Today, all of Paris was a dirt slushie. Gross but glad the snow, sleet and rain (in reverse order) have come to an end and we were able to enjoy a day filled with crisp 30 degree weather and sunshine. We set out on foot for the catacombs, for those who are brave, while the rest of us went shopping along a working class area near the catacombs area.
Catacombs are an interesting arrangement of dead folks bones, in artistic formation well below the city. Of course this experience comes with some fright and screams when being scared by others while walking along for already being tested by fear. It's 45 minutes and dank darkness, surrounded by thousands of dead people while the city above bustles with life. How ironic.
The rest of us got to see the "grocery store" for the people of Paris. We walked a quaint street ith a fromaggerie, boulangerie, Boucharie, patisseries, etc. (cheese, breads, butchers, pastries, etc). It was fun to window shop and imagine what it might be like to live this way and to see the interesting cultural differences. Oh yeah, and all of us in this group will now be signing autographs as we are famous for walking through a movie shoot/set.
We split into smaller groups to enjoy lunch. Some chose to have a "le royale with cheese" at McDonald's, some enojoyed a little pricier cafe and others enjoyed a take away from a boulangerie where you can get sandwiches, quiches and the most beautiful desserts.
Off we went to the Orsay museum to see the largest collection of impressionist (and surrounding movements) works in the world. Dedgas, Monet, Seurat, Courbet, Renoir, Sisley, Cassatt and so many more. This museum is especially wonderful thanks to the new found fame with Americans, thanks to the movie "Hugo" as it was set in this building when it was still the train station during the worlds fair. It was very neat for the kids to get to see the building now, as a museum, and its
ridiculously, famous works of art.
We are pros at all things subway at this point. Ms. Satterwhite also became a pro at navigating the u.s. embassy, today to get a new passport for a student who lost his/hers. A nervous day of problem
solving turned fruitful and by dinner, a new passport was in hand. (thank goodness for the copies ms.
Anderson has been carrying around the whole trip!)
We had a crazy good dinner, completely unexpected as it was not Parisian in any way, but Israeli. We had cous cous served family style, with a hearty vegetable soup ladeled over it and served with roasted chicken. It was so delicious and big servings. It tasted like something all of our grandmother would make...if she were Israeli.
We divided into three groups after dinner, one heading out to the Bresson museum with Satterwhite, for the photography exhibit, another heading with ms. Anderson to the top of the tower of montparnasse to see all of Paris on a clear evening. The rest of us elected to go back to the hotel early for packing up and a good nights sleep, but not before hitting the "monoprix." this is not much larger than a convenient store in Texas but is very much the modern grocery story for the neighborhood we were in. We all filed up on funny snacks and drinks and then headed out again for the hotel, via subway, with mr. Savage as our navigator and ms. Savage as the caboose to the group.
Its hard top believe that tomorrow will be our last full day in Paris. We are fortunate that Disney will allow us to return again for the fun we should have had on Tuesday, but could not get there due to the snow. It should be a fun farewell activity, spending time with Mickey Mouse and friends.
Stay tuned....
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Raise your hand if you love snowy landscapes!!!
Today was supposed to be Disneyland day, but thanks to the blanket of snow burying the city and not stopping all day and late in to the night (as I type), Disney is now on hold until Thursday. The trains we not running out of the city. We should have clear skies our next two days, the sunniest on Thursday, but highs still in the upper thirties and no doubt, slush on the ground.
We walked holding hands, watching every step we made, like walking on glass. I am proud to say we suffered no major injuries and no spills to even speak of. Our guide, Guylaine, was wonderful to help us change directions completely. We split up in to smaller walking groups of 10-12, adults in every group, and made our way to the house of Victor Hugo ((hunchback of Notre dame, les miserables, etc.) as its indoors and free. Kids played in snow, threw snowballs, made snowmen, etc across the city landscape. Unfortunately the folks at Hugo's pad are not so fond of groups. They didt mind twenty people in the house at once, but not if we all knew each other. Odd. As much as we tried not to appear as if we knew each other, unfortunately, not all of the group got to go in, but most. At a point, they just said "Non!" I am pretty sure that Hugo would be appalled at their rudeness. Alas, we took off in our smaller walking groups for Montmartre.
There are few things more beautiful than Paris, but Paris covered in snow from the steps of the Sacre Couer is beyond postcard pretty. We all got to see this today as we ascended and descended (very carefully) the steps of the basillica, and visiting the inside in between. It made an already charming area of town, and infamous "wedding cake" basillica, only that much more charming. I think it is safe to say that we all got our long awaited shopping done while winding the streets of this bohemian village, complete with hot chocolate and crepes rest stops. Our last stop was the restaurant for the night, where we all formed our large group again and enjoyed a frommage tarte, pork chop with cream sauce and mushroom, potatoes au gratin that would make your eyes roll back in your head and a finale of chocolate eclairs. Yum!
Our journey back to the hotel included much more snowing, laugher, music and dancing on the subway and some snowballs flying, past snow angels, before we bid adieu to the winter wonderland that we got to experience today.
Tomorrow we head out a little later than usual, which we all welcome, to the Orday museum to visit the most wonderful collection of impressionist works, along the banks of the Siene, in the old train station of the 1900's worlds fair that the movie "Hugo" was filmed. We will have many more adventures to share tomorrow evening so stay tuned!
Bonsoir.
We walked holding hands, watching every step we made, like walking on glass. I am proud to say we suffered no major injuries and no spills to even speak of. Our guide, Guylaine, was wonderful to help us change directions completely. We split up in to smaller walking groups of 10-12, adults in every group, and made our way to the house of Victor Hugo ((hunchback of Notre dame, les miserables, etc.) as its indoors and free. Kids played in snow, threw snowballs, made snowmen, etc across the city landscape. Unfortunately the folks at Hugo's pad are not so fond of groups. They didt mind twenty people in the house at once, but not if we all knew each other. Odd. As much as we tried not to appear as if we knew each other, unfortunately, not all of the group got to go in, but most. At a point, they just said "Non!" I am pretty sure that Hugo would be appalled at their rudeness. Alas, we took off in our smaller walking groups for Montmartre.
There are few things more beautiful than Paris, but Paris covered in snow from the steps of the Sacre Couer is beyond postcard pretty. We all got to see this today as we ascended and descended (very carefully) the steps of the basillica, and visiting the inside in between. It made an already charming area of town, and infamous "wedding cake" basillica, only that much more charming. I think it is safe to say that we all got our long awaited shopping done while winding the streets of this bohemian village, complete with hot chocolate and crepes rest stops. Our last stop was the restaurant for the night, where we all formed our large group again and enjoyed a frommage tarte, pork chop with cream sauce and mushroom, potatoes au gratin that would make your eyes roll back in your head and a finale of chocolate eclairs. Yum!
Our journey back to the hotel included much more snowing, laugher, music and dancing on the subway and some snowballs flying, past snow angels, before we bid adieu to the winter wonderland that we got to experience today.
Tomorrow we head out a little later than usual, which we all welcome, to the Orday museum to visit the most wonderful collection of impressionist works, along the banks of the Siene, in the old train station of the 1900's worlds fair that the movie "Hugo" was filmed. We will have many more adventures to share tomorrow evening so stay tuned!
Bonsoir.
Monday, March 11, 2013
"Remember the time in Paris when....?"
You know it's a good day when know you will have a story that starts this way, well off in to your future... So today was a big day. We spent time at the Louvre, criss crossing the historic palace to be sure we at least saw the Mona Lisa, the winged somathrace, perhaps napolean's apartment, the raft of medusa, Venus de milo and so much more.
Our group is making big memories but also have feet that hurt as bad as our experiences are awesome. After walking the Louvre and up and down the metro station and walking on the street, Guylaine made sure we had a true Parisian experience by experiencing European sipping hot chocolate at the Angelina, which is as upscale as it looked $$$, but worth it. This is the place that royals and the jet set come with their families to have pastries that look like sculptures and no doubt the amazing hot chocolate. Each cup was $10 each but oh so worth it as we truly got an experience, in addition to our amazing hot chocolate.
The weather is 33-39 the rest of this week and today it was also rainy. We walked through Paris to go to the Fragonard perfumery to see what this French perfume business is all about. As it turns out, we learned a lot about what you are paying for in a perfume bottle and of course, this is why and how the French are still cornerning the market on fine perfumes. I am sure that some of us will need a part time job to pay off our perfume debts.
After the perfume museum we navigated Paris again, through the nasty weather and had dinner. It was good, even though some of the kids didt like it.
Steak, French fries salad and chocolate tarte! Yum!
Our last stop for the day was the Eiffel tower. It was sleeting really steady by the time we got there and stress/fatigue and the elements were setting in. Good news! The eiffel is still open but not the top floor as its frozen, per the guide. So off to the second platform. Its freezing, sleeting, miserably cold and most of us have wet feet. This is where the "so remember the time we got to the eiffel and it was still open but it was crazy, freezing, sleeting? Comes in. It was all of that and more, especially but the time we came down. We had just enough adults to get just enough cabs to get us all back, kids with adults, top the hotel without walking a single minute after hopping off the monument. Thank goodness!! Tomorrow is the "house of Mickey mouse" as Guylaine calls it. Here is the bummer..lt is a 90% chance of snow...stay tuned!!
Our group is making big memories but also have feet that hurt as bad as our experiences are awesome. After walking the Louvre and up and down the metro station and walking on the street, Guylaine made sure we had a true Parisian experience by experiencing European sipping hot chocolate at the Angelina, which is as upscale as it looked $$$, but worth it. This is the place that royals and the jet set come with their families to have pastries that look like sculptures and no doubt the amazing hot chocolate. Each cup was $10 each but oh so worth it as we truly got an experience, in addition to our amazing hot chocolate.
The weather is 33-39 the rest of this week and today it was also rainy. We walked through Paris to go to the Fragonard perfumery to see what this French perfume business is all about. As it turns out, we learned a lot about what you are paying for in a perfume bottle and of course, this is why and how the French are still cornerning the market on fine perfumes. I am sure that some of us will need a part time job to pay off our perfume debts.
After the perfume museum we navigated Paris again, through the nasty weather and had dinner. It was good, even though some of the kids didt like it.
Steak, French fries salad and chocolate tarte! Yum!
Our last stop for the day was the Eiffel tower. It was sleeting really steady by the time we got there and stress/fatigue and the elements were setting in. Good news! The eiffel is still open but not the top floor as its frozen, per the guide. So off to the second platform. Its freezing, sleeting, miserably cold and most of us have wet feet. This is where the "so remember the time we got to the eiffel and it was still open but it was crazy, freezing, sleeting? Comes in. It was all of that and more, especially but the time we came down. We had just enough adults to get just enough cabs to get us all back, kids with adults, top the hotel without walking a single minute after hopping off the monument. Thank goodness!! Tomorrow is the "house of Mickey mouse" as Guylaine calls it. Here is the bummer..lt is a 90% chance of snow...stay tuned!!
Sunday, March 10, 2013
Ooo la la what a tre bien kind of day!
If yesterday we were the "Fumble Bumbles"then today was we were like buttah!! We had a wonderful breakfast at our hotel. Buffet of croissants, crepes, nutella, jams, ham, cheeses, yogurts, homemade applesauce, coffee, chocolate, juices and much more.
We hopped aboard our chariot (okay, it was really just a big bus) and got a nice ride through some of the best parts of the city, along the Siene river, down the Champs Élysées, and more, on our way to Versailles.
Versailles is a bit out of town so it was nice to have a leisurely sit, looking out the window top the countryside of Paris, en route. We arrived at noon and our appt to enter began at 1pm, so this gave us time to grab a bit of lunch at a local brasserie that included escargot, soups, sandwiches, savory crepes, croque Monsieur (this is what a grilled cheese sandwich wishes it would be. Two pieces of bread with ham in the middle, along with bechamel sauce as a condiment and anotqher layer onq top, with some light cheese and then toasted. )
We split in to two groups to navigate the interior of Versailles and the miles and miles of gardens. Oh wonderful local guide, Alain, took both groups through the hot spots in the palace, including the hall of mirrors, king and the queens bedrooms, the second story of the chapel where kind louis and Marie Antoinette were married, the various meeting rooms and much more. After trading with the other group, it was of to the gardens. Some of us paid the bucks to rent a golf cart to see a lot of gardens a little quicker and others chose to walk and see less but more in depth. So much to see and try to imagine being a child growing up in such a place.
When we left Versailles, we headed back to town and got off of the bus on the Champs for some fun window shopping chocolatiers, climb to the top of the arc de triumphe, before meeting all together n a square with some street performers, doing some break dancing.
After navigating the metro like pros today, we hopped back on to get to the area of town where dinner is served! dinner tonight was at Chez Papas and was a much improved version of "student friendly food" from previous tours. We had a frommage tarte, followed by a plate of backed, boneless chicken with alight gravy and mushrooms, French green eans and rice we followed that withi a slice of apple tarte. There were a lot of "happy a plates" tonight!
We braved the crisp, cold, night air to ride the river tour along the Siene. Tis was the perfect way to end the long day, sitting and laughing its friends and enjoying the new perspective of this bustling city.
We are all tucked soundly in to bed, with visions of grandeur dancing in our heads. It was a remarkable day and end for the others to live up to. W are off to the Louvre tomorrow and eventually the Eiffel tower tour! The big excitement for tonight is heading out tomorrow in the correct attire because it is supposed to snow!!
With a month of Sundays packed in to one day, it's adios for now!!
Alas, we work our way, back to the metro for some quick moving throughout town, imcluding the oooohhs and ahhhhs on our way past the eiffel for the first time and certainly the first tie that the griuo has seen itstart to sparkle as it does every hour at night. on our way to the Siene river boat tour, before a really stress free walk home.
We hopped aboard our chariot (okay, it was really just a big bus) and got a nice ride through some of the best parts of the city, along the Siene river, down the Champs Élysées, and more, on our way to Versailles.
Versailles is a bit out of town so it was nice to have a leisurely sit, looking out the window top the countryside of Paris, en route. We arrived at noon and our appt to enter began at 1pm, so this gave us time to grab a bit of lunch at a local brasserie that included escargot, soups, sandwiches, savory crepes, croque Monsieur (this is what a grilled cheese sandwich wishes it would be. Two pieces of bread with ham in the middle, along with bechamel sauce as a condiment and anotqher layer onq top, with some light cheese and then toasted. )
We split in to two groups to navigate the interior of Versailles and the miles and miles of gardens. Oh wonderful local guide, Alain, took both groups through the hot spots in the palace, including the hall of mirrors, king and the queens bedrooms, the second story of the chapel where kind louis and Marie Antoinette were married, the various meeting rooms and much more. After trading with the other group, it was of to the gardens. Some of us paid the bucks to rent a golf cart to see a lot of gardens a little quicker and others chose to walk and see less but more in depth. So much to see and try to imagine being a child growing up in such a place.
When we left Versailles, we headed back to town and got off of the bus on the Champs for some fun window shopping chocolatiers, climb to the top of the arc de triumphe, before meeting all together n a square with some street performers, doing some break dancing.
After navigating the metro like pros today, we hopped back on to get to the area of town where dinner is served! dinner tonight was at Chez Papas and was a much improved version of "student friendly food" from previous tours. We had a frommage tarte, followed by a plate of backed, boneless chicken with alight gravy and mushrooms, French green eans and rice we followed that withi a slice of apple tarte. There were a lot of "happy a plates" tonight!
We braved the crisp, cold, night air to ride the river tour along the Siene. Tis was the perfect way to end the long day, sitting and laughing its friends and enjoying the new perspective of this bustling city.
We are all tucked soundly in to bed, with visions of grandeur dancing in our heads. It was a remarkable day and end for the others to live up to. W are off to the Louvre tomorrow and eventually the Eiffel tower tour! The big excitement for tonight is heading out tomorrow in the correct attire because it is supposed to snow!!
With a month of Sundays packed in to one day, it's adios for now!!
Alas, we work our way, back to the metro for some quick moving throughout town, imcluding the oooohhs and ahhhhs on our way past the eiffel for the first time and certainly the first tie that the griuo has seen itstart to sparkle as it does every hour at night. on our way to the Siene river boat tour, before a really stress free walk home.
Saturday, March 9, 2013
Holy smokes....We made it!!
If our group had to be assigned a name today, it would be "the fumble bumbles." Then bus from MHS had a visible gas leak, discovered 3/4 of the way to IAH, thanks to a frantic passenger in another car screaming out of her window to the bus driver. Thank goodness arrival at the airport was safe and we sure hope coach made it home okay
With plenty of time to spare a the gate in Houston, we got the scattered seats and worked to reseat everyone so families and friends could share the long flight. As it turned out, about half of our boarding passes also had return seats printed on them and without knowing it, we were working with the wrong seats. It's safe to say the Americans irritated the French before we ever got off of the ground as the air France crew were unhappy that there was seat confusion and ended up making us sit in our original seats or wherever there were empty seats. The upside to this is that they dragged some standing teenagers to the business class for the long flight.
We met our dear friend, Guylaine (Ed tour guide), at the luggage claim exit and were on our way to the hotel. The hotel did not have our rooms ready so we dropped all luggage in one locking room, had a safety meeting/reminders and headed out for our first subway journey. Luckily on the weekends, the metro is not crowded because businesses are closed. It was a nice way to show ayeveryone how to (quick quick quick) navigate the busy subway. At this juncture of our day, we looked like a poetic ballet. The kids and grown ups did really well getting on and off, simultaneously.
Our first stop was at the St. Chapelle, which was perfect for today as is a small 13th century cathedral built by order of one of the "Louie's" to receive some of the relics of the Passion of the Christ, most noteworthy the crown of thorns.
We did this in two reservation groups and the group not touring got to walk to some side streets to get some take away pizza, gyros or paninis and also duck in and out of little shops on our way back to the Notre Dame Cathedral. Our whole group came together to meet at the end of the cathedral front lawn
and our tour guide was waiting for us at the front of the front lawn. Once we connected about 10
minutes later, we were able to file in and see the cathedral's interior which is extra exciting right now
because of the 850 year birthday of the structure.
We walked to the garden area where we watched some little french kids hold bird seed and feed the birds from their hand for the crowds, before walking/subwaying, back to the area where we had our dinner. Tonight was "tarte flambé" night which is a French form of pizza. Very tthin, crispy crust like a crepe, which bechamel sauce and then ham or hamburger, veggies, etc. or even apples or shaved chocolate, for a dessert.
After fumbling with key cards for rooms, figuring out how to get the electricity to work in the rooms (have to leave the room key in a special slot when in the room), moving some kids to double twin bed rooms instead of single, double bed rooms, we decided to walk to a corner store to get some inexpensive waters, sodas for the rooms.
In keeping with the day, after the 5 minute walk, we discover that the grocery store we were sent to by the front desk, has been permanently closed down. This is our sign that though we have seen wonderful things today, we are exhausted and time to close the door on day 1.
Tomorrow we journey by bus through the city and then out to Versailles where we will tour the country home and gardens (palatial is an understatement) and then back in to the city for some fun, dinner and then to the tip top of the Eiffel!!
For those of you who have followed our travel blogs before, you will appreciate that Mrs. Savage is not having to work any front desk and is in fact able to update the blog from wifi connection in her room, on her own iPad. Ahhhhh...its the little things.
Bonsoir!!
With plenty of time to spare a the gate in Houston, we got the scattered seats and worked to reseat everyone so families and friends could share the long flight. As it turned out, about half of our boarding passes also had return seats printed on them and without knowing it, we were working with the wrong seats. It's safe to say the Americans irritated the French before we ever got off of the ground as the air France crew were unhappy that there was seat confusion and ended up making us sit in our original seats or wherever there were empty seats. The upside to this is that they dragged some standing teenagers to the business class for the long flight.
We met our dear friend, Guylaine (Ed tour guide), at the luggage claim exit and were on our way to the hotel. The hotel did not have our rooms ready so we dropped all luggage in one locking room, had a safety meeting/reminders and headed out for our first subway journey. Luckily on the weekends, the metro is not crowded because businesses are closed. It was a nice way to show ayeveryone how to (quick quick quick) navigate the busy subway. At this juncture of our day, we looked like a poetic ballet. The kids and grown ups did really well getting on and off, simultaneously.
Our first stop was at the St. Chapelle, which was perfect for today as is a small 13th century cathedral built by order of one of the "Louie's" to receive some of the relics of the Passion of the Christ, most noteworthy the crown of thorns.
We did this in two reservation groups and the group not touring got to walk to some side streets to get some take away pizza, gyros or paninis and also duck in and out of little shops on our way back to the Notre Dame Cathedral. Our whole group came together to meet at the end of the cathedral front lawn
and our tour guide was waiting for us at the front of the front lawn. Once we connected about 10
minutes later, we were able to file in and see the cathedral's interior which is extra exciting right now
because of the 850 year birthday of the structure.
We walked to the garden area where we watched some little french kids hold bird seed and feed the birds from their hand for the crowds, before walking/subwaying, back to the area where we had our dinner. Tonight was "tarte flambé" night which is a French form of pizza. Very tthin, crispy crust like a crepe, which bechamel sauce and then ham or hamburger, veggies, etc. or even apples or shaved chocolate, for a dessert.
After fumbling with key cards for rooms, figuring out how to get the electricity to work in the rooms (have to leave the room key in a special slot when in the room), moving some kids to double twin bed rooms instead of single, double bed rooms, we decided to walk to a corner store to get some inexpensive waters, sodas for the rooms.
In keeping with the day, after the 5 minute walk, we discover that the grocery store we were sent to by the front desk, has been permanently closed down. This is our sign that though we have seen wonderful things today, we are exhausted and time to close the door on day 1.
Tomorrow we journey by bus through the city and then out to Versailles where we will tour the country home and gardens (palatial is an understatement) and then back in to the city for some fun, dinner and then to the tip top of the Eiffel!!
For those of you who have followed our travel blogs before, you will appreciate that Mrs. Savage is not having to work any front desk and is in fact able to update the blog from wifi connection in her room, on her own iPad. Ahhhhh...its the little things.
Bonsoir!!
Friday, March 8, 2013
And We're off....
For those of you riding the bus from MHS, you are already set, thinking about crepes, Eiffel and Bonjour's, etc.
For those of you arriving at the airport individually, remember that we are on Air France in the international terminal of intercontinental. We cannot go through the gates until our whole group arrives so don't be late. The Savage's will be there by 12:45 to receive everyone closer to 1pm and be the reassuring greeters.
Parents, you will not hear from your little darlings for a good long while. I'll be updating the blog but not until Saturday night (Paris time) because we will arrive at the hotel, drop our bags in one locked room and walk right back out of the hotel to enjoy our first full day in Paris. It's unlikely that you'll hear from your kids until we are back at the hotel that evening. Don't fret! We will be busy having fun! If you wish to be certain the flight has arrived just fine, you can always check Air France with our flight number to verify our arrival.
Until Saturday evening, Paris time, I bid you and the blog Adieu!
For those of you arriving at the airport individually, remember that we are on Air France in the international terminal of intercontinental. We cannot go through the gates until our whole group arrives so don't be late. The Savage's will be there by 12:45 to receive everyone closer to 1pm and be the reassuring greeters.
Parents, you will not hear from your little darlings for a good long while. I'll be updating the blog but not until Saturday night (Paris time) because we will arrive at the hotel, drop our bags in one locked room and walk right back out of the hotel to enjoy our first full day in Paris. It's unlikely that you'll hear from your kids until we are back at the hotel that evening. Don't fret! We will be busy having fun! If you wish to be certain the flight has arrived just fine, you can always check Air France with our flight number to verify our arrival.
Until Saturday evening, Paris time, I bid you and the blog Adieu!
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Quick Itinerary, SNOW, last minute answers.
Hey gang!
Quick glance at our AWESOME itinerary! Note these are just the big highlights... as we stroll the streets we will have impromptu moments of discovery, shopping and general tourism!
It looks like it may snow on Thursday, make sure to pack a few pairs of socks extra and have a big coat. The week gets colder as it goes on, so packing the coat may be a good idea.
Remember that you do not need to pack towels, blankets etc. The hotel/ airplane has these for you.
Any packing or trip questions please email me.. vlee@alvinisd.net
Heres our week! Please check out the links!
Saturday:
We get off the plane, drop off our luggage and head to the Latin Quarter. Visit St. Chappelle. (this is 5€)
http://sainte-chapelle.monuments-nationaux.fr/en/
Eat at a cafe. Stroll the streets and then have an early dinner. If we feel up to it we may stroll the Champs Elysees. :)
Sunday:
Versailles! Bus ride to and from and a bus tour showing off the city. Dinner in Montmartre, possibly the Sacre Coer and that night we take our Seine Boat Tour!
http://en.chateauversailles.fr/homepage
Monday:
Louvre, perfume museum, stroll in the Opera Garnier area, dinner then.... UP, UP ,UP to the top of the Eiffel Tower!
http://www.louvre.fr/en its a good idea to plan your Louvre visit, no one can see everything it has to offer. The ground and amount of artwork is staggering!
Tuesday!
DISNEY. Late Dinner, then maybe the Montparnasse tower?
Wednesday:
Orsay Museum, lunch and afternoon in Montmarte (artists, shops, lovely area), dinner then Cartier Bresson museum!
http://www.musee-orsay.fr/en/home.html
http://www.henricartierbresson.org/
Thursday:
Our last day, we start out all together at the Flea Market! lunch there then we split up to visit in small groups the pompidou, old chocolate shop, catacombs etc.
Farewell dinner. :(
http://www.centrepompidou.fr/
http://www.catacombes-de-paris.fr/english.htm
http://www.lameredefamille.com/#/home/
Friday-- on the bus to airport at 6:30. :(
Quick glance at our AWESOME itinerary! Note these are just the big highlights... as we stroll the streets we will have impromptu moments of discovery, shopping and general tourism!
It looks like it may snow on Thursday, make sure to pack a few pairs of socks extra and have a big coat. The week gets colder as it goes on, so packing the coat may be a good idea.
Remember that you do not need to pack towels, blankets etc. The hotel/ airplane has these for you.
Any packing or trip questions please email me.. vlee@alvinisd.net
Heres our week! Please check out the links!
Saturday:
We get off the plane, drop off our luggage and head to the Latin Quarter. Visit St. Chappelle. (this is 5€)
http://sainte-chapelle.monuments-nationaux.fr/en/
Eat at a cafe. Stroll the streets and then have an early dinner. If we feel up to it we may stroll the Champs Elysees. :)
Sunday:
Versailles! Bus ride to and from and a bus tour showing off the city. Dinner in Montmartre, possibly the Sacre Coer and that night we take our Seine Boat Tour!
http://en.chateauversailles.fr/homepage
Monday:
Louvre, perfume museum, stroll in the Opera Garnier area, dinner then.... UP, UP ,UP to the top of the Eiffel Tower!
http://www.louvre.fr/en its a good idea to plan your Louvre visit, no one can see everything it has to offer. The ground and amount of artwork is staggering!
Tuesday!
DISNEY. Late Dinner, then maybe the Montparnasse tower?
Wednesday:
Orsay Museum, lunch and afternoon in Montmarte (artists, shops, lovely area), dinner then Cartier Bresson museum!
http://www.musee-orsay.fr/en/home.html
http://www.henricartierbresson.org/
Thursday:
Our last day, we start out all together at the Flea Market! lunch there then we split up to visit in small groups the pompidou, old chocolate shop, catacombs etc.
Farewell dinner. :(
http://www.centrepompidou.fr/
http://www.catacombes-de-paris.fr/english.htm
http://www.lameredefamille.com/#/home/
Friday-- on the bus to airport at 6:30. :(
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