Paris in March
Feb 26th, 2001, 03:28 PM
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Paris in March
I will be staying im the St. Germain area for a week in March. Since the weather will be on the cool side, are there any cafes, jazz clubs, spring fashion shows, or other activities anyone can recommend. I also would like to take a train to Versailles one day. Thanks for any suggestions...
Feb 27th, 2001, 01:03 AM
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Stayed in the same area a couple of yrs ago in March. Being from Hawaii, it was rather chilly, occasionally drizzly but nice without the crowds. For a week stay, you will find excellent food drink and sights, so just stop in where ever it suits you. The only "bad" experience I had was on my last day, a "local" expat in the Mouftard open market recommended a must try...Chartres...nothing more than a tourist trap. Versailles is worth the trip.
Feb 27th, 2001, 07:56 AM
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Sandy misspoke... We're meeting on March 23, not 24, the day we arrive and the day before they leave. Hope others can join us. (Dana, Idsant, Tony, etc.) We have pageszoom URL of Cafe Francais where we're meeting (Place de la Bastille). Sandy will keep me informed.
Feb 27th, 2001, 08:37 AM
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Thanks Sue, <BR> <BR>Yes, I got my fingers on the wrong keys . . . everybody . . . we're meeting at Cafe Fracais, 3 de la Bastille, on Fri, Mar 23, at 6:00 p.m. We'll have our blue ribbons . . . be there or be square (guess that dates me)! <BR> <BR>Sandy
Feb 27th, 2001, 05:04 PM
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Hi Sandy and other Paris travelers. I'll be with a travel agent friend in Paris March 7-12. I found a hotel through placestostay.com which is my first experience booking an international hotel through the web. Is everyone using websites to book int'l hotels? Just curious.
Feb 27th, 2001, 06:04 PM
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<< Chatres....nothing more than a tourist trap..>> <BR> <BR> <BR>I'm sorry, but I have to raise a big red flag for this comment. Chartres is one of the grat wonders of the world, and anyone who dismisses it is missing out on some of the best Medeival history available to us. Malcolm Miller's tours are exceptional, but even if you can't avail yourself of one of these, if you can't go and stand in that nave and appreciate what went on so many hundreds of years ago to make it possible for you to see what you are seeing, you are a dunce and an ingrate.
Feb 27th, 2001, 09:43 PM
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StCirq, While the negative comment about Chartres caused me to raise an eyebrow and wonder what kind of bad experience the writer had (caught in the middle of a busload of noisy tourists or some equally awful or perhaps had OD'd on cathedrals at that point), I don't think she deserves or needs to be insulted. While I don't write much on the forum, my wife does, but I do read it fairly often and I am always amazed when I run across an intemperate, nasty or rude comment written by some poor insensitive and insecure soul. And no, you don't have to write back to fang me and tell me what an ass I am and how wonderful and secure you are. I know all that already, which I guess certainly makes me an ingrate.
Feb 28th, 2001, 05:57 AM
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Lynne, <BR> <BR>Please join us on the 23rd! <BR> <BR>Patt, <BR> <BR>I don't usually make hotel reservations at all beforehand, I prefer to wing it but when I do ('cause I'm arriving at night or I know someplace I want to stay, etc.), then I have found booking on line a GREAT way to go. I most always get prompt and courteous replies and I've yet to be disappointed with my choices. Sorry you can't join us on the 23rd, will be lots 'o fun. <BR> <BR>Sandy
Feb 28th, 2001, 06:04 PM
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Hey all you Fodorites . . . you don't need a formal invitation, do you? If you read this and will be in Paris on Fri, Mar 23, then meet us (we're up to about 11 people by now) at Cafe Francais, 3 place de la Bastille, 6:00 p.m. We'll have our blue ribbons plus an American flag on the table. <BR> <BR>Hope to see you! <BR>Sandy
