The photos are up for the Paris weeked trip on my Imagestation site. Same drill, You will have to register with Imagestation if you want to view them. Click on the photo for the pics.
Friday, July 21, 2006
Photos - Paris
The photos are up for the Paris weeked trip on my Imagestation site. Same drill, You will have to register with Imagestation if you want to view them. Click on the photo for the pics.
Tuesday, July 11, 2006
Travel: Paris
Spent the weekend in Paris, leisurely taking in the sites and feasting on the famous French cuisine, Pho noodles and Japanese Yakitori. :-) We did have plenty of baguettes though.
We stayed in the Latin Quarter,which is rather conviently located near Lourve, Notre Dame. The Lourve is very impressive, large and rather hot in parts, so don't try and do the whole thing without a break. Mind you, it is not as impressive as the Vatican musuem in Italy but very nice nevertheless. A warning for the thirsty, DO NOT go to the cafe next to the Lourve, its by the river. The photo below will explain why.
Warning, rant below:
Rant Start: It really gets me that despite the clearly marked signs, NO PHOTOGRAPHY in areas that hold the very important artwork (i.e. the Mona Lisa), idiots with their stuipid little digital camera's try and take photo's WITH the flash. For crying out loud, turn the flash OFF if you want to sneak a shot! It's because of these people that camera's are banned in those enclosures, so learn to use your camera before you take it on holiday.
Rant Over:
Shopping in Paris is one of those things that must be done. Having the summer sales on did help, with up to 70% off in some stores. We went up the Champ delesye for our shopping fix and came across a massive Louis Vitton store (the 2nd one) and were waiting for the Chinese toutists to ask us to help them buy a bag. Sadly, this Loius store had security guards to stop the spruking. Anyway, hope was not lost as we passed the Hugo store up the road, a chinese lady asked us to help buy bags for her..our experience was now complete. Anyway, we didn't do it.
That was it, quite a busy weekend. The next trip Paris will be to the Moulin Rouge and the surrounds.
We stayed in the Latin Quarter,which is rather conviently located near Lourve, Notre Dame. The Lourve is very impressive, large and rather hot in parts, so don't try and do the whole thing without a break. Mind you, it is not as impressive as the Vatican musuem in Italy but very nice nevertheless. A warning for the thirsty, DO NOT go to the cafe next to the Lourve, its by the river. The photo below will explain why.
Warning, rant below:
Rant Start: It really gets me that despite the clearly marked signs, NO PHOTOGRAPHY in areas that hold the very important artwork (i.e. the Mona Lisa), idiots with their stuipid little digital camera's try and take photo's WITH the flash. For crying out loud, turn the flash OFF if you want to sneak a shot! It's because of these people that camera's are banned in those enclosures, so learn to use your camera before you take it on holiday.
Rant Over:
Shopping in Paris is one of those things that must be done. Having the summer sales on did help, with up to 70% off in some stores. We went up the Champ delesye for our shopping fix and came across a massive Louis Vitton store (the 2nd one) and were waiting for the Chinese toutists to ask us to help them buy a bag. Sadly, this Loius store had security guards to stop the spruking. Anyway, hope was not lost as we passed the Hugo store up the road, a chinese lady asked us to help buy bags for her..our experience was now complete. Anyway, we didn't do it.
That was it, quite a busy weekend. The next trip Paris will be to the Moulin Rouge and the surrounds.
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