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Looks like some great plans! I like that you have something for each day but don't have it overplanned
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Your plans so far sound wonderful.
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Great plans so far!
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Great plans!
If you don't know already, I would like the majority of each day planned out but DD wants more openness, in fact she told me, "don't tell me what we are doing so I feel like we don't have a plan" DD wants less structure and more exploration so because of this I've planned in definites and tried to leave some of the day unstructured to 'explore' which makes me a little nervous but I also figure that maybe we will be able to soak up each cities atmosphere.
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So we are arriving on a Wednesday and doing our normal arrival things. One thing I want to do is find the nearest bakery so we are prepared - to know where to pick up fresh bread for breakfast. My mom baked bread when I was growing up. I know how and make it once in a while but everyone raves about French bakeries so we are going to check it out. Thursday .
Louvre - I am not planning on spending all day here - just 3 or so hours. I know there is tons of stuff to see but I have never been an art conisourre(spelling!) but still want to go to one of the most famous art collections in the world.
Then we'll most likely have a picnic lunch.
The afternoon will be Notre Dame and the Arc de Triumph. Friday
Versailles - I am leaving the entire day open for this, as we have a longer train ride both ways, the palace, gardens, and Marie's separate house. Saturday - I am considering taking the train to Chateau de Fontainebleau which the website has this blurb
"The Château de Fontainebleau can proudly claim to have been a sovereign residence for eight centuries. Capétiens, Valois, Bourbons, Bonaparte and Orléans, all members of French ruling dynasties, have lived within these walls. Kings and queens, emperors and empresses have all striven to make their own improvements to the château built around the original keep. The estate quickly became a huge palace in which many momentous historical events have been played out "
I know we will have just been to Versailles - so I am not sure but we would get to see more land outside of Paris. I will talk to DD and see what she thinks because we were tying to only see 1 church, 1 castle/palace, 1 museum etc for each place that we go to with only a few days so I'm not sure about 2 palaces. ummm...
Sunday Look at and take of the Eiffel Tower, maybe a boat ride on the Seine, wander (DD's explore day)
Monday We are staying close to Pere Lachaise Cemetery which was established by Napoleon and where Oscar Wild, Frederic Chopin and Jim Morrison are buried. DD wants to see a cemetery or two and I find the historical aspects interesting.
Once that's done, we will get ourselves ready to get the train to our hotel by Disneyland Paris!
Versailles is well worth it and giving it a whole day is the way to go. I've been to Pere La Chaise and quite impressive place with so many notables buried there. You can get maps outside of the entrance to find the burials of what you're interested in. It was quite a way from where I was staying at the time as I was in the western part of the city and this is on the extreme east side. I think I had to use 3 Metro lines to get there.
Many good parks to have your picnic lunch like Luxembourg, Jardin de Tuilleries or Chanp de Mars by the Eiffel Tower.
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Versailles is well worth it and giving it a whole day is the way to go. I've been to Pere La Chaise and quite impressive place with so many notables buried there. You can get maps outside of the entrance to find the burials of what you're interested in. It was quite a way from where I was staying at the time as I was in the western part of the city and this is on the extreme east side. I think I had to use 3 Metro lines to get there.
Many good parks to have your picnic lunch like Luxembourg, Jardin de Tuilleries or Chanp de Mars by the Eiffel Tower.
Thanks for your thoughts on both places. We are staying on the east side so hopefully won't be 3 Metro lines. I've read that both London and Paris have beautiful parks in the city. We certainly want to explore 1 or 2.
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Agreed Versailles is absolutely a highlight of Paris!!
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DLP does not have the planning books that even Disneyland (CA) does; this means that I have started a list of what we don't want to miss, but I do not have a step by step plan.
Monday: leaving Paris, our check in is confirmed for between 1-2 pm at our hotel. Once checked in, we will head over to pick up groceries, make a quick dinner then head for DLP. My plan is to get passes. I'm going to get annuals because in the end will be cheaper. Get our photo pass, then wander to learn the layout a bit, maybe visit the castle and it's dragon. I would like
to see the evening show this night. We shall see. I thought that visiting this evening would get all the paperwork stuff out of the way, give us an idea of how things are laid out so we are all ready for our full day on Tuesday
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