Hotel Albion Paris

... 3pm. I inevitably took a wrong turn getting off the Roissy-Bus at the Opera and walked around a bit too much, but I found Hotel Albion on Notre-Dame-de-Lorette. I checked in (all pre-paid via Expedia), only to find out that the only room not cleaned yet ...

... means the Tour is starting. The first major entertainment for the waiting crowd was the one-year anniversary celebration for Paris' Velib program. Velib is a great initiative that the current mayor of Paris put in place in 2007, whereby over 16,000 ...

... would come to Paris from Canada to see a bike race, and they're very friendly. We know we are in for a long wait. Typically, the riders don't enter Paris until about 4: 30. That's it for now - more later, probably after it's all over and done....

... out the window is pure Paris: overseeing Rue Notre-Dame de la Lorette, my window looks straight across at a typical Paris apartment building, with beautiful shuttered windows, wrought-iron railings at the roof, and superb symmetry. Turning on the TV, I ...

... Elysees, I had snails, but unfortunately they didn't have frog legs..) 4. Arc de Triomphe > amazing view on whole Paris! Very impressive! 5. Had crepes at Ile de San-Louis 6. Had ice-cream at Latin Quarter, watching the street performers 7. ...