Paris!!!
Wow, we finally got a chance to stop by at an internet cafe... We've been busy! :-)
We got into town Wednesday at the Gare de Lyon train station and it was only 2 metros to our hotel. The hotel is called something like Hotel de Hauts de Passy. It doesn't have a lot of stars, but it on a quiet, pedestrian only street just a few blocks from the river, in an area due east of the Eiffel Tower and across the river. Very nice area! The street is lined with little specialty shops for just about everything we could possibly want. I'm really happy with the place.
So, Wednesday evening we just walked around the area around the tower and then caught the Botabus (water bus). We road that up the river than got off at the Notre Dame and took a few pictures. Later that evening, we road the botabus after dark for some great Paris city light views. Very nice!
Thusrday we did the Musee D'Orsy, which has a rather large collection of great impressionist paintings. The Van Gogh and Monets were especially great. But, one down note is the the Musee D'orangerie is apparently closed for renovations. Oh well.
Yesterday we took a train down to Giverny to see where Monet lived and painted his famous water lillies. I have too say that although the gardens are wonderful, it was a lot of time consuming work to ride both the train and wait and ride the shuttle bus (we had to wait an hour at the train station for the bus to come take us to the gardens). I'm glad we saw the gardens, which are beautiful, but I'd have a hard time recommending the trip to someone else.
Today we went to Fontainbleau (sp). This is an impressive fortress palace south of Paris. It was the home to several French kings through out the 14th and 15th centuries, but is probably best known as the home of Napolean I during is reign. It is huge! I think it may be a lot larger than Versalle. But, it has been neglected over the years and only part of it has been restored and is open for viewing. In all, it only took half a day to get down there and see it and get back. It was worth it. We took a lot of really great pictures both inside and out.
So, today is our last day in Paris. Tomorrow it is off to Amsterdam! Yippee! I can hardly wait! We may or maynot be able to get on the internet while in Amsterdam. So, this maybe our last entry until we get home. One of us will at least log our return and then we will start posting all the pictures! :-)
Until then...
We got into town Wednesday at the Gare de Lyon train station and it was only 2 metros to our hotel. The hotel is called something like Hotel de Hauts de Passy. It doesn't have a lot of stars, but it on a quiet, pedestrian only street just a few blocks from the river, in an area due east of the Eiffel Tower and across the river. Very nice area! The street is lined with little specialty shops for just about everything we could possibly want. I'm really happy with the place.
So, Wednesday evening we just walked around the area around the tower and then caught the Botabus (water bus). We road that up the river than got off at the Notre Dame and took a few pictures. Later that evening, we road the botabus after dark for some great Paris city light views. Very nice!
Thusrday we did the Musee D'Orsy, which has a rather large collection of great impressionist paintings. The Van Gogh and Monets were especially great. But, one down note is the the Musee D'orangerie is apparently closed for renovations. Oh well.
Yesterday we took a train down to Giverny to see where Monet lived and painted his famous water lillies. I have too say that although the gardens are wonderful, it was a lot of time consuming work to ride both the train and wait and ride the shuttle bus (we had to wait an hour at the train station for the bus to come take us to the gardens). I'm glad we saw the gardens, which are beautiful, but I'd have a hard time recommending the trip to someone else.
Today we went to Fontainbleau (sp). This is an impressive fortress palace south of Paris. It was the home to several French kings through out the 14th and 15th centuries, but is probably best known as the home of Napolean I during is reign. It is huge! I think it may be a lot larger than Versalle. But, it has been neglected over the years and only part of it has been restored and is open for viewing. In all, it only took half a day to get down there and see it and get back. It was worth it. We took a lot of really great pictures both inside and out.
So, today is our last day in Paris. Tomorrow it is off to Amsterdam! Yippee! I can hardly wait! We may or maynot be able to get on the internet while in Amsterdam. So, this maybe our last entry until we get home. One of us will at least log our return and then we will start posting all the pictures! :-)
Until then...
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