Paris

Exchange rate calculator  (each Euro costs about $1.11)

Info on T-Mobile in Paris - Trip Advisor   T-Mobile web site  

Texting and data are free.  But turn off data and use only free wifi.  Wifi calls to US are free.  Receiving calls is 20 cents per minute as is placing calls that are not wifi calls.   See Gmail account for a mailing that explains my coverage in Paris.

Adaptors needed for powering phone in Paris.

Paris Weather

Paris Metro street and train map  and    RER  RER Map - info on RER

Paris 

Our Hotel:  Hotel Saint Germain des Pres - link      map   note: 6th arrondissment  Metro 4 Purple  Getting around public transport

36, rue Bonaparte, 75006 Paris

+33 1 43 26 00 19

Spring Break 2016-- Farg and Max in Paris

Museums to see with the Museum Pass:   link

YELP

Good eateries near hotel:

La Crepe Rit du Clown

Dinner at Au Pied de Fouet- very close

Super cheap crepes at Creperie Genia

This place looks GREAT for crepes/salads Galette  Cafe- reasonable again and again

Le Perron - italian for dinner and reasonable

Cosi - sandwiches

Lebanese food cheap!  Chez le Libanais

Sushiyaki

Au 35  Rue Jacob - dinner or lunch about E 18

Salad and Soup at Le Pre aux clercs

Frog and Princess Pub has  lots of eateries near it tho it's a cheap chain

La Creperie des Cannettes

Le Bonaparte - not super cheap, but good people watching cafe for sandwiches

For foodies:  best breads and pastries in Paris

Best Bread in Paris:  Link - 8 Rue du Cherche-Midi called Poilane - opens 7:30 am each morning

Latin Quarter and East:

Saw Deux Magots

Tasted cheese from the market man

Walked through good restaurant area, saw HUGE central market near Mobillon (attempted to buy museum pass in metro)

entered tea shop

Walked AROUND Luxembourg gardens

Saw Sorbonne and its Pantheon-- musicians in front, Max danced!

Spotted Luxembourg museum

Saw Senat and policia

A River runs through it Day

buy pass at La Louvre-

Ile de la Cite and Ile Saint Louis

Bridges in between

Make sure to rest in Place Dauphin (park) closest to Pont Neuf - cafes and galleries

Notre Dame Cathedral - must see at night!!  A couple noticeable items   Circle back...

To do the tower tour of Notre Dame: 10 am every day, combined with Conciergerie (prison of Marie Antoinette...)

Eglise Saint Louis en L'Ile  

Meal:  2:00   Nos Ancêtres les Gaulois - site  +33 1 46 33 66 07   9 Rue Saint-Louis en l'Île, 75004 Paris, France   RESERVED ONLINE

Appreciate Seine at night!

Gallette Cafe for dinner - (2 rue de la Universite (ext. of Rue Jacob)

Montmartre:

Au Relais for meal - 48 Rue Lamarck

Place du Tertre = artists square with Salvador Dali museum inches away

Lapin Agile = the famous cabaret  - Max analyze this play?  

Sacre Coeur a  DOWNLOAD APP video tour

Dali museum - 11 Rue Poulbot

Renoir's house it's at # 6 Rue de l'Abreuvoir

visit the famous Bateau Lavoire at #13 Place Emile-Goudeau. Picasso's studio was here and at times Braque and Juan Gris, Modigliani and Apollinaire the poet all lived here.

Van Gogh lived at # 54 Rue Lepic

DETOUR: On the nearby Rue de Ronsard there is an interesting museum (St. Pierre) with local exhibitions, a gift shop and a nice café all set inside an old renovated warehouse. Across the street is the Marche St. Pierre, a multi level fabric store which rivals anything I have ever seen.

possibly funicular to bottom or top (BUT IS on opposite side of mountain from restaurant)

Montmartre Cemetery has lots of writers, painters, artists...

Go to the Caberet Au Lapin Agile

Day of the Dead - use map or concierge to plan progression sensibly

Could start with walk to Place de la Bastille to pay homage.  Bustling square today, but visuals of when it was fortress/prison.

Pere Lachaise  = cemetery (Oscar Wilde, Sarah Bernhardt, Balzac)   images  panorama and grave guide  Must read: 10 most famous graves to see (incl. Jim Morrison).  Bring lipstick.

Nearby is Centre Pompidou - largest modern art museum in  Europe ("fall in love at second sight with its modern architecture.)  Visit -   Scroll to video  Download the app ahead of time.

Musee Arts et Metiers - science instruments and cool space

Musee Picasso - tons of SCULPTURES (240) - 11:30 am open (weekend at 9:30) no luggage,  get info and app - has lunch on roof (reasonable-- sandwiches 6-10 Euros)  Or can go to cafe near Place des Voges

10 Museums to see:

link

Tour Montparnasse is a high tower with great view of whole city, including Eiffel Tower

At the Louvre... get app

• 15 masterpieces not to miss

Cave la Bourgogne looks like perfect lunch/dinner cafe - noted for Absinthe

Botanical Gardens

Miracle Mile Day - 

Metro to CONCORDE, back... take Rue Cambon up to take right on rue Mont Thabor... restaurant on left.

Le Souffle for noon onward - hours and menu

36 rue Mont Thabor

75001 Paris

Tél. : 01 42 60 27 19

Mail : restaurant.lesouffle@gmail.com

from Place Concorde walk the mile... end at Arc du Triomphe and take Metro home. Ride home: take green 6 line to "Lamotte Pickette Grenelle to mustard 10 line to Mabillon very close to home (walk)

About-- at Wikipedia "Most beautiful road in the world"  - photo at night

Louvre to...

Arc de Triumphe - go to top

Eiffel Tour

Hotel des Invalides - monument and musee de l'armee  (lots to see) to fallen- video  Tomb of Napoleon

Musee d'Orsay

Musee de Rodin - sculpture gardens  how to get there

Restaurant choices:  

Les Antiquaires (good for breakfast, too) - Trip Advisor Link - can reserve table online.  

L'Escapade (lunch or dinner) Trip Advisor Link - sidewalk view of Eiffel Tower - can reserve and discount online ($14-44)

Packing List:

umbrellas

lipstick for grave

download apps ahead

To depart from DC, use United Airline (operating Swiss Air... try to get miles with account) Counter 4 at Dulles.  

Arrival in Paris:  can take RER B to Gare du Nord... transfer to Metro 4 (in the direction of Marie de Montrouge) to St. Germains

To go home, arrive at TERMINAL 1 CDG for Brussels airline.  Only 15 min. free wifi.  Possibly book a supershuttle  or taxi to Gare du NOrd and take RER as early as 4:53 (every 10-20 min)

Flights:

Swiss Flight 3201

Mar 18-Confirmation #2CHAOE

Swiss Flight 646

Mar 19-Confirmation #2CHAOE

Brussels Airlines Flight 3628

Mar 27-Confirmation #2CHAOE

3/24/2016 WOW Air Confirmation#  BEQXPJ

Going out

Sunday, 27th March, 2016 - 12:50

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SEAT RESERVATION

CDG: Passenger Service Charge

CDG: Solitary Tax

CDG: Fiscal Tax

CDG: Aviation Civile Tax

US-CUSTOMS USER FEE

US-APHIS FEE

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Description

WEB:AIR

SEAT RESERVATION

CDG: Passenger Service Charge

CDG: Solitary Tax

CDG: Fiscal Tax

CDG: Aviation Civile Tax

US-CUSTOMS USER FEE

US-APHIS FEE

US-INS USER FEE

US-INTL TRANSPORTATION TAX ARRIVAL

Original Amount

361,04 USD 7,99 USD 13,80 USD 1,23 USD 4,79 USD 13,88 USD 5,50 USD 3,96 USD 7,00 USD 17,80 USD 67,99 USD

Original Amount

361,04 USD 7,99 USD 13,80 USD 1,23 USD 4,79 USD 13,88 USD 5,50 USD 3,96 USD 7,00 USD 17,80 USD

Total

361,04 USD 7,99 USD 13,80 USD 1,23 USD 4,79 USD 13,88 USD 5,50 USD 3,96 USD 7,00 USD 17,80 USD 67,99 USD

Total

361,04 USD 7,99 USD 13,80 USD 1,23 USD 4,79 USD 13,88 USD 5,50 USD 3,96 USD 7,00 USD 17,80 USD

https://booking.wowair.us/flight/email-confirmation?confirmationNum=BEQXPJ&digest=CCC12DC5EB3FF926868C989FE3E6FD89DCC7911D 2/4

3/24/2016 WOW Air Confirmation