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russellbfarr

the trip with no name

Jul 09, 2009 09:37

Paris. 3 days.

What must be seen?

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catundra July 9 2009, 01:51:59 UTC

If you are after something different then pere lachaise cemetery is amazing. The medieval foundations of the louvre at the louvre are worth the entry ticket by themselves. Musee Rodin is my favourite of the smaller museums/galleries and it has a lovely sculpture garden too. I thought Sacre Coeur was pretty average but the walk up to Montmartre is scenic as is the view from the top.. Montmartre itself is a very funky little place to have a nice coffee and just watch the world go by.

girliejones July 9 2009, 02:05:48 UTC

mmm I love the Rodin as well! Montmartre is so lovely ahhh Paris!!

Also Versailles!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Awesome!

I liked the l'Orangeries but ... perhaps too Impressionist for some.
Wandering along the Seine and the Left Bank and just drinking in the atmosphere. In and out of all the secondhand bookshops. Sigh. I love Paris.

catundra July 9 2009, 02:09:18 UTC

I adore l'Orangerie, just sitting in that waterlily room makes me feel so peaceful. Also Versailles but probably too touristy for Russ. Now I want to go back...Let's run away together GJ!

girliejones July 9 2009, 02:13:13 UTC

Yes! Well Paris might suddenly have come back on my agenda!

I sat for hours in the waterlily room and just absorbed it - for the paintings they are, for the brilliance of the artistry and for the sense of iconicness (is that a word).

And then i went for an espresso.

Versailles is touristy but you can wander through the gorgeous grounds and go down to the fake little village of Marie Antoinettes and get lost in the quite parts right away from the chateau.

angriest July 9 2009, 02:19:45 UTC

I only went to the gardens at Versailles and they were delightful. There's another really nice set of gardens at the Pizzi Palace in Florence, but they're much scrappier and filled with feral cats (like most of Italy's heritage sites).

girliejones July 9 2009, 02:21:03 UTC

Well the Room of Mirrors in Versailles is AWSOME. And the Treaty Room, just cause, yo history. And also the hideous hideous taste of Louis the XIV - is to behold.

russellbfarr July 9 2009, 02:21:36 UTC

Versailles sounds okay to me, that's the place they signed some treaty, yeah? ;)

catsparx July 9 2009, 02:29:05 UTC

GJ, why are we not in Paris??? huh?

russellbfarr July 9 2009, 02:31:17 UTC

too many Parisians, probably ;)

I did notice that no one has mentioned that the locals are wonderful, friendly, ...

girliejones July 9 2009, 02:31:41 UTC

Noone was ever rude to me in Paris, ever.

russellbfarr July 9 2009, 02:40:04 UTC

I've heard that from some travellers, but others have had bad experiences. I guess London's the same, I never had a bad experience but others have...

girliejones July 9 2009, 02:47:03 UTC

I liked Paris more than London. For a whole ton of reasons. I also speak enough French to get me to and from places.

angriest July 9 2009, 03:07:50 UTC

I wouldn't want to pick between the two.

girliejones July 9 2009, 03:10:01 UTC

For me, no choice. But I couldn't pick between NYC and Paris.

angriest July 9 2009, 03:11:22 UTC

Never been to NYC. London I have a lot of affinity with because of an overwhelming interest in English theatre in the Elizabeth and Jacobean eras, say 1580 to about 1620. Plus I have a good 30 or so friends living there now.

girliejones July 9 2009, 03:13:57 UTC

Yeah I didn't get a chance to do West End or the cultural side other than art galleries and museums. Rob S thinks I was just miserable in London at the time and has promised to show me his London, which I'd love to do one day. I just found the food bad, the weather msierable and the streets really really packed (yet I love Hong Kong which surely is as busy as London streets, go figure)

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