Le Meridien Etoile

... great. In less than 2 hours we were arriving in Gare de L'est in Paris.  We were transferred to our hotel the Le Meridien Etoile.  It was right next to the Convention Center. There is Metro stop within one block and Sheila and I went to purchase ...

... . Vanessa, they actually served vegetables! The food was delicious, and not nearly as expensive as I was expecting. My room at the Meridien was still larger than I was used to for Europe, but I did have the two twin beds pushed together. Woke up early ...

... near Notre Dame and Rick led an expedition to a small cafe that is the oldest cafe in Paris, established in 1689, Le Procope.  http://www.procope.com/index.php?lang=en  It's a charming little old building with a waiter who looked and ...

... some pretty bitchy travelers! Our first Parisian meal was at Leon’s Belgian Seafood restaurant, very near the hotel. We ordered Le Grand Salmon which looked like a grilled or baked fillet….but turned out to be le grand smoked salmon. It was ...

... ; As night began to fall, I wanted to see Paris at night and take some pictures of the illuminated Arc de Triomphe Etoile and Eiffel Tower. One of the highlight of this trip is that I love hearing my last name being pronounced correctly.  How ...

Since it has been quite a few years since my first visit to Paris I decided to spend the weekend on my own, exploring and spending my free time seeing what I stumbled on. I chose a pretty central hotel - it was a short walk to L'Arc de Triomph. Check ...

Day Two We slept too well last night, waking finally at 8 am!! We got ready and went down to breakfast. Great coffee and croissants and all the usual buffet items. Since we didn't know when Peggy and Ted would arrive at the hotel, we decided to take a ...

Our goal was to be up early and hit as many highlights as possible.  Well, that strategy failed miserably.  By 10am we were up and ready!  We had purchased our Metro passes the day before, so we just hopped on the Metro to the Cite“ stop. ...