Paris, France

Paris!!
August 15, 2007 - Paris, France
Our first day in Paris!!! Well, our luck being our luck, it still continued to rain today so unfortunately it ruined the arvo a little…but we still had an awesome day! We started off at the Eiffel Tower….which took us just over 2 hours to get up and down the damn thing, there were some pretty crazy lines for the elevators! It was definitely...
Placed by Niesha in Niesh & Ursh's America and Europe Trip 2007!!!!

Europe Contiki...woohoo
August 14, 2007 - Paris, France
On the road again……sound familiar???? Yes, its back to another contiki tour…and unfortunately, we have a French (yes French…the people we love most in the world) tour guide. She speaks English…but its at like 100 miles an hour! I know I talk fast but gees…I swear this woman doesn’t even take a breath! Its insane! Its hard to...
Placed by Niesha in Niesh & Ursh's America and Europe Trip 2007!!!!

Continental Crossover
June 19, 2007 - Paris, France
I've been learning along the way that things seem to work themselves out somehow, but also that some things are much cheaper when planned in advance. When I left Okehampton I didn't really have any accommodation or transportation booked. Crossing the chunnel was expensive to buy at the last minute (unlike the other forms of transportation I have...
Placed by Hilary in Summer 2007

I love Paris in the springtime
June 16, 2007 - Paris, France
Paris is the subject of so many songs, so many movies and so many books that it's acquired an almost mythical status. It's the city of light, the city of love, the city that makes people's eyes sparkle when you speak its name. It's hard for any city to live up to that kind of reputation, but Paris does. The songs are exactly right. We had...
Placed by Lauren and Henry in Foreign Postings

Tourists in Paradise
April 6, 2007 - Paris, France
"Paradise is seldom recognized as such until it is considered from the outside.” Hermann Hesse Paris, Trocadero. Around 9 AM, the tourist buses fill the streets, letting loose the Italiens, Japanese, Russians and others. I sit down, and watch the scene of incessant photos being taken by the tourists, the Eifel Tower shining in front of...
Placed by Manue in Manue's tales.