Paris! Part 1
Last week I went to Paris on the Eurostar, having booked myself a short trip just for the heck of it and because it is just so easy.
I stayed at the Hotel Paris Louis Blanc, right on top of the Louis Blanc metro station, and about ten minutes' walk from Gare du Nord.
www.hotel-paris-louis-blanc.com/uk/index.php
I chose it because it was central and vv cheap and I have to say, it was lovely (also has free wifi). Would definitely recommend. The room was small but as it was just me I didn't really care. I was on the fifth floor (woo!) and this was the view from my window:
I got the 7.01 train from St Pancras, because I am an idiot who didn't take into account that I would have to get to St Pancras for 6.15. However this did mean I was in Paris by 10.30, and after stopping at a supermarket to get chocolate I walked straight off to the Parc de la Villette to see La Géode and have a wander.
I walked down the Bassin de la Villette and got rained on (sodding weather reports, if it had said rain I'd have worn different shoes!), but also got some nice pictures:
After this (rather long) walk (yes, that was a running theme over the two days), I got to Parc de la Villette, which was created in 1986. There are red metal 'follies' throughout the park, most of which were sadly closed when I went (and are possibly permanently closed from the look of them), thus preventing me from the ability to climb things because they were there.
However the main reason I went was to see La Géode, which is a polished steel sphere that looks like an alien ship. It is part of the Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie. Sadly when I went the sky was mostly grey so it didn't look as striking as I hoped (and annoyingly it did get sunny later that afternoon, oh well).
More pictures in the next post (coming later as I have to add more stuff to my shop now)! This entry was originally posted at http://hestia8.dreamwidth.org/65053.html.
I stayed at the Hotel Paris Louis Blanc, right on top of the Louis Blanc metro station, and about ten minutes' walk from Gare du Nord.
www.hotel-paris-louis-blanc.com/uk/index.php
I chose it because it was central and vv cheap and I have to say, it was lovely (also has free wifi). Would definitely recommend. The room was small but as it was just me I didn't really care. I was on the fifth floor (woo!) and this was the view from my window:
I got the 7.01 train from St Pancras, because I am an idiot who didn't take into account that I would have to get to St Pancras for 6.15. However this did mean I was in Paris by 10.30, and after stopping at a supermarket to get chocolate I walked straight off to the Parc de la Villette to see La Géode and have a wander.
I walked down the Bassin de la Villette and got rained on (sodding weather reports, if it had said rain I'd have worn different shoes!), but also got some nice pictures:
After this (rather long) walk (yes, that was a running theme over the two days), I got to Parc de la Villette, which was created in 1986. There are red metal 'follies' throughout the park, most of which were sadly closed when I went (and are possibly permanently closed from the look of them), thus preventing me from the ability to climb things because they were there.
However the main reason I went was to see La Géode, which is a polished steel sphere that looks like an alien ship. It is part of the Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie. Sadly when I went the sky was mostly grey so it didn't look as striking as I hoped (and annoyingly it did get sunny later that afternoon, oh well).
More pictures in the next post (coming later as I have to add more stuff to my shop now)! This entry was originally posted at http://hestia8.dreamwidth.org/65053.html.