Dec 16-18 Tues-Thursday
PARIS
Accom: Paris Hotel de la Tour Eiffel//Hotels.com 800782642839
Travel By: Train from London to Paris Via Chunnel
To: Hotel
Directions: Train Station info attached to packet
Must See
ROB: Ideas
Wish List:Eiffel Tower//hop on hop off bus to the Louvre
- Cathedral Notre Dame
- Arc de Triomphe/ Eiffel Tower/ Champs-Elysee
- Bastille Sq
- LOCK BRIDGE
Short Coffee today in London, at the pet (kinda like a Starbucks)...I have to get back to the room and wake everyone...get robs bag mailed back to the states and get ready for our high speed train to PARIS! Forecast calls for drizzly weather and fog. Weather in London has been fabulous....sunny but cold...which has allowed us to really see the sites. Robs double exposure shot of Big Ben (below) and shots from the EYE too...(to come) a 443 foot ferris wheel just across the bridge from Big Ben...
Tonight....PARIS and the Eiffel!....
So..high speed trains are cool. Cruising at nearly 200 mph.
I walked around paris early this morning...in the rain looking for a cool place to sit and have a mocha and french pasterie....there are lots of great places to have pasteries but not a non fat mocha....came back to the hotel with neither...hoping my family gets up soon to join me in the lobby so i can go get my fix...hopefully soon.
As i was walking around by myself in the early morning hours...I noticed tabac stores open early, meat and cheese shops open early...bulangeries are open...people rushing off to work...kids off to school...a work day for them...for me its off to see the louvre and other sites of paris...i hope the rain will stop so we can enjoy a nice day to walk around the squares...if not...more time in the museums...we have been spoiled the first part of our vacation with fantastic weather!
summarizing yesterday: Got into Paris Eurostar station....huge place...very busy...have video of the comotion going through the station with robs body bag!
watch video here
He is traveling with about 1/2 his luggage from winchester...we mailed the other half yesterday...his bag still weighs in at about 50 lbs. they really don't like using elevators here...which is why most french people are so skinny...they can easily consume 8,000 calories a day with their rich saucy dishes, bagettes and brie...they walk or bike everywhere! They must laugh every time they see us fat americans.... We finally got to our accommodations...a one bedroom...with 4 beds that barely fit in the room...i have a picture that shows how big our room is...i can almost open my arms and hit the room wall to wall wide....made for tiny french people obviously. bed was comfy so okay. we then set upon our search for the Eiffle tower....found that the eiffel is about 2 blocks away from our place...ate at a nice french restaurant just meters from the tower. W3e enjoyed french cheeses and meets and beer...beck and Rachel shared a cheese sandwich and white wine... rob and Rachel were not fans of the pate....rob and rach like brie....not me. then it was off to the Eiffle...impressive...tiring to walk up the 8 to 10 flights up to the first observation platform . while there we roamed around gift shops...beck and i shared some champagne celebrating our 25 years married...enjoyed watching the kids ice skate was fun too! we hung around and watched a very cool video presentation and then stand in a cue for about an hour for our descent to the ground level...we walked back towards our hotel...everyone was hungry so we stopped and had pizza....and shared a baked Alaska...they called it something else like merenge? then off to our hotel....we got caught up on our face book pages...uploaded pictures from the day...enjoyed more champagne and crashed around 1130pm.
watch video here
He is traveling with about 1/2 his luggage from winchester...we mailed the other half yesterday...his bag still weighs in at about 50 lbs. they really don't like using elevators here...which is why most french people are so skinny...they can easily consume 8,000 calories a day with their rich saucy dishes, bagettes and brie...they walk or bike everywhere! They must laugh every time they see us fat americans.... We finally got to our accommodations...a one bedroom...with 4 beds that barely fit in the room...i have a picture that shows how big our room is...i can almost open my arms and hit the room wall to wall wide....made for tiny french people obviously. bed was comfy so okay. we then set upon our search for the Eiffle tower....found that the eiffel is about 2 blocks away from our place...ate at a nice french restaurant just meters from the tower. W3e enjoyed french cheeses and meets and beer...beck and Rachel shared a cheese sandwich and white wine... rob and Rachel were not fans of the pate....rob and rach like brie....not me. then it was off to the Eiffle...impressive...tiring to walk up the 8 to 10 flights up to the first observation platform . while there we roamed around gift shops...beck and i shared some champagne celebrating our 25 years married...enjoyed watching the kids ice skate was fun too! we hung around and watched a very cool video presentation and then stand in a cue for about an hour for our descent to the ground level...we walked back towards our hotel...everyone was hungry so we stopped and had pizza....and shared a baked Alaska...they called it something else like merenge? then off to our hotel....we got caught up on our face book pages...uploaded pictures from the day...enjoyed more champagne and crashed around 1130pm.
Awesome...but rainy day , touring around Paris in a double decker tour bus. Got to see site of Paris...then on to the louvre. What an amazingly huge place! Filled with ancient artifacts...dating back to way back BC! I enjoyed seeing the statues the best...Can't wait to see them in Rome and Italy along with the parthenon! Got to visit notre dame and go inside...robbie and i are amazed that you can take video and pictures in there...you just cant talk!
Rachel was tired and not feeling well...she went back to the room and mom, rob and i went to an awesome dinner...I had steak...rob...blue cheese pasta and mom had chicken.....beer and wine weren't bad either. We stopped off at a craperie...got a nutella crepe for rachel...mom ate some too...
Rachel was tired and not feeling well...she went back to the room and mom, rob and i went to an awesome dinner...I had steak...rob...blue cheese pasta and mom had chicken.....beer and wine weren't bad either. We stopped off at a craperie...got a nutella crepe for rachel...mom ate some too...
Leaving Paris was interesting....we went to the wrong airport! went to Orly...Had to take another taxi to Charles d ga where our flight will leave...maybe without us...at 1230pm..i will keep you in suspence for now.
GREAT taxi driver....only spoke two things in english....Las Vegas and no no no speed....he knew the route well and swerved in and out of traffic well...got us to the terminal....easy check in....had to check robs body bag for 35 euro....got on the flight and got to Venice safely. Whew...that was close!
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