with or without clothes?

Now this is getting interesting!

Fat Tire Segway vs Bike ... go with the <b>Segway</b> tour!

Yes it's more expensive but worth every penny! My 16 year old daughter and I did the Segways in both 2007 and 2008. Convinced DW to come along in 2008 and she regretted not joining us the year before.

Maybe I'll go again and swing past the food fight on a Segway! LOL

depends on the flavor

parisamsterdam,
thanks for helping me decide on the segway.
riding one sounds so much more than riding a bike.

o, and we could have the food fight while riding the segway!!

as much as i would have liked the segway, dd informs me that the $$ saved by riding the bikes v/s segway could be better spent at chanel. lol!

I am stealing part of your itinerary! Thanks for the work. I have been having a hard time focusing on where and when and you have helped. I want to go to P&egrave;re Lachaise Cemetery (it's where Jim Morrison is buried) because I understand it is very beautiful and old and haunted? Both my hubby and I love old cemeteries. We return on 3/22. When do you leave?

If you go to Pere Lachaise, get a map. The place is HUGE. I walked the cemetery for two hours and did not find Jim Morrison's grave. Found Oscar Wilde and Colette, however.

Thin

yellowrose,
you are very welcome to use my itinerary.
there was a lot of info on various threads that i just pulled together.
i tried to keep sites of interest clustered in one area as much as possible.
except for a couple of places, we both want to hit the same spots.

we leave on march 30 to arrive cdg on the 31st.
i still need to find good warm walking boots for dd &amp; i.
that is going to be my focus for the next week or so.

58 days to go! can you sense the excitement here.

Would you consider visiting the L'orangerie on the same day as you go to Giverny, Friends of mine did that and said it was lovely to finish their visit to Monet's garden surrounded by his art in the L'orangerie. It isn't a large gallery, you could spend an hour there and be happy.

I think your itinerary sounds pretty good - not too rushed. Make sure you visit the gardens at Versaille, they are lovely.....

Musee Rodin is really lovely if you have time to visit another small gallery. The house itself has a wonderful collection and the gardens are filled with sculpture, including 'The Thinker' which is in the middle of a rose garden, although I'm not sure if the roses will be in bloom in March.

Unless you are really keen shoppers, I would skip one department store. La Fayette is very spectacular and has a food court upstairs with some lovely views over Paris.

I know the Champs Elysee is often criticised for being overly commercial, but I think it's a right of passage to start at The Louvre and make your way right to the Arc de Triomphe.

abranz - I will be able to talk to you when we get back and before you leave. Plus, there is a computer in our apartment, so will be able to be on line while in Paris. We are at 41 days until departure!I, too, am looking for the perfect shoes. I have been have plantar fasciitis problems. Bought a pair of MBT's and am going to see my foot doctor next week. The MBT's have felt wonderful around the house but have not worn them outside yet.

abranz,

I too am stealing part of your itinerary.

My 3 days will be...

1)
place invalides, musee d’orsay , evening on the Seine with Eiffel tower at night.

2)
market in the marais,
ile st. louis, notre dame, latin quarter, place de vosges at sunset

3)
galaries lafayette, le printemps
montmarte, sacre coeur, bus tour at night to see lights.

I am going to agree with many of the above posters, and disagree with some.

Amorino above Berthillon. Plus they make every cone in the shape of a flower. A real work of art. Favorite flavors--pistachio &amp; coconut. There's a shop on I'lle St. Louis, and many other locations.

Skip the Champs--too large &amp; commercial. And, IMO, skip Invaldies--huge, grey, and boring.

Luxemborg Gardens is worth 3 Tuilleries, maybe 4.

Small museums we love are &quot;The Carnavalet&quot; in the Marais, and &quot;The Nissim Comando&quot; near the Galleries Lafayette.

Personally, I didn't like shopping at Les Halles.

cathies,
i love your idea of visiting l'orangerie after being at giverny. it would be the perfect end to the day.

as much as we enjoy museums, we are trying to limit ourselves so we can savour just being in paris.
i do have the rodin, marmottan, cluny and picasso in the back of my mind but i would rather see how our days go.
if the weather is yucky, we may hit every museum.
if not, we may want to just hang out and people watch.
the fashion show at galleries lafayette sounded like fun since both dd and i love fashion.
i have a feeling the marais and other smaller boutiques will have more character and interesting shopping than the big stores.
besides chanel, (thanks cig for that idea) and dior, i don't necessarily want to go high end shopping.
i want funky unusual stuff that look and spell paris.

yellowrose and dandj,
oooooh we are all going to have so much fun fun fun!!!!

Here's another thought: I realize your daughter's interest is in Monet and Giverny, but you can take a wonderful walk through the village of Montmartre and see many of the ateliers where the Impressionist (and other) painters lived and worked. It's a gorgeous walk, to boot (if it's a nice day). I think the Eyewitness Guide to Paris details the walk (not sure as I'm still not unpacked in my new abode), but here's a start:

http://www.apartfr.com/Montmartre/MontmartreOct.htm

abranz -
I'd skip Les Halles, add Luxembourg gardens, and one of the great cemeteries. I agree there's no reason to be at Place des Vosges at Sunset but it's a fun place to stop by on Sunday as there's lots of families and small children being cute.

I'd only go to 3 museums (Orsay, 3 hours in the Louvre and the Orangerie.) Rather than Les Halles, the area around St. Eustache, Rue Montorgueil is fun and you can sit and have drinks at an outdoor cafe.

On Monday make sure you stop by Laduree and Guerlain.

bookmarking

I forgot the Rodin Sculpture Garden and Luxemburg Gardens.

They will have to be added...

I will delete place de vosges at sunset..

Where is Jim Morrison buried?

Being one who has never been to either Berthillon or Amorino;
I am willing to take it upon myself to be the offical tast tester.

I am here for you. I am ready to take one for the team :)

Jim Morrison is buried in P&egrave;re Lachaise. As Thin says, be sure to get a map of you could spend weeks trying to find him. Every time I've been there have been vendors selling cemetery maps outside the entrances.