalgic and I long to return to explore more of Paris some day. So much to do ……. Steve had to drag me home whilst I protested that we hadn’t see this, or eaten that, or gone to the fun park etc etc etc…….. C’est la ...

Chenonceau and TGV

A travel blog entry by lindakhaas

... prayer and meditation.

We had visited Diane’s Garden and skipped Catherine de’ Medici’s Garden. We had seen it well from the chateau and all of us were getting tired. So we got some ice cream and sat in the shade for a while. We decided to skip the Farm and the vegetable garden. We went to the car and got water. Derek got a sandwich. We decided to rest a while before heading to Tours to catch the TGV ...