Category: Paris

OMG! Alarm didn’t go off and we wake up 50 minutes late and spring to the Metro and make it in time to meet up with our group. We train Read More …

A walking tour day. Saint Chappelle and its beautiful baroque windows, 15 in all, telling stories from the bible through the resurrection and on to the Apocalypse: We walk on, Read More …

Don’t expect the usual posts here. Mostly food porn and the occasional historical structures… Arrival in our little courtyard apartment on the left bank: off immediately to one of the Read More …

What to do? Today is the last hurrah. Nikki and Valerie head out on the subway (running only minimal routes due to disruptions discussed below) to the Rodin museum. I Read More …

Okay, no more getting out around noontime…we lose too much of the day that way. Set an alarm for 7:45, but when it went off,  I asked Valerie was she Read More …

Wellll, off on a new adventure today. Nikki read about some of the cool, ethnic neighborhoods around Paris, so this morning we headed out to find the African area. All Read More …

Happy Birthday to Valerie!! What a glorious day we had. Valerie and Nikki headed over to the arrondissement (parisien district) where the birthday girl planned to indulge in her favorite Read More …

Up fresh and relaxed, the girls rolled out for a little petit dejuner around 10 am (well, we did stay out late last night!). Nikki and Valerie had found a Read More …

We landed safe and sound. Took the shuttle to our hotel, the Henry IV Rive Gauche on the Left Bank and luckily they let us check in right away. To Read More …