Radisson Blu Hotel At Disneyland Paris Magny-le-Hongre

... in this area are what I imagined. Walking down the Rue Du Faubourg Du Temple we found the old wooden door that, when a code was entered, actually opened to yet another door (with et another code) awind narrrow staircase ande our door (with et another code). Inside that door is a safe (yep... another code) and in the safe is a key to our room that actually works! Yeah! The good news is that we could get in early and have a rest! Not a great ...

I'm not a patient tourist. I want to do things my way, and my way is typically to see as much as I can, usually on foot. That's how you learn a city. That's how you learn Paris. I started this morning later than I intended. It's a wonder I didn't sleep all day. I woke up at 8 and within 5 minutes I was downstairs eating breakfast. My hotel is the Hotel Fiat. It's a good place, over all. It's clean and I don't hear my neighbors much. As I write this it's 11:30 p.m. local time and I'm ...

... Tower rising above the treetops. Still further to left, the French Parliament building. Every single building and structure a piece of art, every single item designed for elegance and grace and function. Ahhh Paris... Truly tired after walking another few miles in the heat - compounding the miles of Friday night, the whole day in Brussels Saturday, and the standing about for 6 hours on Sunday, I took the subway back to the hotel. After a nap and a shower, I set off with the ...

... The queues to get up were very long. As a matter of fact just about everywhere there were long queues. Caught the bus again on the East side of the tower. This time we got off Pont d'Art, a pedestrian bridge. Weren't actually a lot of artists there. We walked across and past the book stalls to Pont Neuf. From there we walked to Notre Dame. By now I needed a coffee and a comfort stop. Most expensive cup ever (or should that be so far) 9 euros for 2 cups ...

... but I finally was on my way to the city. I was pleasantly surprised when, on the metro train, a man busted out his accordian and started playing some veeeeery French tunes. How French?!! That is something I may never forget--the first moment when I reall knew I was in France on the train that led me to the city who was the subject of all those many many years of dreams...that was a wonderful feeling. I arrived into a crazy ...

... magasins. Des épiceries et un magasin de stuff congelé. J'ai trouvé des fruits pour me faire un blend le matin. J'ai mes céréales mais je n'ai pas trouvé de Bran Buds. Micheline ...

... first place. I started to laugh and the woman realized that she had to watch herself because I understood what she was saying. She and her aunt (and the 13-ish year old boy with them) had a running commentary that was quite entertaining; the main speaker was quite concerned about people cutting in line in front of us and she wasn't shy about yelling at potential offenders (and this from an Italian). It was quite the show. The day was gorgeous (a threat of clouds but no ...

... be parked in the car park. So Wong cooked some great soup and nibblies and the boys had a poker game. Day 325 - Wednesday 17th January - More Chateau's and Chinon Up bright and early and off to walk around Amboise and visit the castle of Leonard De Vinci called Le Clos Luce. Leonardo came to Amboise in 1516 at the invitation of Francoise and died 3 years later. We got to walk through his lovely castle and see his inventions and gardens. Next it was back into Misty and off to see Ch ...

... through the gardens and even the flowers were wilting. Time was running out for MAF's departure and he still had to get back to the hotel to pick up his bag. Two trains; a dash to the hotel to grab his bag; two further trains and a final sprint to the ticket office and MAF just caught his country train with seconds to spare. For our last night in Paris, the BOSS and I decided to get cold chicken and salad and go and sit by the river ...

... good excersise. We had to climb to the top which was 284 steps! We then went to the Eiffel Tour to see it "sparkle" on the hour and THEN went for a cruise along the river (which was really cheap thanks to our student discounts). Today we went to the top of the Notre Dame (even more steps than the arc de Triumphe) and we got to see all the gargoyles and the bell tour where quasimoto (i know that's not how you spell it) lives. We then went on a tour and stopped at the Concord Square where ...