Absolute Paris

Hello everyone, Here is the start of 'Mel Sees the World' - our European experience! We have had an absolute ball enjoying the sun, sea and sights of some amazing places. Hope you enjoy the pictures - of course many do not even do justice to the ...

... had a blast even though it was kind of chilly. After that it was about time for bed so we checked in for the night at the Absolute Paris, but not before trying my first crepe :)     The next morning we rode the metro to the Sacre Coeur ...

Arrived in Paris early in the morning. Had a hard time looking for e train station. Managed to get to absolute Paris hostel. Not too bad a place since there is free wifi. Decided to walk around the city for the first day since I have not quite decided ...

We woke up early and took the train from Amsterdam to Paris, on France's high speed Thalys Train which got us there in a little under 4 hours.On the train we caught up on some lost sleep before heading into the city of light. Afraid the poor weather ...

... One spends a ridiculous amounts of time queuing because of a poorly designed system and lack of crowd control. Once inside the tower its absolute chaos because there are so many people there is no room to move around and so everyone wants to go down again ...

... started to feel like New Years Eve by now and we stood there listening to him and watching over the whole of Paris all lit up which was an absolute picture.  We then discovered the Finicular which is like a short Cable Car ride down the hill.  ...

... such love in its creation, such devotion to have created something so beautiful, yet depicting something so dark.  This is an absolute must to see in person. The high altar is also magnificent, with simplicity of design in the cross, with the Pieta ...

Alrighty people.....I wrote my whole Paris travel blog and frickin lost it once again.....ha ha ha. I am starting to really get my trip imprinted into my head after writing and rewriting all this stuff. Sooo....here goes nothing. We left Rome late at ...

... ve stil not checked off half of the best of them, but it's always a particular pleasure to find a place that is an absolute treat. Last year I attended the re-opening of the Grand Palais (the photos and story are somewhere in this travelblog)with my ...

... about 2 hours and then walked around the Tuileries Gardens. We then headed to the Longchamp store (we really wanted Longchamp purses from Paris!) At this point our feet were KILLING us, and we still had the 30-40 minute walk home...Once we made it back ...

... a week before Fashion Week  put the incident at the top of the news. I really give credit to LVMH for taking the absolute high road, and  honoring the  'petits mains'--all the workers who do the hand-work and sewing, for being the real ...

... from high school) and I remembered a lot more then I thought that I would,  and despite the fact that Madame Hawver was my absolute least favorite teacher in high school for the 3 years that I had her for French, I think that she would have been proud. ...

Visited France back in 1995 but never stopped in Paris (passed through the train station from Southern France on my way to Denmark) so finally I was going to see the "City of Love".  I had argued with myself in the past that a pre-requisite for a ...

... much more casual brushstrokes and showed less interest in finite details, although Rembrandt's paintings stand out for me as absolute masterpieces of light and exuberance--and portend modern art--which still took a couple more hundred years to take root ...

... quarter of Paris, which sits along the river Seine near the Notre Dame Cathedral. The tour runs in various cities throughout Europe and Paris is one of its newest cities serviced by the tour group and it was obvious by the knowledge or lack there of in ...

... distance from the city core and a more ambitious 20 minute stroll to Eiffel Tower which I made three times throughout my stay. Paris, is very different from the idyllic and peaceful city that I expected. On the contrary its a city in flux with scores of ...

... as it looked like only a 20 minute walk and stopped for a crepe on the walk. I am going to miss Paris. It is a city of complete chaos but also absolute beautiful. It is hard at times to figure out which one outweights the other but I loved it and would ...

... startete ich von Zuerich aus nach Paris. Natuerlich noch kein Hostel oder sowas gebucht, und zur Strafe durfte ich dann in Paris auch ein, zwei Stuendchen herumgurken, um endlich noch ein freies Bett zu bekommen. Das lag dann aber auch sehr vorteilshaft ...

... some happy snaps before hopping back on the bus and back to the hotel. Finding anything decent and vego to eat for dinner was an absolute mission, but we ended up finding salvation in an Italian Restaurant before retiring for the night.  ...

... things, that are must see's in Paris. We went to the Champs Elysees, the Arc de Triumph (and went on top- the absolute most beautiful view of Paris and the Eiffel tower)! We then walked to the Eiffel tower, but didn't have time to climb it. That night, ...

... gray bike.                 The Rodin Museum was absolute fantastic. August Rodin  (1840-1917) was a Parisien sculpturer and his works are now exhibited in an old Hotel ...