5/30 I've got 15 hours in Paris (2pm to 5am their time) on a layover.
I have never been to Paris. What should I do with my time? The
Orsay Museum is open until 10pm Thursdays and I will be there on
a Thursday, so that is one option. I heard a Seine cruise is nice.
Any other ideas?
\_ The Musee D'Orsay is great (and reminiscent of Doe Library,
architecturally), but in summer you can expect 2 hours
waits to get in. The Louvre can be fine, if you're not
trying to see the Mona Lisa. Really, in Paris it would be
fine to just take the Metro down to somewhere along the Seine,
and walk along until you find a nice cafe or restaurant.
\_ Would it be worth a 2 hour wait to get in the museum?
\- Some Paris advice attached, but you should ask me via wall
if you want more info. It's more of a conversation than an
essay [e.g. "food, shopping, culture?"]. What you should do
\- I can give you some Paris advice, but you should ask me via
wall if you want more info. It's more of a conversation than
an essay, e.g. "food, shop, culture?"]. What you should do
first is figure out when you need to leave Paris proper to
\- I can give you some Paris advice, but you should
ask me via wall. It's more of a conversation than an
essay [e.g. "food, shop, culture?"]. What you should do first
is figure out when you need to leave Paris proper to
easily get back to the airport ... if CDG, then "Le Dernier
Metro" [well, RER B] from say Chatelet or Gare du Nord.
Metro" [well, RER B] from say Chatelet/Gare du Nord/Lyon.
I'm inclined to say just walk around the Louvre, Ile de la
Cite [Conciergerie, St Chapelle, Notre Dame] and then
around the 5e and 6e [Sorbonne, Pantheon, St. Sulpice,
Jardin Lux] and maybe squeeze in a smaller museum like
Moyen Age. There is a lot of street food you can get in
that area: grand mariner crepes, bertillion ice cream,
jambon de pays sandwiches, grand viande kebabs etc.
If you are interested in history/lit, the center of town is
a great place to wander ... here is where the Templars
were burned by Philip IV, here is where the d'Artagnan
a great place to wander ... here is where the Templers
were burned by Philip IV, here is where the D'Artanian
were burned by Philip IV, here is where the d'Artagnan
lived after his promotion, see St. Chapelle and then
reflect on the fact that Louis IX paid more for the
fraudulent relics he bought to house there than for the
church itself. Seine cruise is leem. Eiffel Tour, Montmarte,
Arc Triomphe, Pere Lachaise etc will burn a lot of time in
fraudulent relics he bought to house there than the church
itself cost. Seine cruise is leem. Eiffel Tour, Arc Triomphe,
Montmarte, Pere Lachaise etc will burn a lot of time in
transportation. --psb
a great place to walk around ... here is where the Templers
were burned, here is where the D'Artanian lived, this is
the church Louis IX built to house the fraudulent relics he
bought etc. --psb
\_ I would just wander the streets. If you do end up going to
Montmartre (I wouldn't), the Dali Museum there is pretty cool.
What interests you? Food, shopping, history, art, sex?
\_ Shopping doesn't interest me. History interests me, but not
to the extent that I'd go see the beaches of Normandy during
my vacation like my coworker spent 2 days doing. Versailles
would be cool, but there's just not time for that. I do like
art and I go to art museums everywhere I go, hence looking
up the Orsay. I like food, too, and I am told Paris has a
lot of good cheese.
\_ Musee Rodin is nice and small and usually not totally
packed on a weekday. Paris has lots of good cheap eats
(crepe stands, breakfast croissants, middle eastern food,
ham&cheese sandwiches). It's also nice to spend $5 on a cup
of tea and watch people go buy (you can do this pretty much
anywhere in Paris, some places better than others. L'Opera
is usually pretty crowded). I remember really liking
Madeleine. There's the cathedral and a really good, overpriced
chocolate shop on that street. You said you don't like
shopping, but you like food. In terms of generic sites,
Notre Dame is pretty centrally located. Eiffel Tower is way
out of the way. Georges Pompideau Center is also in a good
central area and will give you easy access to CDG.
\_ Mourn with families of Air France Flight 447 passengers and crew.
\_ This isn't funny. |
http://csua.com/feed/