My Super Low Budget Trip to Paris
May 5th, 2008, 07:19 PM
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I had bookmarked that apartment before--glad to hear it's a good one. I think the guy who owns it used to post on Fodor's once upon a time.
I am very, very jealous of your surprise trip to Paris. But I can relate to that defeated and lonely first-day feeling.
Looking forward to more.
I am very, very jealous of your surprise trip to Paris. But I can relate to that defeated and lonely first-day feeling.
Looking forward to more.
May 6th, 2008, 07:47 AM
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Apres_Londee, thanks for the great trip report.
I am a budget traveler and love finding out about 300E for a week for an apartment. I also wondered if there was a phone in the apartment? It never said in the info on the webpage that I could tell.
it looks as if you were about in between the Oberkampf and the Parmenteir metro stops, true?
thanks....lynda
I am a budget traveler and love finding out about 300E for a week for an apartment. I also wondered if there was a phone in the apartment? It never said in the info on the webpage that I could tell.
it looks as if you were about in between the Oberkampf and the Parmenteir metro stops, true?
thanks....lynda
Looking forward to reading more!
May 6th, 2008, 05:43 PM
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Oh wow, thanks everyone. I wasn't expecting to see this up here. I'm still working on my report, between battling a cold and catching up at the office.
To answer questions about the apartment- it does not have a television, but yes there is a phone complete with voicemail. There is also wifi access so bring your laptop.
I brought my laptop, but after I arrived I put it up on a shelf and promtly forgot all about it (I barely remembered to bring it home)
As for the exact location, I'm looking at my no. 57 Michelin right now. The apartment isn't really between the Parmentier and Oberkampf stops because it's actually a smidgen to the east of the Parmentier metro station.
Rue JP Timbaud is a very short block north of the Parmentier stop, then you turn east (or right) on JP Timbaud. The building is past the tiny little street called R.E. Lockroy, but comes just before the even tinier little Cour d'Angouleme.
The building is on the north side of the street, which means it faces south and the apartment is very bright with lots of natural sunlight.
Pamentier metro is about 1 minute's walk away. Oberkampf is less than 5 minutes, Republique and Goncourt about 10 minutes max. Place de Republique has an offical taxi stand.
Bus no. 96 stops on the northwest corner of JP Timbaud and Avenue Parmentier, and will take you through the Marais, the Isle de Cite, and St Germaine de Pres. On the way back, it stops on rue Oberkampf near the Parmentier metro stop.
I have some pictures up- probably a quarter of my Paris photos were taken in St-Denis and I've labeled them as such (I spent most of a Saturday in St-Denis, not only the basilica but exploring the town as well, which was a suprise highlight for me)
Anyways, I also made a little album called JP Timbaud with a few photos of the apartment as well the street and surrounding area. I took the ones on the street on the sly when there weren't many people around and consequently they are kind of boring, but they do give an idea.
http://tinyurl.com/52zfk
To answer questions about the apartment- it does not have a television, but yes there is a phone complete with voicemail. There is also wifi access so bring your laptop.
I brought my laptop, but after I arrived I put it up on a shelf and promtly forgot all about it (I barely remembered to bring it home)
As for the exact location, I'm looking at my no. 57 Michelin right now. The apartment isn't really between the Parmentier and Oberkampf stops because it's actually a smidgen to the east of the Parmentier metro station.
Rue JP Timbaud is a very short block north of the Parmentier stop, then you turn east (or right) on JP Timbaud. The building is past the tiny little street called R.E. Lockroy, but comes just before the even tinier little Cour d'Angouleme.
The building is on the north side of the street, which means it faces south and the apartment is very bright with lots of natural sunlight.
Pamentier metro is about 1 minute's walk away. Oberkampf is less than 5 minutes, Republique and Goncourt about 10 minutes max. Place de Republique has an offical taxi stand.
Bus no. 96 stops on the northwest corner of JP Timbaud and Avenue Parmentier, and will take you through the Marais, the Isle de Cite, and St Germaine de Pres. On the way back, it stops on rue Oberkampf near the Parmentier metro stop.
I have some pictures up- probably a quarter of my Paris photos were taken in St-Denis and I've labeled them as such (I spent most of a Saturday in St-Denis, not only the basilica but exploring the town as well, which was a suprise highlight for me)
Anyways, I also made a little album called JP Timbaud with a few photos of the apartment as well the street and surrounding area. I took the ones on the street on the sly when there weren't many people around and consequently they are kind of boring, but they do give an idea.
http://tinyurl.com/52zfk
May 6th, 2008, 06:04 PM
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Apres, what a wonderful report. I'm really enjoying it and it's nice to hear from someone who went on a real budget.
I haven't been to Paris for 14 years, and reading your report is making me want to go.
I haven't been to Paris for 14 years, and reading your report is making me want to go.
May 6th, 2008, 06:11 PM
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And to give a bit of structure to things, here's a short list of the main things I did each day:
Friday: Pompidou Centre and BVH
Saturday: St-Denis and l'Orangerie
Sunday: Louvre (Northern School Paintings with Jan Fabre installations & the Babylon Exhibit)
Monday: Isle de la Cite and St-Louis, Mats Ek Ballet at the Palais Garnier
Tuesday: Goya Exhibit at the Petit Palais
Wednesday: home
As you can see, I moved at a snail's pace. I spent between 3-6 hours per musuem, and went to bed relatively early each night, exhausted. Which sounds kind of stupid considering how sparse my itinerary seems, but there you go. I *was* exhausted at the end of each day. Those art collections are huge, even the Goya Exhibit was enormous. I did spend a lot of time dawdling in between, which was something of a pleasure in itself.
I wanted to do more on Tuesday, but by then this cold had me in it's grip and I was feeling pretty sick. I'm ashamed to say I spent my last evening in Paris passed out in bed.
Friday: Pompidou Centre and BVH
Saturday: St-Denis and l'Orangerie
Sunday: Louvre (Northern School Paintings with Jan Fabre installations & the Babylon Exhibit)
Monday: Isle de la Cite and St-Louis, Mats Ek Ballet at the Palais Garnier
Tuesday: Goya Exhibit at the Petit Palais
Wednesday: home
As you can see, I moved at a snail's pace. I spent between 3-6 hours per musuem, and went to bed relatively early each night, exhausted. Which sounds kind of stupid considering how sparse my itinerary seems, but there you go. I *was* exhausted at the end of each day. Those art collections are huge, even the Goya Exhibit was enormous. I did spend a lot of time dawdling in between, which was something of a pleasure in itself.
I wanted to do more on Tuesday, but by then this cold had me in it's grip and I was feeling pretty sick. I'm ashamed to say I spent my last evening in Paris passed out in bed.
