[Idyllchat] 5 days in Paris

[Bill Kover]

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  From: Bill Kover 
  To: alan rudolph 
  Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 4:59 PM
  Subject: Re: [Idyllchat] 5 days in Paris



    The last time my wife and I were in Paris was 1973.  It was part of a two week freelance tour (London, Vienna, Rome and Paris).  Once you got there, you were on your own to see the sights.  We had only three days for Paris at the end of the trip.  Needless to say those three days were rush, rush, rush to see the major sites.  We were in our mid twenties at the time.  On the last day in Paris, Eleanor was so tired she just wanted to stay at our hotel and rest.  I pushed her into seeing the Eiffel Tower and Napoleon's Tomb.  At the time, I told her that this may be the one and only time we ever see Paris.  

    This Spring we are returning to Paris on an Untour.  I had planned for two weeks.  But it soon became evident that two weeks isn't enough.  We squeezed every penny we had to make a one month stay a possibility.  I have been studying Paris now for over a year, and have been trying to learn some French phrases.  Now we can look forward to spending time in Paris at an easy-going slow pace.  If we get tired, we will spend the rest of the day sipping wine at a cafe watching people go by.  Instead of rushing to the Louvre to see the most famous works of art, we can return again and again and truly enjoy the experience.  We learned from our one month Swiss Heartland Untour that staying in one place for long periods with day trips to some outlying sites is much less stressful.

    My advice:  Spend the 5 days in Paris. 

    Bill Kover
    Piscataway, New Jersey

    ---- Original Message ----- 
      From: alan rudolph 
      To: Untours 
      Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 4:29 PM
      Subject: [Idyllchat] 5 days in Paris


      My friends and I are planning a trip to Provence this Sept.  We are going to start off with 5 days in Paris first.  We don't want to miss a thing but we don't want to overplan either.  We are thinking of staying on the Left Bank.  A day for the Louvre and a day at Versailles and a day for shopping I think are givens.  Would a side trip to Normandy be possible?  How about a trip to the champagne country?  Anyone know of a "not so expensive'' hotel on the Left Bank?

      Donna
      MI


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