Paris, Day 1
Since everyone in the family is going the way of Shutterfly, I've set up a Paris photo album in my Shutterfly account. The address to look at my albums is easy to remember -- http://ibenj.shutterfly.com. I've only got one day's worth of photos up there right now, but I'll have more up later this week. Here's a journal entry for you:
Dimanche, le 9 octobre (Sunday, October 9)
We left Chicago on Saturday evening. The 7-hour time change got us to Paris on Sunday morning. After taking a bus from the airport to the Arc De Triomphe, we walked a few blocks to the Elysees Union Hotel, our home for the week to come.
After a brief nap, we headed south toward the Eiffel Tower (which we could see from our balcony). We walked around the Palais De Chaillot and the Trocadero Gardens, a great place from which to take photos of the tower. There were plenty of tourists around, including a German couple who asked us to take their picture. We obliged, and they took one of us.
We eventually crossed the Seine and walked underneath the tower, our digital camera clicking away. Things were so busy today that the top floor of the tower was closed. It didn't matter to us, as we weren't in any hurry to go up the tower. We walked through the Parc Du Champ De Mars, which is the green area just to the south.
We eventually got hungry, and we ate a cafe called Le Royal Tour, only a block or two away from the tower. Jenelle had a tomato salad, and I had the "steak frites" (steak with fries). Not bad for our first meal. On our way back to the hotel, we stopped at a boulangerie (bakery) and picked up a baguette -- yum. We also visited a nearby market and bought some fruit.
Though there was still plenty of daylight, we were tired from the time change, so we relaxed at our hotel for the rest of the evening. We noticed that the Eiffel Tower has lights which make it sparkle. The effect could be observed every night for the first ten minutes of any hour from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. -- there's a picture of it, and I'll try and get a video up as well.
That's all for now!
Dimanche, le 9 octobre (Sunday, October 9)
We left Chicago on Saturday evening. The 7-hour time change got us to Paris on Sunday morning. After taking a bus from the airport to the Arc De Triomphe, we walked a few blocks to the Elysees Union Hotel, our home for the week to come.
After a brief nap, we headed south toward the Eiffel Tower (which we could see from our balcony). We walked around the Palais De Chaillot and the Trocadero Gardens, a great place from which to take photos of the tower. There were plenty of tourists around, including a German couple who asked us to take their picture. We obliged, and they took one of us.
We eventually crossed the Seine and walked underneath the tower, our digital camera clicking away. Things were so busy today that the top floor of the tower was closed. It didn't matter to us, as we weren't in any hurry to go up the tower. We walked through the Parc Du Champ De Mars, which is the green area just to the south.
We eventually got hungry, and we ate a cafe called Le Royal Tour, only a block or two away from the tower. Jenelle had a tomato salad, and I had the "steak frites" (steak with fries). Not bad for our first meal. On our way back to the hotel, we stopped at a boulangerie (bakery) and picked up a baguette -- yum. We also visited a nearby market and bought some fruit.
Though there was still plenty of daylight, we were tired from the time change, so we relaxed at our hotel for the rest of the evening. We noticed that the Eiffel Tower has lights which make it sparkle. The effect could be observed every night for the first ten minutes of any hour from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. -- there's a picture of it, and I'll try and get a video up as well.
That's all for now!
1 Comments:
The Eiffel Tower is spectacular. How special that you could see it from your balcony. It looks magnificent with the lights on at night! Thanks for sharing!
Love, Mom
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