La Bourdonnais

... to the left bank across the foot bride (Passerelle Debilly) toward La Musee du Quai Branly, we made our way down Avenue de la Bourdonnais stopping at a small cafe for a diet coke and water... and of course some people watching! How French of us. After ...

... to our hotel, ending up taking 1.5 hours due to weather related traffic!  We are staying at Hotel De La Bourdonnais, only a 15 minute walk from the Eiffel Tower.  After checking into the hotel, and taking a brief nap, ...

... Boulevard Tour Maubourg and Rue de Grenelle), and finally, a walk by the Eiffel Tower to observe the lights at dusk.  We highly recommend the restaurant La Tour Maubourg - great service, awesome food and a savoury Armagnac to finish off a great ...

We had decided to visit Versaille as it was closed on Mondays. We made a mistake of not getting an early start, and when we finally reached Versaille by train and then walking from the station (past McDonalds and Starbucks), there was a long line for ...

... for the kids, and we couldn't resist the chocolates at Maison Larnicol (what a store!!!!!!!!). Another amazing dinner tonight. The restaurant, La Terrasse, is near our hotel. The view from the second floor dining room is beautiful. In summary, we really ...

Tara had said that she would like to go to the Picasso Museum which has the largest Picasso collection in the world so that was our first planned stop for the day. After coming out of the Metro, we found it hard to get orientated and managed to have a ...

... sont la place du Tertre et le Sacré Coeur. Après un déjeuner rapide sur les hauteurs de la bute, nous nous sommes dirigés vers le port du Bourdonnais et sous une chaleur accablante, nous avons profité des bords de seine en bateau mouche. Après ...

I don't LOVE Paris – so sue me! Everything is BIG…the city is big, the buildings are big, the egos are (…lol) also big…the French themselves, though I was warned about them, don’t really bother me that much…I ...

We awoke this morning to light rain and sub 20 degree weather, a far cry from the unusual high of 37 degrees in Toronto!  After our long walk yesterday, we decided to take the subway (i.e., metro) to the Louvre.  Despite warnings of a ...

We made sure we got an early start with me doing the usual breakfast run to the Patisserie and the supermarket. We wanted to beat the crowds to the Louvre and we entered through the entrance at the Carrousel du Louvre which is apparently little known ...

Our first target in Paris was of course the Eiffel Tower. It was quite cool when we woke up and a bit hazy. We had tried to do the local thing for breakfast- bought pastries at the Patisserie/Boulangerie and went to the supermarket for juices and ...

We were travelling to Paris today on the Thalys which is the fast train and we didn't leave until lunchtime, while I went to the post office, Greg and the girls had breakfast at our favourite cafe which had the best coffee we had tasted in Europe. We ...