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St. Martin Canal, St. Germain & St. Sulpice
On Tuesday, we started off at Canal St. Martin. My mom said, “There’s not too much action going on,” but that’s probably because we went to early in the day for much to be going on. That, and the fact … Continue reading
Putzing around Paris
…as my mom would say. Our first destination for the day was the old opera house. But that didn’t stop us from getting distracted by some shopping on Rue de Rivoli and at Desigual. But eventually, we finally made it … Continue reading
A cold & gloomy day in Paris
Our second day out, it was pretty cold and gloomy (again). My mom and I started walking towards the Seine River and detoured towards Place des Vosges. But first, a second detour for coffee and croissants. Place des Vosges was … Continue reading
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Tagged cafe du temple paris, paris, paris churches, paris latin quarter, paris le marais, place des vosges, saint severin church
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Montmartre has my heart!
Our first full day in Paris, we tackled Montmartre and Sacre Coeur. I didn’t get to explore this area at all my first time in Paris, and we easily spent an entire day in the neighborhood. Montmartre is how I imagined … Continue reading
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Tagged cimetiere de montmartre, montmartre paris, moulin gallette, paris cemetery, sacre coeur
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Lasting impressions: Paris
Je’taime Paris! (That means I love Paris, right?) I don’t know if it was the novelty of being in a country for the first time, or this being our first stop that truly felt like Europe, but I loved Paris. Its historic … Continue reading
Hotel review: Au-Royal Cardinal
Our hotel room in Paris was pretty nice – even bigger than the one in London. No nightmares so far like the tiny box Adrian and I had in Barcelona. The Au-Royal Cardinal offered us a really nice, clean room, … Continue reading
Au Revoir Paris!
Our last day in Paris, it rained all morning, so we took advantage of that to sleep in until the crack of noon. When we finally rolled out of bed, we headed to Ile St. Louis and the Champs Elysee … Continue reading
My French vocabulary
I came into Paris with extremely limited knowledge of the French language, and I pretty much left the same way, with the exception of having picked up a couple additional words. Here’s the extent of my French vocabulary – it … Continue reading
Parading around in Paris
After a day full of sight-seeing, we decided to do even more sight-seeing! Our last swipe on our two-day Museum Pass was the Arc de Triomphe. Yay, more stairs! Although, relatively speaking, it wasn’t too bad of a climb. However, … Continue reading
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Tagged arc de triomphe, champs elysee, ile de la cite, ile st. louis, louis vuitton paris, notre dame at night, rick steves
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Paris, day 3: Museum Pass fail
The second and last day of our Museum Pass, we planned to take full advantage of it, but weren’t quite that productive. We started off visiting the Notre Dame Cathedral, which was very beautiful. But it was also crammed with tourists taking … Continue reading
