The rest of the trip was similar. Easy days, beautiful weather for walking, sitting outside at cafes for lunch watching the world go by, a little shopping for the granddaughters, and dinners at small favorite places.

Boring to some of you I'm sure but just we needed and why we came to Paris again.

I loved your advice on what to wear in Paris << wear a blindfold, reach in your closet and wear whatever you grab >> So true at least IME.

Nice report.

That is the truth, they wear everything. A lot of black stockings with dresses, jeans and sneakers. We were laughing at all the kids tees with American writing. My Dad is Earl? What was that about?

'My Dad is Earl? What was that about?'

T'inquiète.
Ils entravent pas tous que dalle à ce qui est écrit sur les t-shirts, c'te bande de trouffions. Ils kiffent l'anglais, va savoir pq.

Loving your report. Abbreviations and all.
I had not been back to Paris in years when I read one of your first reports TPAYT and I fell in love all over again.
I always try to find an appartment with a balcony. So nice to sit out there with a drink before or after you go out for dinner.

TPAYT, loving your apartment, your view, your sauntering around Paris. Glad you folks could unwind in such great weather...

TPAYT: Nice memories of a great stay in Paris. We have just returned from being there for 10 days (well, 3 nights in suburbs with friends) with 7 days in a grand apartment in mid to l ate September. We went to a concert at Ste. Chapelle, delightful, and to vespers at Notre Dame.

I like your apartment, and might try that site next time. Last timbefore this, (4 years ago) we rented on Ile St. Louis and I just love that area!!

Nice to hear about your easy going trip. I want to go right back!!

OMG ( :) ) not boring at all, TPAYT! My idea of heaven when traveling.

On each of our three trips to Paris we have had kids/grandkids with us so we felt like we had to stay on the go to see as much as we could. I'm looking forward to eventually some time having a vacation in Paris like yours. Easy days, beautiful weather for walking, sitting outside at cafes for lunch watching the world go by, a little shopping for the granddaughters, and dinners at small favorite places - all of these sound perfect!

I very much appreciate the nice comments after all the snarky ones. I was almost ready to give up on Fodors.

Another restaurant we like is "SORZA" on Rue St. Louis en Ile. We went there twice. The food & service is VERY GOOD. Both times it was about 110 Euros. My favorite part of the meal is the mushroom risitto and the great Sancerre white wine.

"LE REMINET" on the Left Bank is very touristy but we still like it. The saying goes that you first eat with your eyes and every dish is a real presentation. I had a crab starter that had so many interesting flavors on the plate, My husband had chicken with clams----very odd, but beautiful to look at and he actually liked it and he's not a clam person. The sea bass & dessert were also plated beautifully and very tasty.
Some good wine & coffee....about 140 Euros.

"MARCO POLO" on Rue de Conde------We always go here once during our stay. I think almost more to see Albano than for the food. It's good but not exceptional. About 100 Euros.
denisea--------We did say hi to Albano from Denise & Chad and he seemed to remember you, haha!

I've included the prices because I always like it in the trip reports I read.

I did buy a few scarves for myself (easy to transport) but mostly some casual clothes for the granddaughters. Since the fire they are so appreciative of anything they get. Also 3 scarves for our daughter to brighten up the 1 business suit that was at the cleaners so it survived. Now she can shop for suits to go with the Paris scarves.

Oh, I also must mention going back to Luxembourg Gardens. The day was so beautiful and the park such a calming influence.

I did have a list of new things to do and several day trips on our list but we were so happy just being in Paris that we didn't get to it.

Ooops! Risotto, not risitto. I better correct or I'm sure someone will do it for me.

I very much like to see the prices too.

kerouac - I think that people who can afford to rent these kinds of apartments and/or hotels don't worry about prices for anything. Probably most other people would worry about it, though - especially if they had kids. My mortgage in Paris costs just about the same amount that these people are spending for a week - and by the way, I have a great view!

Would you be kind enough to tell me which apartment you rented in Paris. I am looking for one for July 2016. Thank you.

TPAYT- great report. Sounds like a perfect, relaxing trip.

Of those restaurants you visited... I'm just curious as to how long the length of the meal was? Are any of them kid-friendly? I'm looking for good food, but at a restaurant where the kids won't have to sit there for hours.

Thanks!

Why is so difficult to ask that one not use abbreviations? Or just ask what they mean, but its not necessary to make a snarky comment about use of them. It takes away from the nice report being posted.

fuzzbucket - I think you don't know what you are talking about so get a grip and let people spend money the way they see fit.

TPAYT: We also had a fairly lazy trip to Paris this time. I'm going to do a short report, when I get all my "stuff" together. It will be different, because we did some unusual things.

However, one of the most unusual things was that each of us, (three couples) overslept just about every morning!! One morning I woke at 9:20 and I was the first one up! Never happens at home, Never!
We blamed it on the wonderfully comfortable beds! (and that we had no specific "dates" or 'times'

Sorry that you've had some negative comments. Your trip reports are always good, they tell a story and give us good information. Thanks for the effort.

Sounds like my kind of trip and probably just what you needed as well.

Snarky me ?

Ca fait 30 berges que je me tape de l'anglais à toutes les sauces et il faudrait qu'en plus je décode les abréviations du premier venu ?
Et en prime j'ai pas le droit de dire que cela me gonfle sans qu'on dise que je suis impoli.

Sans vouloir offusquer quiconque, je trouve cette façon de me traiter assez cavalière et me vois marri du peu de cas que certains font de mes efforts linguistiques.

Vertubleu.

Je comprends votre peine.

Pariswat, I have to say that you speak and write excellent English. It has to be very hard. I speak English and still have to figure out some abbreviations.

This is what you typed translated:
Do not worry . They not impede any slab that what is written on t -shirts, c'te
Still doesn't make me understand My Dad is Earl.

I think French is one of the hardest languages to speak and so appreciate so many being able to communicate with me when I travel and to give advice on travel forums.

As someone who speaks English and Spanish but just cannot grasp French, I appreciate everyone we met in France and who takes the time to post here for helping us. It's a beautiful language that I have zero hope of mastering. Even my bonjours were messed up this year, yikes.

TPAYT--I hope one day to have a leisurely trip to Paris. Maybe on our 10th we'll relax a bit more! I can't wait to return. :)

Flpab

My french was totally unintelligible for any non frenchspeaking, mixing old expressions : 'entrave que dalle' means to understand nothing in this only expression, 'kiffer' means to like in teens language. Trouffions means guys, an obsolete expression used first as meaning 'infantrymen'...

So basically the T shirt means nothing, just some people like to have english written on their Tshirts.
This evening my eldest had a Tshirt labelled 'Trash'...
English is 'très chic' in France and Belgium.

My last post in french is first in slang, the second a pale revival of oeveraccented old french. Ker responded in kind...

Anyway, thanks all, have a good night, see some of you tomorrow.
Nice writing to you, even if I may look offended from time to time, I actually like this thread and appreciate that you all like Paris !!

(but honestly I didn't understand the incriminated post full of abbreviations - didn't try too hard, if I may confess it).

... where is my glass of Bordeaux....

Enjoyed your report and apartment link! On our first visit we stayed on I'lle St Louis and also went to Chappelle. Thanks for the memories

I will pass that info on to my husband because he was fascinated by Earl and the Abercrombie store. We didn't go in but saw the line beyond the beautiful gates. A glass of Bordeaux sounds very good right now.

Fuzzbucket, we got a great deal in the 14th with vacationinparis. We eat out but love going to Picard, the fresh markets, the butcher for rotisserie chickens, fresh bread,salted butter, our own bottle of wine. We spend less in Paris than many American cities. Boston is very pricey. I think Paris is a place for people of all types of budgets.

There is a TV show called "My Name Is Earl" and there are lots of tee shirts related to the show. Maybe that's the connection, maybe not?

As far as the abbreviations go, I totally understood you, TPAYT. However, I think the point is, if someone on this forum does not understand, there is a much more polite way to ask the Original Poster to explain the abbreviations, or to ask for help, in a way that is not rude and disrespectful.

I'm sure TPAYT had no intention of excluding anyone with her abbreviations. They are ubiquitous on this forum anyway.

My husband & I have enjoyed wonderful dinners at Sorza, too. I especially liked the appetizer of grilled eggplant drizzled with pesto & balsamic reduction!

On our last trip to Paris, we went to Marco Polo for the first time. Our only disappointment was that we went on our last night. If we had gone earlier in our stay, we could have gone back for another meal! As we left, Albano said, "Good-bye, Lady!" Well, I was charmed! :-)

brubenow---thanks, well said. I see that pariswat is new to this forum and therefore not familiar with Fodorites abreviations such as DH, DD, etc.

Hopefully pariswat will be more positive in their upcoming posts. Maybe there is a Fodors Forum in French that they could join.

I love Albano at Marco Polo. He is so welcoming and I am sure he does not remember us although he always acts as if he does. Chaz and I still laugh over him explaining that the cheese we were ordering was "one for two"...for some reason I totally understood it, but Chaz didn't quite and Albano just playfully toyed with him. Great entertainment and we always enjoy Marco Polo!.

"Hopefully pariswat will be more positive in their upcoming posts. Maybe there is a Fodors Forum in French that they could join."

Which is not at all condescending of course.

TYPAT,
Thanks for the trip report which I enjoyed ;) Glad to hear you had nice weather, as kerouac indicated there are never any guarantees.

All this discussion of the abbreviations and has no one had a go at translating them?

I'm an English speaker living in the US and I have to say I find them pretty confusing too, perhaps I'm slow but I didn't know what DH was for some time (Dear Husband). I guess maybe because I'm not on Facebook these aren't abbreviations aren't familiar? Or perhaps because my husband would run for the hills if I described him this way, even in jest!!!

The two I use most here on Fodors are TR (Trip Report) and OP (Original Poster for the one who started the thread). I now get GD (Grand Daughter) MIL, FIL (Mother-in-Law and Father-in-Law) but much beyond this and I have no idea what's going on. What are all these?

<MDH, BR, LR, BDR, ND (ok this one is easy), GD, BD, LDM, PF and TR.>

If Fodors had anything as useful as a sticky at the top of the Forum this would be a helpful thing to post. I'd also add the curious "Topping", an expression I didn't understand for quite some time - which indicated the person is "topping" a thread.

Anyway enough of this digression, don't let me delay the Paris chat!

Thanks for those nice post.

OP,
I don't think I'm a SOB looking for MILF or even GILF on this forum so thanks to give ASAP give an ETA for a translation of your abbs, unless you go AWOL on this forum ?

Mvg (this one is Flemmish).

Hi TPAYT....I hope you will finish your trip report. Would love to read more.

Thanks for sharing!