After having our last breakfast at the hotel, we checked out and hopped on the metro and then RER over to Gare du Nord. There was the normal difficulty of navigating the steps in the stations with luggage. In addition, there was a delay on one of the lines so we had to hurry over […]
Tag: Paris
Paris – Eiffel Tower and Arc de Triomph
Our big plan for today was to visit the Eiffel Tower. The snow earlier in the week forced the tower to close for 3 days. This is had never happened before and today was the second day since it had reopened and the nicest day weather-wise in a long time. As a result, we figured […]
Paris – Musee D’Orsay, Notre Dame, and More
After breakfast, we walked over to Musee D’Orsay which was not too far from our hotel. We arrived shortly after opening and were in quickly with our Paris Museum passes. This museum was much more manageable than the Louvre both in size and flow. It houses a lot of great paintings by the impressionists including […]
Paris – Day Trip to Versailles
We had breakfast at the hotel and then hopped on the metro and RER to Versailles. Buying tickets was simple, but they were running a reduced schedule due to flooding along the tracks. It was a short 10 minute walk from the station to the entrance to the palace. We had purchased the Paris Museum […]
Paris – Arrival and Louvre Museum
To get to Paris, we took advantage of a program called Eurostar Snap. You sign up for either morning or evening on a specific date and they assign a train to you. We were hoping for a mid-morning train but of course we got stuck with the first train of the day at 5:40. That […]
Hotel Therese – Paris Boutique Hotel
Our hotel for our four days in Paris was the Hotel Therese. We do not stay at independent hotels often, so this was a welcome change of pace. It is a small boutique hotel with only 40 rooms which makes for an especially intimate experience with a lot of Parisian charm. We booked using Citi […]
Introduction – Western Europe Trip
At the beginning of February, we took a trip to London, Paris, and Amsterdam. We were not even sure we would be able to squeeze this in with a baby on the way and job obligations. We originally planned a British Isles cruise in May, but this was just a few weeks after the due […]