Any Fodorites in Paris now (18June08)?
Jun 17th, 2008, 02:59 PM
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Any Fodorites in Paris now (18June08)?
Bonjour de Paris, y'all. Absolutely superb weather for a visit at the moment - 70's daytime, 50's at night. No throngs of tourists yet, though there seem to be a lot of elementary school groups.
Lots of manifestations around town protesting the cost of gasoline; on our arrival Monday AM one had traffic from the city in the direction of CDG backed up for miles. No problem inbound - taxi on meter from CDG to Bastille area ran 48€ plus tip. SNCF agent told us today that Versailles is closed due to a strike all week - crap! My niece will be so disappointed if we can't get to Versailles.
If any Fodorites happen to be here and would like to have a spontaneous GTG let me know.
Lots of manifestations around town protesting the cost of gasoline; on our arrival Monday AM one had traffic from the city in the direction of CDG backed up for miles. No problem inbound - taxi on meter from CDG to Bastille area ran 48€ plus tip. SNCF agent told us today that Versailles is closed due to a strike all week - crap! My niece will be so disappointed if we can't get to Versailles.
If any Fodorites happen to be here and would like to have a spontaneous GTG let me know.
Jun 17th, 2008, 07:02 PM
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Take her to the Musee Jacquemart-Andre:
http://www.musee-jacquemart-andre.com/en/jacquemart/
Blvd. Haussmann, Metro: Miromesnil or St. Philippe de Roule, daily 10-1800. Be sure to eat in the dining room turned cafe. She'll love it!
http://www.musee-jacquemart-andre.com/en/jacquemart/
Blvd. Haussmann, Metro: Miromesnil or St. Philippe de Roule, daily 10-1800. Be sure to eat in the dining room turned cafe. She'll love it!
Jun 18th, 2008, 01:08 AM
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Just came back from Paris a couple of days ago. The day I was at Versailles there was a 'limited' strike as there were fewer rooms open to the public. I wish I had known that when I purchased my ticket.
Have a great holiday Seamus.
Have a great holiday Seamus.
Jun 18th, 2008, 03:56 PM
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Ansel - my head is extremely porous.
Ronda - yep, he J-A is one of my favorite museums and is on the list
bozama - we will indeed be here for la nuit blanche, and plan to spend the day wandering from one performance to another.
kiddo - while we were at gare du Nord today to pick up next week's Eurostar tickets I thought I would just re-check at another Transilien kiosk. The very friendly agent told me that Versailles was not closed and sold us forfait loisir tickets for Sunday.
Ronda - yep, he J-A is one of my favorite museums and is on the list
bozama - we will indeed be here for la nuit blanche, and plan to spend the day wandering from one performance to another.
kiddo - while we were at gare du Nord today to pick up next week's Eurostar tickets I thought I would just re-check at another Transilien kiosk. The very friendly agent told me that Versailles was not closed and sold us forfait loisir tickets for Sunday.
Jun 18th, 2008, 04:43 PM
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Hi Seamus, Sorry if I confused you. I didn't mean that Versailles was closed but when I was there last Thursday, one of the staff mentioned that there was a limited strike that day and unfortunately some rooms would be off limits to the public. For instance, the Dauphin’s Apartments were not available to tour.
