Residence Foch

... was more difficult. The shuttle brought us into town and we trundled our cases the 300m or so to our hotel ("Hotel Residence Foch" http://www.residencefoch.com/uk/navigation.htm ).  We'd been allocated a beautiful room, the only one on ...

... contre la pauvreté pour demain. J'ai la chanson de Luc De Larochellière dans la tête en voyant la statue du Maréchal Foch. Il y une douzaine d'immigrants qui harcèlent les passants avec leurs Tour Eiffel à un euro. Je prends quelques photos puis je ...

Our first stop in Paris.   European ...

Our last day in Paris!  Oh No!  We have definitely enjoyed Paris.  Best bits: -          Beautiful houses, museums, galleries, parks, architecture in general & emphasis on creating ...

- Went back to Musee D'Orsay and this time it was open!  Yay!  Spent a few hours wandering around this time since we weren't rushed like last time. - Jeff got a audio-thingy (that's the technical term) and tried to educate himself a ...

Started the day by going to the Catacombs, where the bones from millions of Parisians were put during the late 1700's and early 1800's. Paris cemeteries were full to overflowing and so many graves were exhumed and the bones moved discreetly at night ...

Forced to get up early as tour picked us up at 8.45am!  Oh no! Went in a little mini-bus with 3 other tourists (a young guy from South Africa, and 2 middle-aged women from USA) to Versailles & Giverny. One of the American women was the ...

- Managed to collect our tickets from an office close by & this time, took about 2 min compared to 3 fruitless hours like the other day - Musee D'Orsay: lots of beautiful paintings though we only got to look at part of one floor ...

- Usual start time, despite good intentions - Tried to pick up tickets for Chamonix only to find we had the wrong credit card!  What a waste of 3 hours! - Only just made it back in time for our tour @ 2pm (literally arrived 10 seconds before ...

- Late start (as usual!) - Canal St Martin for lunch: not sure why LP raves about this place ... maybe we went on the wrong day or missed the main bit? - Went to Sacre Coure and climbed the 328 steps to the top: nice view but lots & ...

Finally we have adjusted and managed a big sleep in.  Only just made it to the breakfast room by 10.30am! Ooops.. but we weren't the last ones... must have been lots of people up late trying to find the Air France shuttle last night...   ...