I've been to Paris alone and I've been with "friends". Alone was SOOOOOO much better.

Uh-oh, he's back. Darn.

Come on... ,,Ladies...You girls are try to tell everyone that this is the best way to travel?...alone???...by yourself?....get real !!!

Chill out,Granny....!!!!!

I'd say the only one who needs to chill out is you Mr. Lion. You are the one with all the !!!s. Ladies? Girls? Granny? I don't believe any of us need to "get real." :D
Ann Marie

Malelion55,
That Granny is so me!!!! That's how I want to be in my 80's I want to feel happy enough and confident enough to "dance" in the streets when the music moves me. LOL.

Granny would never, ever not visit a place simply because she didn't have a "man" to go with her. Any one who has the freedom to do her thing in public with flip the naysayers the bird and be on the first plane smoking to Paris.

Ladies just remmber.

Malelion can't travel alone. He needs a woman to take care of him. Just like the real species. Alone, he would stare. Sad isn't it!

(Just booked my next trip to Paris, my SO will go to Paris too... Paris Tennesse.... LOL!)

Opps. that sentence above should read "alone he would starve"

(Although he does seem to to the kind to stare, doesn't he)

hmmm very interesting...

Well, Paris, Im coming to c u in April and guess what, Im a solo traveller too (will be my first time) hopefully would enjoy...

so people any help with hotels? checked online and just got more confused.. lots of choices... (budget around 150 Eur...


thks for help :P
Jina

Jina- Have fun in April. Here is a thread about hotels you might start with...
http://www.fodors.com/community/euro...ank-thread.cfm

There is also a right bank hotel thread you can check out. Just use the search box.
Ann Marie

I think he is wishing to join some of the solo women travelers.

Five posts in a row makes me think lonely lion. :(

< You girls are try to tell everyone that this is the best way to travel?...alone???...by yourself? >

YES

I think he meant to post to the original Like a Virgin video with the lion but, unsurprisingly, he failed.

cigale- I would ignore. For some reason this person lifted iowagirl's comments and your comments from a different thread (why you picked your fodor name) and pasted it to this thread.

Ladies,

I would suggest ignoring this babbling, giggling idiot. His lack of proper grammar gives creedence to his low level of intelligence. Obviously, he is one of the most significant reasons to travel alone.


Saying that, I am finished with this thread.

Now, now Ladies and Gentlemen. Let's play nice.

Op, here.
Thanks everyone for the encouragement. So I've got a sketchy itinerary. I did have a question. My flight gets into Paris about 1:00 pm. I'm assuming that it will take about 1 hour to get to my hotel (I have transfers from my TA). Would you leave the rest of that afternoon open? My first thought was to immediately go over to the Eiffel tower and pinch myself but now I'm thinking after an overnight flight I may be overly ambitious.

It is likely that you will be very excited when you get there and want to walk around and see things. You might go see the Eiffel Tower, but you might not want to invest the time to go up if there is a long line.

Lots of people will tell you to walk around and stay up as late as you can with no nap. I always need to nap after staying up all night on the plane, but I might get out first in the neighborhood. I would leave it open and see how you feel when you get there.

eliza61:

If you're staying near the Louvre and arriving at your hotel in the afternoon after an overnight flight, you might not want to try the Eiffel Tower on that first day. You'll want to get settled and get your bearings. You might want to roam a bit but yet stay within the general vicinity of your hotel, stopping at a cafe and relaxing for a time and maybe scouting out the area for restaurant possibilities. I've found that if you try to do too much on that first day in a major foreign city you don't know, you can get overly tired and even somewhat confused by it all. That could color the rest of your trip.

As for dining alone, I've done it several times in Paris, and I've had uniformly good experiences. You will too.

Another solo female traveler chiming in here. I travel for work and holiday (often hooking holiday onto a work trip) and Paris really is a great place for a solo visit. I do find French men to be pretty persistent (more persistent than, say, Italians), and the worst (in my experience) is along the Champs-Elysees.

Whether you make it straight through your arrival day without sleep or take a nap, do make a point of spending time outside (after your nap if you take one) so that your internal clock can figure out what's going on. Eat meals according to Paris time, ignoring your body (unless you wake up at night and are hungry---have something in your room to eat in case this happens). Even if you're not particularly hungry, go ahead and stop for a light meal.

"malelion" has been removed! Yay!

On my first afternoon I like to visit the huge Jardin du Luxembourg in the 6th arr. for lots of great people watching and beautiful scenery.

I enjoying walking around to see the fountains & gardens and to take in the action on the boule courts (courts?). There are children on the elaborate playgrounds, at the puppet theatre, on the carousel and sailing model boats in the basin/pond. You can sit on the green metal chairs and people-watch near the Palace.

Bordering the garden is rue vavin a lovely street for strolling with a nice mix of womens' and childrens' clothing stores, cafes, and at 3 rue vavin, a Jean Paul Hevin chocolate shop that calls my name. It looks more like an upscale jewelry store than chocolate shop.

Stroll down rue vavin by clicking the link below. Apologies for not using tinyurl. I'm having trouble with it... http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&sour...229.48,,0,4.91
Ann Marie