Keren

Hi Jocelyn,
You will need to move the Louvre to another day, since it's closed on Tuesdays (if you don't HAVE to do the English tour and can explore it on your own, it's good to know it's open until 21:30 on Wednesday and Fridays)
And Passy is a wonderful choice for a location; Rue de l'Annociation and its food stores, the Passy covered market, Ranelagh gardens, Musée Marmottan. It's a great neighbourhood with a real Parisian feel to it, I think. Auteuil neighbourhood, to the south of Passy, is also worth a wander for its Art Nouveau buildings and somewhat provincial feel.
Enjoy your trip
Keren

Jocelyn_P

"You will need to move the Louvre to another day, since it's closed on Tuesdays"

Aw, phooey. I'll have to swap days somewhere. Thanks, everyone.

wliwl

dave in paris:
Can you tell us a little more about Routard? Is there a web site that lists the restaurants? Thanks!

Jocelyn_P

topping for Dave

wliwl, I googled Routard and found their website, but it's all in French. Though it may be there, I couldn't find a list of restaurants.

Intrepid1

I'd actually make up a "third" list...the things that your "DH" wants to do..thus far you've only told us about (whatI assume are) your own desires.

Jocelyn_P

Ah, but Intrepid, you should know that "assuming" makes an "a$$" out of "u" and "me."

nytraveler

That's a relaxed itinerary? With time for sleeping in? (For me sleeping in means 10 or 11 with breakfast in bed.)

To be really relaxed and romantic I would cut out a bunch of the sights/walking tours - and do a lot more wandering, window shopping, and cafe sitting.

BlueSwimmer

Jocelyn-

I recommend visiting the Musee Marmottan on either the day before or the day after your trip to Giverny.

It will be so amazing to see the real bridges, gardens and lily ponds and then see the paintings of them. The museum is lovely and not large. If you get there when they first open you can wander the main collection, then make your way to the Monets, and be finished in time to stroll through the nearby park, then havelunch in the neighborhood and go on with more sightseeing. We did this on a Sunday last winter, and enjoyed seeing all of the French families at the museum.

They are open from 10-6 and closed Monday according to their website: http://www.marmottan.com/uk/informations/index.html

I think your trip sounds wonderful!

StCirq

Jocelyn:

On the main Routard web page, select Paris as your destination in the top center of the page. Then scroll down the left-hand side of that page to the NOUVEAU heading and click on Les Adresses du Routard. Then select restaurants, or cafés/bistros, or whatever, and then you'll be prompted to select type of cuisine, location, etc.

It's not the most intuitive website, even if your French is fluent, but it's got great info.

orval

StCirq,
I navigated the Routard site a bit, and keep getting only examples of restos or bars, no matter what selections of price, type or location that I choose. I am clicking on the highlighted blue link within the paragraph below the price/type/location selection area.
Seems Routard wants to sell the info these days. Anything I am doing wrong that you can share?

wliwl

I'm wondering the same thing about the web site. Knowing no French though, it is hard to say...Perhaps they are asking for an email address?

LVSue

I must echo Boots and Christina about the Carte Orange. It's a blessing to be able to hop on any bus or Metro, even if it's just for one stop, and not to have to worry about running out of tickets. I would highly recommend that you buy Paris Mapguide by MIddleditch because the bus routes are marked on the streets, which is excellent for those lines that go one way and come back a different way because of one-way streets.

And I think it's a blessing in disguise that the Louvre is closed on Tues, because I think it's better to separate your "out-of-town" days. Supposedly Orsay and Versailles are busier than usual on Tues because of that, so I'd go to Giverny. Might even spread them out more and do Versailles on Friday.

As long as you know opening days and times for the things you want to see, you can always play it by ear when you get there. (If it's raining, skip Versailles and see the Louvre--or whatever.)