Buying a coat/ long jacket in Paris for Iceland trip
Mar 5th, 2016, 05:50 AM
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Personal family experience at www.jeannerafal.com Excellent selection, helpful staff (some English spoken if that is a concern), not cheap, but fine quality. Store on Blvd. Haussmann steps from metro stop.
Mar 5th, 2016, 07:47 AM
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There is no one "flagship" store which carries everything. The AVC stores in St Germain and rue des Ecoles are really very close to each other. If you're in a real hurry, just Google their phone numbers and ask if they have what you're looking for in their store. The salespeople all speak English, if you ask them nicely - "Bonjour. Parlez-vous anglais, s'il vous plait? Merci."
Mar 5th, 2016, 10:32 AM
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I just want to add that we have been in Iceland the past two years on the "first day of summer," - dear effing god, it was cold! I absolutely love the place, but if you're going to be touring around in a jeep make sure everything is covered and cosy - ears, head, toes, torso, ankles, neck, feet... I am originally from New England and pretty inured to the cold, but Iceland winds and rains and sleets made me almost tearful at times, and I HATE being a weakling. It's not a climate for the soft-hearted. I wore a shearling coat (at the end of April), and had a Goretex waterproof jacket, good boots, hat scarf, ear-warmers, for when it was wet, with a heavy sweater and silk underwear inderneath it.
Don'tmean to scare you, but damn that place was cold!
Don'tmean to scare you, but damn that place was cold!
