{"id":1498,"date":"2009-09-30T09:19:51","date_gmt":"2009-09-30T15:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/?p=1498"},"modified":"2009-10-01T18:16:21","modified_gmt":"2009-10-02T00:16:21","slug":"day-trip-to-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/?p=1498","title":{"rendered":"Day trip to Paris"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br class=\"spacer_\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We rode the Eurostar from London to Paris, which takes a little over two hours. This gave us about 7 hours in Paris and we did a whirlwind tour recommended by my personal French teacher, Michele Cassavante! (Seriously, she met the challenge of 7 hours in Paris for two rather aging tourists.)<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1499\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2800.JPG\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1499\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1499\" title=\"IMG_2800\" src=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2800-625x468.jpg\" alt=\"Paris! \" width=\"625\" height=\"468\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2800-625x468.jpg 625w, http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2800-150x112.jpg 150w, http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2800-450x337.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1499\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paris! <\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1500\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2808.JPG\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1500\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1500\" title=\"IMG_2808\" src=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2808-625x468.jpg\" alt=\"Our taxi guide insisted she snap our tourist photo at the Arch de Triomphe\" width=\"625\" height=\"468\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2808-625x468.jpg 625w, http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2808-150x112.jpg 150w, http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2808-450x337.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1500\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Our taxi guide insisted she snap our tourist photo at the Arch de Triomphe<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1501\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2809.JPG\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1501\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1501\" title=\"IMG_2809\" src=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2809-625x833.jpg\" alt=\"Here is our enthusiastic taxi driver that we asked to &quot;visit en taxi...Louvre, Champes Elysees, Tour Effel, finale Rodin Musee. Thanks, Michele.\" width=\"625\" height=\"833\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2809-625x833.jpg 625w, http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2809-112x150.jpg 112w, http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2809-450x600.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1501\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Here is our enthusiastic taxi driver that we asked to &quot;visit en taxi...Louvre, Champes Elysees, Tour Eiffel, finale Rodin Musee. Thanks, Michele.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1502\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2812.JPG\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1502\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1502\" title=\"IMG_2812\" src=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2812-625x833.jpg\" alt=\"Tour Eiffel\" width=\"625\" height=\"833\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2812-625x833.jpg 625w, http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2812-112x150.jpg 112w, http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2812-450x600.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1502\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tour Eiffel<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1503\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2837.JPG\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1503\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1503\" title=\"IMG_2837\" src=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2837-625x833.jpg\" alt=\"Rodin Musee...the Thinker\" width=\"625\" height=\"833\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2837-625x833.jpg 625w, http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2837-112x150.jpg 112w, http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2837-450x600.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1503\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rodin Musee...the Thinker<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Our crib sheet for 7 hours in Paris:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bring passports<\/li>\n<li>London Tube &#8211; Victoria line to St Pancras by 6:45 a.mtrain leaves at 7:27 a.m. train 9006, coach 2, seats 25,26<\/li>\n<li>Paris \u2013 arrive Paris Nord at 10:56 a.m. Paris time<\/li>\n<li>Get euros from ATM &#8211; $300<\/li>\n<li><strong>Visit en taxi: Louvre, Champs  Elysees, Arch di Triomphe, Tour Eiffel \u2026\u00a0 finale, Musee Rodin<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Lunch at Rodin museum<\/li>\n<li>Taxi: Si vous plais <strong>Notre Dame<\/strong> Afternoon at Notre Dame cathedral, (St. Chapel in government bldg go upstairs \u2013 crown of thorns King Louis.) At the tip of Notre Dam stairs down to Holocaust museum.<\/li>\n<li>Taxi: si\u2019vous\u2019plais<strong> Place de Vosges, La Bourgogne<\/strong> Good burgundy wine<\/li>\n<li>7 p.m. taxi to si\u2019 vous\u2019 plais<strong> Gare du Nord<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>8:13 p.m. Paris Nord to London St. Pancras\u00a0 Train 9059\u00a0 coach 4 seats 17,18<\/li>\n<li>French for \u201cwhere is a taxi stand?\u201d (round red sign)\u00a0\u00a0 Si vous plais \u2026 <strong>o\u00f9 est un stand de taxi ?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1504\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2847.JPG\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1504\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1504\" title=\"IMG_2847\" src=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2847-625x833.jpg\" alt=\"Notre Dame\" width=\"625\" height=\"833\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2847-625x833.jpg 625w, http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2847-112x150.jpg 112w, http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2847-450x600.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/strong><p id=\"caption-attachment-1504\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Notre Dame<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1505\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2849.JPG\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1505\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1505\" title=\"IMG_2849\" src=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2849-625x833.jpg\" alt=\"Notre Dame\" width=\"625\" height=\"833\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2849-625x833.jpg 625w, http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2849-112x150.jpg 112w, http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2849-450x600.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/strong><p id=\"caption-attachment-1505\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Notre Dame<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1506\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2855.JPG\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1506\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1506\" title=\"IMG_2855\" src=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2855-625x833.jpg\" alt=\"Holocaust Memorial near Notre Dame \" width=\"625\" height=\"833\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2855-625x833.jpg 625w, http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2855-112x150.jpg 112w, http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2855-450x600.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/strong><p id=\"caption-attachment-1506\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paris Memorial de la Deportation <\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1507\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2856.JPG\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1507\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1507\" title=\"IMG_2856\" src=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2856-625x833.jpg\" alt=\"Paris Memorial de la Deportation - a simple, modern memorial to the 2000,000 French men, women and children deported to Nazi concentration camps in WWII\" width=\"625\" height=\"833\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2856-625x833.jpg 625w, http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2856-112x150.jpg 112w, http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2856-450x600.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/strong><p id=\"caption-attachment-1507\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paris Memorial de la Deportation - a simple, modern memorial to the 200,000 French men, women and children deported to Nazi concentration camps in WWII<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1508\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2863.JPG\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1508\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1508\" title=\"IMG_2863\" src=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2863-625x833.jpg\" alt=\"Crepes across the street from Notre Dame \" width=\"625\" height=\"833\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2863-625x833.jpg 625w, http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2863-112x150.jpg 112w, http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2863-450x600.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/strong><p id=\"caption-attachment-1508\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Crepes across the street from Notre Dame <\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1509\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2865.JPG\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1509\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1509\" title=\"IMG_2865\" src=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2865-625x468.jpg\" alt=\"Crepes and cafe au lait\" width=\"625\" height=\"468\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2865-625x468.jpg 625w, http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2865-150x112.jpg 150w, http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2865-450x337.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/strong><p id=\"caption-attachment-1509\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Crepes and cafe au lait<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1510\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2869.JPG\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1510\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1510\" title=\"IMG_2869\" src=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2869-625x468.jpg\" alt=\"Place des Vosges ... where a pigeon dropped a big one on the guide book I was reading .. also soiled our &quot;landing cards&quot; Hope we can get more at the station :-) \" width=\"625\" height=\"468\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2869-625x468.jpg 625w, http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2869-150x112.jpg 150w, http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2869-450x337.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/strong><p id=\"caption-attachment-1510\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Place des Vosges ... where a pigeon dropped a big one on the guide book I was reading .. also soiled our &quot;landing cards&quot; Hope we can get more at the station \ud83d\ude42 <\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1511\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2872.JPG\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1511\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1511\" title=\"IMG_2872\" src=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2872-625x468.jpg\" alt=\"Ma Bourgogne .. little dogs in restaurants...nice burgundy wine as promised by Michele\" width=\"625\" height=\"468\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2872-625x468.jpg 625w, http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2872-150x112.jpg 150w, http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2872-450x337.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/strong><p id=\"caption-attachment-1511\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ma Bourgogne .. little dogs in restaurants...nice burgundy wine as promised by Michele<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong> <\/strong>Then back to the train station &#8212; French fries and omelete while waiting&#8230;. and then&#8230;. a two hour delay for the train back to London&#8230;.electrical problem in England. We were thankful for small things, like not getting stuck in the Chunnel.<strong><br \/>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We rode the Eurostar from London to Paris, which takes a little over two hours. This gave us about 7 hours in Paris and we did a whirlwind tour recommended by my personal French teacher, Michele Cassavante! (Seriously, she met the challenge of 7 hours in Paris for two rather aging tourists.) Our crib sheet [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1498"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1498"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1518,"href":"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1498\/revisions\/1518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}