tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36414990830427143552024-03-14T02:50:17.066-07:00Affordable Yet Memorable TravelsFrau Bloggerinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08573960653834447323noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3641499083042714355.post-21138459416670956712011-06-03T12:14:00.000-07:002011-06-03T12:18:36.928-07:00Tips and Tricks in Getting Inside the Louvre Museum Faster, No Long Queues Needed!<a href="http://affordable-travels.blogspot.com/2011/06/tips-getting-inside-louvre-museum.html" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj88BGwtmrb8kaECD9MQ_o2hzvABUjDTJIPioW6zDxN5zsfIdJ-U63frFUtD50wTRsHtXb6Fi5mzwl-t4vBXIx1-YSJwsIT8AHk16VPbZ20yO476s-qk7xP8uWuYNzcFjHLhRK_Lwid0g5W/s200/Pyramid-at-Louvre-Museum-Paris-France.jpg" width="200" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Louvre Museum is not not simple. It is a museum so huge in value, in sze, in contents and in queue to get in! If one does not know how to get through quicker, a big part of the day would be really wasted only in waiting in queue to enter or purchase the ticket! In fact,one day is already so insufficient in exploring the Louvre museum and if one wastes more time queing, then that's just worse! Entering the Louvre Museum in Paris or the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;">musée du <em style="font-style: normal;">Louvre in Parigi, or in Parijs can bereally annoyingif you take the major entrance passing the pyramid. We were very lucky to have discovered a hassle-free, faster way and quicker means of entering the Louvre museum in Paris. How? Never pass the main entrance which passes by the pyramid. Then how? Enter through other entrances! </em></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><em style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: normal;">Palais-Royal–Musée du Louvre station is one of the means to enter without problem. From there, people can walk directly to the reception and buy tickets from ticket vending machines just nearby the Louvre museum information / reception desks. Below is a series of photos to guide you to enter the Louvre museum more conveniently and at the same time,explains what possibly may happen to you if you do not discover this trick: wasting time and suffering from heat/cold awaiting your turn to enter in thelong queue.</span></em></span><br />
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As you see, there are various ways. In our case, we entered through the Metro station: no lines, no hassle, just plain comfort and ease. We did not do what the people in the photo below did. Can you imagine how long they waited? This photo was actually when we were leaving, which means almost the end of the day and yet, they were still waiting there in long queue!<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://affordable-travels.blogspot.com/2011/06/tips-getting-inside-louvre-museum.html" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTyd1hyitifYaAxLbGPL5JThI9bWlJ1Zrik7lHcy4_23O-KV8xfjg-QRS6KdJzAdLw_NuS7OvhjBckeWQXqzABXc7EGepVM6ApzVVIbYXY2z-MUCzhjPRR0uy5Ft9AjIUCV7Team1w8hg/s640/GEDC0150.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://affordable-travels.blogspot.com/2011/06/tips-getting-inside-louvre-museum.html" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNXc6EUsSQqfhcqZp6G9ac33U1m1V4JJoAqQqY_45xxRYB8kV6uLRIz450sDAfvEntsdnaqlkOY1PL4DJm6y8kb3bDxSQufDVKahp1o1A3eBUjYBcT5ZSdwM9EM5VKDOotcP0yE87H6U0/s640/GEDC0002.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's yours truly buying our tickets at ease and with fun! No queues behind me so I was really having fun and just purchased my ticket in a relaxed manner. Look at the flags as well, possibly ypu speak at least one of the available languages that the Louvre museum ticket-vending machines offer</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://affordable-travels.blogspot.com/2011/06/tips-getting-inside-louvre-museum.html" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="586" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpzeve1x0rjF4C7dRflqpUIlPDWtcGkomtCaBcqSFmut54nQ4kg_svMOSo_pdnVRhH2SauVVq-FldbVkOwx2lZg3oe_N_QgF8A2NZ8DRpvUfACi875LKCZAro4FcGLKXCVP4EwGXE7WJg/s640/GEDC0006a.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There is a very approachable information desk and if it looks too full, there are always official information guides that walks around and more than willing to help. </div>Frau Bloggerinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08573960653834447323noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3641499083042714355.post-75484663609886724152011-05-13T23:56:00.000-07:002011-05-14T00:08:40.662-07:00Promenade or Stroll Along the Seine River in Paris<a href="http://affordable-travels.blogspot.com/2011/05/promenade-stroll-seine-river-paris.html" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="136" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWyS-tm2kfj4HpZ2l_7bWgSIzLCv2H__QidXadV1Q9XU7FUVHVavrs7L7bx-igJMeA51BURLM_304OfhobT2uJth40Yw3fHb-MphrpDqNdLPqWJ0rP1EM9t-N30K8UuO7GYWNKH2bIFOUj/s200/Paris.seine+top+view.jpg" width="200" /></a>It was nice weather and walking along the Seine River was not a bad experience. It was also a good way to look around the city in slow motion, see the crusing ships passing and try to guess along which part the Princess of Wales,Lady Diana really died. It was fun! Actually, we were from the <a href="http://affordable-travels.blogspot.com/2011/04/notre-dame-de-paris-experience-notre.html">Notre Dame du Paris</a> treading our way to reach the Musée del'Armée. I don't remember exactly the route we took but being new to the city, everything I saw was interesting. Below are someof the selected views while strolling along the River Seine in Paris.<br />
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Before that, some trivia first. I learned that the name "Seine" (<i>la sen),</i> which is the name of the river came from the Latin word "Seuana" which construed to mean "sacred river". Many contested this origin of the river's name though. River Seine expands itself to 776 kilometers or 486<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> miles, yes, that's thelenthsof the Seine River in Paris. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"> Within Paris, there are 37 rivers and a dozen or so outside the capital.</span></span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://affordable-travels.blogspot.com/2011/05/promenade-stroll-seine-river-paris.html" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkp2k_PHmTmqTRdJqI2Z6NFPgWFMOIwNZrDa5PbGSQWU4nXzj6fmFkwWEXBHmHHa2oUlc_nBkWe7Tbb-Vc62c3k5n-XtHwZie3dW-F3WFOjUgU1YjSx3XQv-eqOZRQd9sJSZfdthnQqn6l/s640/GEDC0094.JPG" width="534" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The other side is packed with those heavy-set buildings...</i></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://affordable-travels.blogspot.com/2011/05/promenade-stroll-seine-river-paris.html" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgur_hQc7FqYDNQqZ5x7DA-ykD-5Cop1h3BvqIX_lG1MBxbX75Jq6cFFut8ZYfT9xY2yM7HW67Uxy5__VyD9AbY7KpBT6LJ44AqFu4cKct9w9IS5jBKBbEsldeVxbf8M953ycGBH99b8oTP/s640/GEDC0096.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Whose head is this? It's sculpted in one of the many bridges of Seine and we were thinking it's Bacchus' </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>head but I cannot confirm it. Anybody who knows whose head is this in a bridge of Seine, please</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>let us know as well. Thanks in advance. And why is it there? Very interesting...</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://affordable-travels.blogspot.com/2011/05/promenade-stroll-seine-river-paris.html" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin4J0XkTWKt_R1Qe5o-ecZAD_Y769lgcWAKwa_1C9wHVQqothxbfSE7GMmwhkst101sGtonnpkiPfNgG72o43nwP1yVTuEkPNnNHLaH0slcrmFv4k2BaHu49vJiOXhTsTosdkONfXI14sA/s640/GEDC0098.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Alittle graffiti behind... I think it says, "Wild"...</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://affordable-travels.blogspot.com/2011/05/promenade-stroll-seine-river-paris.html" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIibK4y47haUMXld2D95lMYZNP5PnE7LjsTOC6dmgQN18gRReBrxrlMAOQqD06s16uwX6Zj3mTRg8iS_xiJdh0_7Xmcirk0z_NuROJxL3LBya06qOnnY9pSIdzes2SLIBcSX2VqEPm9ELo/s640/GEDC0102.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>If you look closely, aside from he scenery behind, the bridge has letter "N" in it. Does it mean "Napolean" </i><i>or something? Any idea? The bridge scultures are actually puzzling me all the time!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://affordable-travels.blogspot.com/2011/05/promenade-stroll-seine-river-paris.html" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ91S2j8Vd9acrIdi1-_dkUqdTzQfSUV0dgggZd44ZgbMTcbCNlPaWGXZwAHCE8iOo74mggkOlkpmndtaQXvLkjb_npkjcWDZnwIayXOfCBXL-i0c76lAaMYYuGkirUgUfMxH38TyBS-jl/s640/GEDC0103.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Here you see the letter "N" emphasized. Who has the idea what does this letter N means in oneof the </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>bridges of river Seine? Please impart your knowledge and educate the world... :=) Thank you...</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<a href="http://affordable-travels.blogspot.com/2011/05/promenade-stroll-seine-river-paris.html" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"> </a></div>Frau Bloggerinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08573960653834447323noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3641499083042714355.post-90383249716584942862011-04-23T11:26:00.000-07:002011-04-23T13:59:17.392-07:00Notre Dame de Paris Experience<div style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 4.8pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7re8yX-G2uj16g-XKr-S6Z9N8uuY6jitbh0V0TRjm6ERjcp2fH6zj_-gXVX_8m0uxfI5q0CArDu0ybPnq2hmE1gU8-dEXw0wfCj-_iIuLMZ_7yliTb5vvfzv4DeE1-VeIE1AazAzD041x/s1600/notre-dame.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7re8yX-G2uj16g-XKr-S6Z9N8uuY6jitbh0V0TRjm6ERjcp2fH6zj_-gXVX_8m0uxfI5q0CArDu0ybPnq2hmE1gU8-dEXw0wfCj-_iIuLMZ_7yliTb5vvfzv4DeE1-VeIE1AazAzD041x/s200/notre-dame.jpg" width="200" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">After admiring the <a href="http://draft.blogger.com/goog_211380416">H</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; color: black; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;"><b><a href="http://draft.blogger.com/goog_211380416">ô</a></b></span><a href="http://affordable-travels.blogspot.com/2011/04/hotel-de-ville-paris-4th-arrondissement.html">tel de Ville</a>, we continued our walk to the Notre Dame de Paris or the Notre Dame Cathedral of Paris. If translated in English, Notre (Our) Dame (Lady) of Paris. Still, it is in the 4</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><sup>th</sup></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> arrondissement so just nearby the Hotel de Ville. The Notre Dame Cathedral houses the Archbishop of Paris.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 4.8pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">What attracted me, physically, inside the church are its stained glasses. They are magnificent! I took photos of some of them. The </span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Notre Dame de Paris or the Notre Dame Cathedral is also widely considered one of the “finest examples of French Gothic architecture” (Wikipedia 2011) in the country (France) and also the rest of the continent (Europe), naturally aside from the awesome stained glasses I previously mentioned.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://affordable-travels.blogspot.com/2011/04/notre-dame-de-paris-experience-notre.html" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGWu61rF15M9lFQa6vtTmnhYlppD2Xa571MfVG9HC08NXIq9mVNpUXjodz7cCBJOgmcYqmXr6USbS0WUyg5Mam6gZUBzrEzwACy14ZaVCVGYotzEPeSKQaiVmwy56Y4D794SoWiS0mphgc/s640/GEDC0066.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">This is from the right side of the Cathedral's entrance. Look around up and see the design...</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">Notre Dame de Paris in one glass... this is the miniature version inside the glass...</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">Also the miniature version of the labor force that made this church, Notre Dame de Paris successfully erected...</span></i> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Below are a few samples of the many beautifully crafted stained glass inside the Cathedral. Beautiful work...</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"></span><br />
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</tbody></table><div style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 4.8pt;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"></span>I did not have any intention to have any transaction at the municipality of Paris, commonly known as </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Hôtel de Ville</b></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> but I was already at its vicinity by around 09:30 on a Thursday morning. This is still part of the <a href="http://affordable-travels.blogspot.com/2011/04/around-paris-early-morning-attractions.html">earlier walk around the city of Paris</a>, from one arrondissement to another. The building itself is attractive. Architechts </span></span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Théodore Ballu and Edouard Deperthes</span></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">rebuilt this lovely-looking edifice, the Hotel de Ville “from the outside” (Wikipedia, 2011). These two talented architects rebuilt the building as an imitation of the 16</span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">th</span></span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> century French Renaissance that stood before 1871. The the new interior however was based on an entirely new design, with ceremonial rooms lavishly decorated in the 1880s style (Wikipedia, 2011)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">yours truly in front of Hôtel de Ville at around 09:30 AM, Thursday, 14 April 2011</span></i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">"<b>Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité</b>", the national motto of the country (France) is clearly indicated in the lovely facade design of Hôtel de Ville architecture and sculptural designs</span></i></td></tr>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://affordable-travels.blogspot.com/2011/04/hotel-de-ville-paris-4th-arrondissement.html" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk4BE7FnuBphdXTMswPJISOBodsFDvTSuFm4yYS8FJbrD8oK5VQbfpPWvjwoQ2OqCNK3vEf5De9j5PNYVjKTXpSBlVQKh79SPol5OtMmGcKPfHS_9h_M9givK9bbwdxdZc-q7_JGYQ7_NI/s640/GEDC0059.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">This is the view across the Hotel de Ville</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Hotel de Ville is the administrative office of Paris City local government lead by its mayor starting 1357 and can be accessed from the Metro station named after this building, the Metro(politan) station “</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Hôtel de Ville</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">”.</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>Frau Bloggerinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08573960653834447323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3641499083042714355.post-27212172597614547442011-04-22T01:33:00.000-07:002011-04-23T00:06:18.982-07:00Near the Place du Châtelet's Saint-Jacques Tower at 4th Arrondissement, Paris<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Continuing the <a href="http://affordable-travels.blogspot.com/2011/04/around-paris-early-morning-attractions.html">early Thursday morning walk around the city of Paris</a>, more attractions are to be enjoyed... mostly of course are monuments... A very interesting structure along the way when we were planning to reach the "Hotel de Ville"</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> caught my attention. Curious as I am, I naturally took photos but it was a thin structure yet tall and it was very tricky to capture it all. I thought it was the "Place du Châtelet" but I later learned that it was actually the <b>"Tour Saint-Jacques"</b> of the "Saint Jacques Tower". What's Interesting? The structure and the way it invites the passers or the interested to view it.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">The first image below, I tried my best to capture the whole edifice but with its height and the road traffic intrusion, this was the best I could do...:-(.</span></i></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://affordable-travels.blogspot.com/2011/04/place-du-chatelet-saint-jacques-tower.html" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFDretNFWT4zXTcQjOi70TxEdpmutJ1OuubdCpI9GBQn5EzqvQHniyKDgpeDv0892q9fkHUIaXAFyGFGtbXKe7PrmMeMAXuzhpz74Fx407jocuCH9urjzjexV-40gcAvDC0KmwdwGnOL1I/s1600/GEDC0045.JPG" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Saint-Jacques Tower</b></span></span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> or locally called the</span></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> “</span></span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Tour Saint-Jacques</span></span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">” is a monument located in the 4</span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">th</span></span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> arrondissement of Paris, in France. This slender structure measures 52 metres in height (171 ft). Wikipedia described it as a “Flamboyant Gothic tower” the not much remains of the former 16th century Church of Saint-Jacques-de-la-Boucherie or "Saint James of the butchery" in Englis which was leveled abruptly after the French Revolution</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">The Pinnacle sculpture of the Structure... Lovely design/art/architecture/sculpture, right?</span></b></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"></span></span></span></div>Frau Bloggerinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08573960653834447323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3641499083042714355.post-48422734628587206712011-04-20T09:55:00.000-07:002011-04-22T23:53:33.320-07:00Around Paris Early Morning Attractions: No tickets needed!<a href="http://affordable-travels.blogspot.com/2011/04/around-paris-early-morning-attractions.html" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="161" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsNiYzAtIk_IP3f-zHIFChyphenhyphenxQAUF_1mxdm4j3qdQDOjS60S1R19NPmIoznXCOrZcG1Fm0vDlqovPFaYM1xY0H6HcxDjOLbZNgeqMOSlEs5MylIXDY8XEhvpcwtX7wJ0BdvfOLaTNnAgXP6/s200/arrondissement_map_10.gif" width="200" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span id="goog_539609211"></span><span id="goog_539609212"></span>By 7:15 AM, we have secured our luggage at the <a href="http://affordable-travels.blogspot.com/2011/04/gare-du-nord-locker-service.html"> Gare du Nord Paris Automatic Locker Service (Consignes Automatiques)</a>. We decided to walk around the vicinity just to see how it is, how the locals live and to see the generality of the place. Also, to see the views around that do not require entrance fees as it was too early for anything to be open. Some of the interesting views are shown below or <a href="http://affordable-travels.blogspot.com/2011/04/place-du-chatelet-saint-jacques-tower.html">in the next post</a>, <a href="http://affordable-travels.blogspot.com/2011/04/hotel-de-ville-paris-4th-arrondissement.html">and some are to be shown in the succeeding posts.</a>.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">The</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><b>Church of Saint-Laurent</b></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">or locally called <b>l’</b></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><b> <span xml:lang="fr"></span></b></span><span class="apple-style-span"><i><span lang="FR" style="line-height: 115%;"><b>Église Saint-Laurent</b></span></i></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> is a church in the 10th arrondissement of Paris as previously</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> laid out by the Romans in the course of the mid 1st century BC. The church has a lovely façade.</span></span></span><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small; line-height: 19px;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><b></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small; line-height: 19px;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">The Porte Saint-Denis (or others name and call it <b>Ludovico Magno Arc</b> because of its label) is a </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">monument located in the10th arrondissement of Paris</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> at the site of one of the gates of the Wall of Charles the Fifth,</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> one of the now-destroyed fortifications of the city (Paris)</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">. The arc can be found at the crossing of Rue Saint-Denis and extends to Rue du Faubourg Saint-Denis</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, with the Boulevard de Bonne-Nouvelle and the Boulevard Saint-Denis. Porte Saint-Denis or commonly known as Ludovico Magno Arc </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">replaced a medieval gate in the city walls built by Charles the Fifth in</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> the 14th century. </span></span></span></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><b>(Ludovico Magno Arc) La Port Saint-Denis </b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><b>at the10th arrondissement</b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><b></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">The National Centre for Art and Culture Georges Pompidou is born out of the desire of President Georges Pompidou in the heart of Paris to create an original cultural institution devoted entirely to modern and contemporary art where the side is with theater, music, movies, books, activities of speech, etc.</span></div></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal"><span id="goog_216724449"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Centre Pompidou brings together in one place one of the largest museums in the world with the first collection of modern and contemporary art in Europe, a large library of public libraries with general documentation on the art of the twentieth century, movie theaters and shows, a music research institute, educational activity areas, bookshops, a restaurant and a cafe.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;">One thing that attracted me within this museum is the Brancusi Atelier as the name itself, "Brancusi Atelier" appeares at the label of the museum in the entrance area. I later learned about Constantin Brancusi. Brancusi was born in Romania in 1876, where he received traditional training at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Bucharest</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #e6ecf9; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; color: black; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;">.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; color: black; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US" style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; color: black; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;">He arrived in Paris in 1904 and occupied from 1916 workshops located at 8 and then successively, from 1928, to 11 Ronsin, the deadlock in the fifteenth arrondissement of Pris.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; color: black; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US" style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; color: black; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;">It is in these workshops he created until his death in 1957 most of his work.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US" style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; color: black; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;"></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><br />
<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;">In 1956, Brancusi bequeathed to the French state all of his studio with all its contents (finished works, sketches, furniture, tools, library, disco ...) subject to the National Museum of Modern Art is committed to reconstitute it as it will appear the day of his deat</span>h.</span></span></span></div><span id="goog_539609209"></span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://affordable-travels.blogspot.com/2011/04/around-paris-early-morning-attractions.html"></a><a href="http://affordable-travels.blogspot.com/2011/04/around-paris-early-morning-attractions.html" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></a></div>Frau Bloggerinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08573960653834447323noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3641499083042714355.post-39298756608552815652011-04-20T00:24:00.000-07:002011-04-20T00:42:09.406-07:00Gare Du Nord Paris Automatic Locker Service (Consignes Automatiques)<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table> We arrived in Paris early in themorning while the usual check-in timefor the hotel is at least from noontime. In fact, the Hotel we took has a check-in time that starts at 14:00 or 2:00 PM. We had however some luggage with us and at the same time, we did not want to waste 7 hours just by waiting for the chec-in. What we did was to look for a locker service in major train stations in Paris. We went to Gare du Nord just to be sure. Moving around the city was not a problem for us since we have <a href="http://affordable-travels.blogspot.com/2011/04/paris-visit-pass-most-dynamic-means.html"> Paris Visite Pass</a> that enables us to move around the city without hassles and without additional fees.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><b>Directly down this elevator, around 2 meters to the right are the lockers. </b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><b>As you see, it's near the car rental too, "Location de Voitures".</b></span></td></tr>
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The service cocts Eur 7,00 for a amaximum of 48 hours usage for small lockers and for bigger lockers, I don't remeber good whether it's Eur 9 something or Eur 11 for a 48 hours usage. We used the small locker for our stuff good for 5 days for 2 persons.<br />
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<b>Tips</b><br />
1. Be ready with cash because the machine does not return the change.<br />
2. Remove all metallic items from your body before entering to avoid detectors (we were not admitted in until we were cleared)<br />
3. We had to look for a place to change the money as we did not have cash, no possibility of changing cash inside, at least during the time we were there.<br />
4. Lockers with "HORS SERVICE" indications are out of service, don't use it.<br />
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If you are interested to have a detailed view of the Gare du Nord Paris station, see this very helpful forum page on Gare du Nord from "Any Port in a Storm": <a href="http://anyportinastorm.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=tips&action=display&thread=2595" rel="nofollow"> CLICK HERE to see "Any Port in a Storm" discussion on Gare du Nord.</a><br />
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Below are somephoto aids in the locker area itself:<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://affordable-travels.blogspot.com/2011/04/gare-du-nord-locker-service.html" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmH-ZSrq7eYUnO_tVPyYALHvKyv5uMAZXfxbwzAsY3r7eKaS5GBaeBqBY9i2rnPpEiPaTCiB3p1Acr-vcRC6b9DZKxgzEN3ZBcYxBJypdsvUjwn7-32bbPIAKZYVq5U-99t06Gd934Xr9Q/s400/GEDC0016.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>Frau Bloggerinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08573960653834447323noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3641499083042714355.post-90757617111647187562011-04-19T15:02:00.000-07:002011-04-23T00:43:24.837-07:00Paris Visit Pass, the Most Dynamic Means Around Paris for (Especially for) Tourists<a href="http://affordable-travels.blogspot.com/2011/04/paris-visit-pass-most-dynamic-means.html" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="147" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKyM75HksRZ3FgKMvHJGPslX36OFR_nKIaE4VP1PsrxTCSQfcQgSafdLfIAmi_KcvSWcpJ7upkzUj4TOK1E50LG7i9GnsI0kx4CinkS2y3fhQHpTqQ6JBmyKBon6WAI2ZmYWj9f3vmt7AS/s200/paris+visite+pass.jpg" width="200" /></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">How many days are you staying in Paris? One convenient way to move around Paris is with the use of the <b>Paris Visite Pass</b>. Paris Visite is a travel card pass enabling users to access andmake use of all the public transport services. Personally, I find Paris Visite Pass one of the best ways to get around Paris and its region! It depends however on each one's inclination and plan. A ticket's single use cost around Eur 1,70, while a "carnet" of ten tickets is around Eur 12, so if you have to only go back and forth, Paris Visite Pass is not a smart choice. However, if you would like to move anywhere in the area freely, this pass is really good. The Paris Visite pass consists of a travelcard and its ticket. It provides unlimited rides (naturally within its validity period) on the transport system of the Île-de-France region: Metro, RER (express regional trains), bus, tramway, suburban Transilien SNCF trains, funiculaire de Montmartre, Montmartrobus, Noctambus, Optile bus system,within a given fare zone (from 1-3, 1-6). It is good from the first day of use (not from the date of purchase) until the last consecutive day. You may purchase the Paris Visite Pass in advance and save time avoiding last minute lines and this can be bought in Metro stations (ours we had it from the service booth) but I assume the ticket vending machines have this too.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">WHERE ELSE ONE CAN BUY PARIS VISITE?</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Paris Visite Pass can be purchased in all Paris Metro, RER, Transilien SNCF stations, bus terminal ticket counters, RATP Boutiques, RATP sales desks at Orly and CDG airports and Paris tourist offices. One can also buy the pass in certain travel agencies and tour operators abroad.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">ADVANTAGES?</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">1. Convenient for travelers</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">2. Prices are in package, the more days, the cheaper per day</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">3. Dynamic, can be used in many ways, trams, metro, RER, etc.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">4. Practical and saves time: no need to buy individual ticket everytime</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">DISADVANTAGES?</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">1. If the user plans to travel once or twice in one of the days, it's a lost day (you spent more than necessary)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">2. In case of loss, you lost the entire amount you spent!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">3. It counts the day, not the number of hours (1 day is 24 hours)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">4. Mine expires at 10PM (not midnight) and I was blocked in the Metro for this! Of course you can always complain to the service desk if they are still open.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">Below is the specimen of my Paris Visite Pass from Paris</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">Basically, the card contains the necessary information about the Paris Visite Pass and its usage in five (5) different languages: English, French, Italian, Spanish and German. Isn't it very smart idea to have all these langauges? In fact, you can also write your name in one of the folds of the card of Paris Visite Pass. One part of the fold contains a mini-pocket where the more valuable part of the Paris Visite Pass can be inserted: the magnetic tape pass itself.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><a href="http://affordable-travels.blogspot.com/2011/04/paris-visit-pass-most-dynamic-means.html" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span id="goog_1592205174"></span><span id="goog_1592205177"></span><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAm899T2a2rUKNNZYRQ2PK9a-xnRyV6FdCnoa4AfDLVwtqs5jo7W3pTtmQpjvfGBtzr91hRTPMQE8_VEWhHhxLGIW-hdaamcAPX-SdTxs_Y4cTd7RYBIXzrkq0bO5zpJaB12MBJhjoXP4/s640/GEDC0293.JPG" width="291" /><span id="goog_1592205178"></span><span id="goog_1592205175"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; color: black;"></span></a><a href="http://affordable-travels.blogspot.com/2011/04/paris-visit-pass-most-dynamic-means.html" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIOAqLOf-hIb5BJxAttd5IriEFXn50mU0s4cLYfWptL0D_CHDWh9OCsbUBtvjMSvfUQdrhMqtZGxD-spoaYWEtF_SrLxHkDZt1SvQiUVaulauLSlcwHlT53ASpfw_JYz9DpunLazkXnzA/s640/GEDC0295.JPG" width="274" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Below is the mini pocket-like fold of the Paris Visite Pass where the user of the PVP can insert the magnetic tape pass. I found it very useful because the card is thicker, bigger (easier to find inside one's purse or bag) and it also contains the information that's useful in case I forget in five different languages. It is very good for safe-keeping purposes also. The place holds the pass securely. </div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><a href="http://affordable-travels.blogspot.com/2011/04/paris-visit-pass-most-dynamic-means.html" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5sx5HEHu8ASHjw_PR4ObiaupGKIxioNctx5DvaTZ6GLa53O_d5uXPCVjief1IgNU-JzupjJwOZ6btT_5XV6BtS-Ckeo2-ZCOfk_zjdjm90Hh4yvopiS4InMMEVPj_peOT8C5EFWIQ-Ro/s400/GEDC0296.JPG" style="cursor: move;" width="385" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">The reverse side of the pass with the magnetic tape.This is what users use to enable the station doors to open.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><a href="http://affordable-travels.blogspot.com/2011/04/paris-visit-pass-most-dynamic-means.html" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXJF2JSL_YNPocXTkKYbci-lsEhfitEAF-suDAjMEGHXQSbIKdks9RgYHSSlZvAHSMvgrr_2Oagb2rnyf3gi6T2ChBOJKVkvYMkwDDi4FEm8gxLQcbviKnUTxwpPy6_B8PqasfE8rIZrI/s400/GEDC0297.JPG" style="cursor: move;" width="400" /></a></span></div></span></div></td></tr>
</tbody></table>Frau Bloggerinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08573960653834447323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3641499083042714355.post-15473398193725338362011-04-19T11:13:00.000-07:002011-04-19T11:49:28.767-07:00Eurolines Trip Experience from Amsterdam, The Hague, Rotterdam, Breda to Paris: The Trip Itself<a href="http://affordable-travels.blogspot.com/2011/04/eurolines-trip-experience-hague-paris.html" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="42" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggV0HaHc82rHnndeD019y5eGFHxtVAGDYScV7oylk93jgVJsrA0ekfJCR2vR4kFA4l_Qvsez4Hi8IKbDxxUZRenNutW33S6G-O7cjU-xREA52N7ReKaeVk14nZoSjS47p425jQ1u16l7Be/s200/eurolines+logo.jpg" width="200" /></a>As noted <a href="http://affordable-travels.blogspot.com/2011/04/hague-paris-eurolines-trip.html"> here, thispost will beall about the trip itself</a> on board eurolinesbus from Amsterdam, passing The Hague, Rotterdam, Breda bound to Paris (Galienibus station). As indicated, yours truly had to start from the Hague. There were already alot of passengers from Amsterdam. We were around 15 from the Hague but we almost filled each seat of the bus. Below is the timeline for the trip I took and might besimilar to those who're taking the same trip:<br />
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10:35 PM or 22:35 - the eurolnes bus bound to Paris (Galieni) arrived in the Hague (from Amsterdam already with passengers)<br />
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10:47 PM or 22:47 - the eurolnes bus bound to Paris (Galieni) departed, with 2 minutes delay (excusable)<br />
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11:08 PM or 23:08 - the eurolnes bus bound to Paris (Galieni) stopped in Rotterdam Central to pick more passengers up. After a few passengers got up the bus, the driverlooked for 2 unpresented tickets from passengers from the Hague. Thiscause delay of around 10 minutes. Thus, don't forget to give your ticket(s) to the driver.<br />
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11:26 PM or 23:26 -the eurolnes bus bound to Paris (Galieni) departed from Rotterdam Central Station<br />
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12:13 AM or 00:13 - the eurolnes bus bound to Paris (Galieni) stopped to pick more passengers up (a couple of them) in Breda-<br />
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12:16 AM or 00:16 - the eurolnes bus bound to Paris (Galieni) departed from Breda.<br />
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12:40 AM or 00:40 - the eurolnes bus bound to Paris (Galieni) stopped at a TOTAL service station somewhere in Belgium for a 20-minute break. Here we could either buy refreshments or go to toilet. The pause stops are very helpful andalso healthy!<br />
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01:00 AM or 01:00 - the eurolnes bus bound to Paris (Galieni) departed after the driver checked that everyone's on board the bus again.<br />
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01:58 AM - the eurolnes bus bound to Paris (Galieni) stopped for another 20-minute break in another TOTAL service station for either smoking, refreshment or toilet moments for the passengers.<br />
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02:25 AM - the eurolnes bus bound to Paris (Galieni) continued the trip, always after the driver checks the completeness of his passengers.<br />
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04:35 AM until 04:56- the eurolnes bus bound to Paris (Galieni) had another pause stop, this time in an Agip service station somewhere in France.<br />
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05:47 AM - the eurolnes bus bound to Paris (Galieni) actually reached the Galieni international bus station. At this hour, the station was still closed, thus the bus had to wait. There were a couple of other busses/vehicles ahead waiting.<br />
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06:00 AM - sharply, the station was opened, the bus we were in got in and there was a thorough police check (normal for busses coming from the Netherlands where drugs are legally used).<br />
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06:16 AM - the checks were done and we took our luggage and went our way. Not that bad with the schedule considering the stops and the unexpected unavailability of the station and the "quite long" police checks.Frau Bloggerinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08573960653834447323noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3641499083042714355.post-24517462865368958192011-04-14T21:56:00.000-07:002011-04-19T23:22:56.268-07:00The Hague (Central Station) to Paris (Galieni) Eurolines Trip: Waiting for the Bus at the Hague CSIt's the trip starting at night: at 22:45 or 10:45PM from The Hague (Centraal Station) to Paris (Galieni Parc de Bagnolet bus station). Tre trip was estimated to last for about 7 hours including all pick-up stops and pause stops along the way. The ticket for this one-way trip costed only Eur 39 but including insurance and other fees, the total is Eur 47... stillnot bad. This post will lay out what one can expect during the waiting period and the next post will be about the trip itself and it might be helpful, especially for this eurolines trip experience from The Hague to Paris. The bus passing The Hague, I assume, started from Amsterdam and thus, the same information in the succeeding post(s) apply for those passengers.You will see the following numbered points.<br />
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1. Since this was a night travel, the check-in desk wasalready closed. The ticket itself (no boarding pass)was enough for the driver. Make sure that you printed the page of eticket (not the receipt page) for presentation. Sample is shown below.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">2. Where to wait? The stop for eurolines busses is not in theplace where thelocal busses stop. It is behind the eurolines office, and when you wait you can see the bike shed of the central station (CS). The stop is not labelled so be careful. See some of the pointsof view when one is waiting for the eurolines bus.</div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;">The CS bike shed</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><b>Really near this trash can</b></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;">Not the eurolines bus, just wait for eurlolines bus... there might be a bus parked in the waiting area</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;">There is also a waiting area with chairs and tables if you would like to stay </span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;">there, especially </span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;">if you wish to eat and/or sit/rest</span></b></td></tr>
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3. At around 22:05 or at 10:05 PM, a eurolines bus bound for Amsterdam passed by. It was NOT thebus for Paris, just wait for the bus. It will aeeive just around "on time" although passengers are advised to be present 30 minutes before the trip.<br />
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4. The bus arrived at 22:35 or 10:35PM and we were around 15 passengers who hopped on. The baggage packing, the arrangement and everything lasted for around 10 minutes. At 22:47 or 10:47 PM we departed. 2 minutes late, not bad at all!<br />
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Don't forget to give your ticket to the driver to prevent delays. You will know why in the next post.Frau Bloggerinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08573960653834447323noreply@blogger.com1