Paris Travel Blogs - Page 14

The thing to do in Paris on New Years Eve is to go to an expensive restaurant late (around 9). The restaurant we went to gave us a free bottle of Champagne with our meal. Once we ate our dinner (which cost a whopping 600 Euros) we went out to a bridge over the Seine River.  There was a small v…

My first ever impression of Europe was watching someone be physically dragged into detention at immigration in Charles DeGaulle, screaming and grasping at any thing within reach as he went. This kind of set the tone for my experience in Paris. I hated it. I spent much of the three days there absolu…

On landing around 1 and a half hours late, we got off the flight and collected our bags really quickly although getting through passport control was horrendous - there was one queue but five sub-queues feeding into it! We knew we could get a bus to Disneyland and the main direction board aft…

Needed knowledge: merci (mercy) = thank you pardon (pard - ON) = excuse me billet (be-yay) = ticket simple (samp) = one-way Day 1: Upon arrival, we headed to L'Hotel de Republique.  It had free breakfast of OJ, coffee, breads, free dialup, and tiny rooms.  I don't recommend the…

[Copied straight from my personal blog, so please bear with any strangeness that doesn't make any sense.]As you know (or more likely, didn't know), me and my sister went Eurailing/Backpacking across Western Europe from May 16th - June 15th. It was exhausting and stressful and dirty and everything e…

various places we saw in Paris

I got up early today, around 6 and got ready, my friend was picking me up to take me to the airport. I checked out and my friend arrived like at 7:30. We went to the airport and he dropped me off. I went through security and then I went to the American Airlines Admirals Club lounge, which is in gat…

Paris, Gay I haven´t set foot in Paris for about 24 years.  The last time I was here, I wandered the banks of the Seine with Andrea Banham during a school exchange.  We snogged a bit and she let me feel her boob. Two days later, she got off with some French geezer at a party, leaving me…

paris is on the whole exceptional for landscape beauty,architectural interest and wealth of historical patrimony.paris stands in a class by itself with its magnificent avenues,the cosy café life and its unparalleled arts scene.

This time I didn't get my head stuck.  But leaning this far forward almost made me fall off the Eiffel Tower! Good thing I wasn't up any farther.  That could have been terrible.   The ride past the Arc de Triomphe with my head out of the top of that little black car was fun.&n…

This will only be a short entry, I have the train to Cannes to catch early tomorrow morning and not just that but the hotel computer has an AZERTY keyboard which has sent my typing skills back twenty years. When I first stepped into Paris from the station Gare de Nord, I saw my first sight of Pari…

after 40 hours of flights, delays, layovers, trains, metros, and just plain getting lost, i am in the most romantic city in ze world.... paris is beautiful, but the french can suck my yeah. they are so rude and snobbish, and people keep staring at us. at least they have h&m. still, i have no mo…

First day... We arrived at the Charles De Gaulle Airport in the evening.  Our concern was hurrying up to get to the hotel to settle in and plan for for the next big day in Paris.  A guy approached us and offered taxi service for 100 Euro (yep, he was trying to rip us off).  We event…

Great weather. Great mood. It's July 14th which is French Independence Day. This morning I got up early to see the military parade. The crowds were horrible, but completely worth it. Last night were concerts in the Bastille Square and we attended. My favorite band was from Brazil called Orchest…