Friday 25 May 2007

Spring Bank Holiday in Paris

Jon and I are off to Paris for the holiday weekend. We are staying at the Hotel Square... here is our tentative itinerary (more to come when we return):

Saturday May 26th
5:15am: car to Heathrow
7:25am (BST): leave London (British Airways Flight #304)
9:40pm (BST+1): arrive in Paris
11am: arrive to hotel and drop off bags
Walk around:
-16th Arrondissement(Trocadéro/Bois de Boulogne): place du Trocadéro / Jardin du Trocadéro
-The Seine’s open-top Bateaux-Mouches riverboats are a popular way to see the sights; most depart from Pont de l’Alma. Word of advice: stick to a one-hour trip and give the touristy dinner cruises a miss
-7th Arrondissement: la Tour Eiffel / Musée d'Orsay
-3rd Arrondissement (Le Marais): one of the best-loved Right Bank neighbourhoods. Old Jewish quarter (rue des Rosiers) / Musée Picasso...Follow the rue des Francs-Bourgeois, the perfect source for unusual gifts, and peer into the Cour d'Honneur, the astonishing main courtyard of the Archives Nationaux. Then take a detour along rue de Sévigné, where the Musée Carnavalet and some quirky fashion boutiques are located. Cross lovely place des Vosges and walk through the two courtyards of the Hôtel de Sully
9pm: dinner at La Ferrandaise (8, rue de Vaugirard) near Luxemburg Gardens

Sunday May 27th
8am – 1pm: Versailles
-4th Arrondissement (Ile de la Cité/Ile St-Louis & Beaubourg): Ile St-Louis and its aristocratic town houses, courtyards, and antiques shops / Ile de la Cité's two Gothic churches (Sainte-Chapelle and Notre-Dame) / Centre Pompidou
-5th Arrondissement: Quartier Latin
-Sacré-Cœur Basilica
-7th Arrondissement (Eiffel Tower): Musée Rodin
9pm: dinner at L'ilot Vache (35 rue de saint-louis-en-l'ile on ile st louis in the middle of the seine)

Monday May 28th
-1st Arrondissement: Musée du Louvre/ Jardin des Tuileries/ place Vendôme
-Pont Neuf
-6th Arrondissement (St-Germain): stroll with an unwrapped loaf of sourdough bread from Poilâne at 8 rue du Cherche-Midi. Jardin du Luxembourg
o From Ellen: Pastries--Gerard Mulot (76 rue de seine): the clafouti tart (esp sour cherry)
7:20pm: leave Paris (British Airways Flight #325)
7:45pm: arrive London

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