Thursday, February 05, 2009
3 days in Paris
If anyone ever does this trip by Eurostar, they should make a point of looking at the French countryside. It is dotted with little, close-knit villages built around churches. By the time you have a chance to tell your travelling companion about them, they have disappeared behind a cluster of trees. Really charming!
We arrived at our hotel before 6pm, having taken a cab. Due to the appreciation of the Euro, Paris is now really expensive! We found it to be considerably more expensive than London, as the pound has lost 30% of it’s value against the dollar, making that city actually quite affordably right now. From our point of view, it was actually cheaper in London than New York!
We picked a restaurant close to the hotel for Jan’s birthday dinner. Café Les Fontaines was recommended as the best in the vicinity, but we found it expensive and ordinary. After going to another local restaurant the next day for lunch – also a bit overpriced and unexceptional – we headed to Trocadero to look at the sites, including this wonderful view of the Eiffel Tower.
The following day, we walked in the general vicinity of the Pompidou Centre, starting at Notre Dame and ending in Marais. It really is a breathtakingly beautiful city. It was a pity that we didn’t have a chance to visit any galleries or museums, but the architecture and street layouts alone are thrilling.
We finished our evening at a place recommended to us by Alice, who we met the previous evening in Au Pied Du Sacre Couer. Le Berthoud had nice food but really tiny portions which made the apparently reasonable prices seem not so cheap after all. But we got lucky! Nino is a local singer who goes into restaurants and sings for tips. He was wonderful and everything you could ever hope for in a French balladeer: great guitar, beautiful voice and charming, warm personality. What a great end to a special day!
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We arrived at our hotel before 6pm, having taken a cab. Due to the appreciation of the Euro, Paris is now really expensive! We found it to be considerably more expensive than London, as the pound has lost 30% of it’s value against the dollar, making that city actually quite affordably right now. From our point of view, it was actually cheaper in London than New York!
We picked a restaurant close to the hotel for Jan’s birthday dinner. Café Les Fontaines was recommended as the best in the vicinity, but we found it expensive and ordinary. After going to another local restaurant the next day for lunch – also a bit overpriced and unexceptional – we headed to Trocadero to look at the sites, including this wonderful view of the Eiffel Tower.
The following day, we walked in the general vicinity of the Pompidou Centre, starting at Notre Dame and ending in Marais. It really is a breathtakingly beautiful city. It was a pity that we didn’t have a chance to visit any galleries or museums, but the architecture and street layouts alone are thrilling.
We finished our evening at a place recommended to us by Alice, who we met the previous evening in Au Pied Du Sacre Couer. Le Berthoud had nice food but really tiny portions which made the apparently reasonable prices seem not so cheap after all. But we got lucky! Nino is a local singer who goes into restaurants and sings for tips. He was wonderful and everything you could ever hope for in a French balladeer: great guitar, beautiful voice and charming, warm personality. What a great end to a special day!
