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May 5th, 2002, 04:43 AM

greg

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Paris VOTE now for your favourites

As a bit of fun how about voting for our faves in Paris to be begin with, lets say we'll stop at 200 posts ,& then give awards such as Oscars once we have counted them up . I've tried to include as many possible aspects and services etc of a vacation in Paris , feel free to add categories : 1.favourite book / website / medium for preparing your vacation 2. Favourite travel agency / website for booking your holiday 3 . Favourite airline to Paris 4.Favourite shuttle service from the airport to Paris 5.Favourite hotel in Paris 6.Favourite arrondissement in Paris 7.Favourite restaurant ( evening ) 8.Favourite restaurant (daytime) 9.Favourite shop (clothes) 10.Favourite shop ( other ) 11.Favourite monument 12.Favourite time of year to visit Paris 13.Favourite daytrip from Paris 14.Favourite car rental service in paris 15.Favourite Theatre 16.Favourite place for a casual stroll 17.Favourite sightseeing tour company 18.Favourite memory 19.Special award for anything not mentioned above I'm sure there are more categories to add , lets try & get a census on Fodorites faves & maybe update it every couple of months . Whoever reaches post 200 can have the honourable task of counting up the scores !

May 5th, 2002, 05:13 AM

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Greg, it sounds like you have nothing to do. Go out, get some work out and you will realize there is more to life than coming up with some borring ideas that already were covered on this forum many, many times. Can't you do something useful this time?

May 5th, 2002, 05:20 AM

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Great , I love surveys ok i'll be first then. 1.favourite book / website / medium for preparing your vacation - Rick Steves 2. Favourite travel agency / website for booking your holiday - Expedia .com 3 . Favourite airline to Paris - Continental 4.Favourite shuttle service from the airport to Paris - none used rer 5.Favourite hotel in Paris - la bourdonnais 6.Favourite arrondissement in Paris - 6th 7.Favourite restaurant ( evening )- chez Clovis 8.Favourite restaurant (daytime)- any brasserie they were all good 9.Favourite shop (clothes)- Printemps 10.Favourite shop ( other )- Printemps 11.Favourite monument - Louvre 12.Favourite time of year to visit Paris - February 13.Favourite daytrip from Paris - Versailles 14.Favourite car rental service in paris - none 15.Favourite Theatre - Bobino , rue de la gaite 16.Favourite place for a casual stroll - banks of the seine 17.Favourite sightseeing tour company - open bus , the green one 18.Favourite memory - paris by night 19.Special award for anything not mentioned above

May 5th, 2002, 05:25 AM

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walt so what are you doing exactly ??? Criticizing , how very constructive of you. There are many new people on Fodors now who have not seen previous surveys , recommendations etc. A definitive list will help them save time in getting helpful advice from the majority of people on this site. May be I should add most prolific , moaning , waste of space , pain in the ass poster to the list . Think you might win that one

May 5th, 2002, 05:42 AM

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1. Favorite book: Time Out Guide Paris 2. Travel agency: None. I do it myself. 3. Airline: None that goes from LAX to Paris non-stop. 4. Taxi to Montparnasse 5. Favorite Hotel: Hotel Aiglon, 14th District (been going to this one since 1982) -- Close to everything in Montparnasse, good priced suites, and 2 bathrooms, what more could one ask for. 6. Fave arrondissement: 6th/14th. 7. Restaurant: any one of the little Breton creperies around rue Huyghens off bvd. Raspail 8. Day restaurant: Street food! (hot dogs stuffed inside baguettes w/hot mustard!) 9. Favorite shop: Au Printemps 10. Other: Souleaido 11. Monument: 3rd floor of the Eiffel Tower, last ride of the night up. 12. Time of year: Anytime (!) but particularly enjoy 13/14 July. 13. Daytrip: Versailles (but I haven't been to Giverny). 14. Car rental: Are you SERIOUS?! 15. Theatre: L'Olympia (30 years going to Paris, still do rock concerts, what can I say). 16. Stroll: Luxembourg Gardens 17. Sightseeing co. -- ME. 18. Favorite memory: Bastille Day in 1994 had a particularly amazing fireworks display that I haven't seen equalled since; the BIG party in 1998 when France in a surprising upset took the world cup and became the "Champions du Monde" -- Paris ROCKED!; waving to then President Mitterand in 1985, and having him wave back. 19. First surprising discovery: Les Arenes de Lutece. 20. Coolest painting: Caillebotte's Floorscrapers.

May 5th, 2002, 05:59 AM

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1.favourite book / website / medium for preparing your vacation-Access Paris & Frommers Irreverent Guide to Paris 2. Favourite travel agency / website for booking your holiday-Never use agencies/websites 3 . Favourite airline to Paris-Air France 4.Favourite shuttle service from the airport to Paris-Taxis 5.Favourite hotel in Paris-Hotel D'Angleterre 6.Favourite arrondissement in Paris-6th'7th'5th'all of them!!! 7.Favourite restaurant ( evening )Le Violin D'Ingres 8.Favourite restaurant (daytime)Cafe Marly 9.Favourite shop (clothes)any boutique on Left Bank/Marais 10.Favourite shop ( other )too many to have a favorite 11.Favourite monument-Eiffel Tower, I love seeing it from all parts of the city,it is quintessentially Paris! 12.Favourite time of year to visit Paris-Autumn 13.Favourite daytrip from Paris-Chartres 14.Favourite car rental service in paris-none 15.Favourite Theatre-Opera Garnier 16.Favourite place for a casual stroll-Luxembourg Gardens area 17.Favourite sightseeing tour company- never use tours 18.Favourite memory-Many many memeories(first trip to Paris-husband kissing me on the Pont Neuf) 19.Special award for anything not mentioned above-I love the way Paris smells, early in the morning, coffee and bakery smells,ladies perfumes, even the smoke-it is all so Paris! Kate

May 5th, 2002, 06:00 AM

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1.favourite book / website / medium for preparing your vacation - talking to friends who have been there 2. Favourite travel agency / website for booking your holiday - my local small town agents Travelscope 3 . Favourite airline to Paris - Virgin to London then BA 4.Favourite shuttle service from the airport to Paris - Parishuttle 5.Favourite hotel in Paris - hotel Daguerre 6.Favourite arrondissement in Paris - 14th 7.Favourite restaurant ( evening )- La ciriaie _ montparnase seafood 8.Favourite restaurant (daytime)- cafe daguerre 9.Favourite shop (clothes)- Celio , go on laugh but I liked what i saw 10.Favourite shop ( other )- shops round st germain area too many to mention 11.Favourite monument - Eiffel tower 12.Favourite time of year to visit Paris - new years eve 13.Favourite daytrip from Paris - Giverny 14.Favourite car rental service in paris - no way 15.Favourite Theatre - sorry not me 16.Favourite place for a casual stroll_ rue daguerre sunday morning 17.Favourite sightseeing tour company - none in particular although batobus was good if that counts 18.Favourite memory - buying groceries from the market , the noise & the pure frenchness of everything , smells , looks , clothes 19.Special award for anything not mentioned above - paris metro best ive ever seen

May 5th, 2002, 08:41 AM

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1.favourite book / website / medium for preparing your vacation - Fodors of course 2. Favourite travel agency / website for booking your holiday - - Liberty Travel 3 . Favourite airline to Paris - British airways 4.Favourite shuttle service from the airport to Paris - Parishuttle 5.Favourite hotel in Paris - Grands Ecoles 6.Favourite arrondissement in Paris - 5th or 6th 7.Favourite restaurant ( evening )- chez Alexandre 5th 8.Favourite restaurant (daytime)- crepes anywhere 9.Favourite shop (clothes)- avenue montaigne too many to list 10.Favourite shop ( other )- 11.Favourite monument - Montmartre Sacre coeur 12.Favourite time of year to visit Paris- march 13.Favourite daytrip from Paris - Rouen 14.Favourite car rental service in paris 15.Favourite Theatre - knew i forgot to do something 16.Favourite place for a casual stroll - jardins luxembourg 17.Favourite sightseeing tour company 18.Favourite memory - visiting the sacre coeur for mass 19.Special award for anything not mentioned above

May 5th, 2002, 10:52 AM

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1. books: Zagat restaurant guide for Paris, The Paris Mapguide, Fodor's guide to Paris of course Fodors Europe travel talk and bonjourparis.com 2. Expedia or Orbitz (tie) but I use it only to compare airfares, then book the same fare directly with the airline 3. Air France 4. haven't used a shuttle, prefer taxi 5. Favorite hotel of the ones I've stayed in is d'Aubusson of the ones I've dreamed of staying in, the Crillon 6. Favorite arrondissement, 1st 7. Favorite restaurant, Le Grand Vefour 8. Laduree 9. tend not to shop for clothes there 10. other shop, Catherine, for perfume 11.Monument--Ste Chapelle, if that counts 12. favorite time of year late June (but only went at that time once) 13. Daytrip Giverny 14. n/a 15 n/a 16 Tuileries 17 doesn't matter to me much, all the same it seems 18 memory: Place de la Concorde at night, with a distant view of the Eiffel Tower 19 write in: Museum: Marrmottan coolest painting: George de la Tour, "St Joseph the Carpenter"

May 5th, 2002, 07:57 PM

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My favorite part of my recent trip to Paris was going to CDG and taking the plane to Rome. There is no comparison........... Rome has all the history (I mean real ancient history) Art like no other. The most beautiful monuments, churches, piazzas and fountains. The best wines (Wine Spectator's "wine of the year" the last 2 years -ITALIAN The greatest food The best fashion The most beautiful women The most friendly people The more romantic and beautiful language And, hundreds of other reasons why anyone would prefer Paris to Rome.

May 5th, 2002, 08:25 PM

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"As a bit of fun"?? Posts like these are trolls for people what think this is a kind of contest to get the most responses. I wish we could get over this.

May 5th, 2002, 09:00 PM

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bj u moaning loser if you have nothing to say then be quiet.

May 5th, 2002, 09:05 PM

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Give me a break

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XXXX - was that a loud moan I heard? What makes you any less of a loser for opening your mouth?

May 5th, 2002, 09:05 PM

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I thought your survey was really fun. I lived in Paris 20 years ago. I can't remember all the details. I am going back this summer with my kids and I will do your survey with pleasure! Some people take things to seriously! Have fun!

May 6th, 2002, 04:17 AM

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1.fodors, gault millau and hemingway's a moveable feast. 2. book everything on my own. 3. Air France 4.paris shuttle 5. Westminster in a dream; Hotel du danube on a budget 6.St. Germain des Pres-6th 7.Le Maupertu or Chez Maitre Paul- won't break the bank 8. Any sidewalk cafe with kronenburg beer and a baguette avec frommage et jambon! Cafe de la Paix pricey but good people watching! 9.Any of them especially Maison d"Ivre- pottery etc. on rue jacob 10. any paper store and small boutiques in the Marais 11.Eiffel tower then the Memorial de la Deportation behind Notre Dame. 12. Anytime I can get there but May is #1. 13. Chartres 14. none 15.Opera Garnier 16. the small streets around the rue du buci and along the seine on the ill st. louis. 17. none 18. sharing my paris with my husband and throwing my dad's ashes into the seine.He was a confirmed francophile who would have loved this. 19.THe suprises paris offers are the lovely gardens with statuary you can stumble upon wandering around.My favorite is the little park in front of St. Clothilde, a beautiful church on the rue casses in the 7th near the rue du borgogne. It is a lovely neighborhood park that is a delightful oasis in the city. This was a fun idea . I have rented an apartment in paris for 2 weeks in september and am looking forward to doing my favorite things as well as some new ones found here.

May 6th, 2002, 06:39 AM

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1.favourite book: Frommers / website: Fodors 2. Favourite travel agency/website for booking: none 3. Favourite airline to Paris; USAirways 4.Favourite shuttle service from the airport to Paris: no shuttle service, just take the RER 5.Favourite hotel in Paris: loved Grand Hotel des Balcons last time; hope Le Regent becomes my new favorite after I stay there later this month 6.Favourite arrondissement in Paris: 6th 7.Favourite restaurant (evening): Le Bistrot de Breteuil 8.Favourite restaurant (daytime): L'Epi Dupin 9.Favourite shop (clothes): none 10.Favourite shop ( other ): Gerard Mulot!!! 11.Favourite monument: Eiffel Tower 12.Favourite time of year to visit Paris: late May/early June 13.Favourite daytrip from Paris: Loire Valley 14.Favourite car rental service in Paris: no way would I rent a car in Paris 15.Favourite Theatre: I've never been to the theatre in Paris but I'll say the Odeon because I liked seeing it from my balcony every morning! 16.Favourite place for a casual stroll: Luxembourg Gardens 17.Favourite sightseeing tour company: my own two feet with my map and my guidebooks 18.Favourite memory: Lunch at Amanguier with my mom 19.anything not mentioned above: I'd suggest the following additional categories -- Favorite Museum: d'Orsay Favorite Church: Ste. Chapelle Favorite Bridge: too many to mention Favorite Street: too many to mention Favorite View: too many to mention

May 6th, 2002, 06:55 AM

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bj,someday you too will get to go to Paris and then you won't feel left out when you find one of these threads.But in the meantime, why don't you go do something else,besides injecting your own little negativity here?

May 6th, 2002, 08:41 AM

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1.favourite book / website / medium for preparing your vacation--Fodor's 2. Favourite travel agency / website for booking your holiday--Do myself. 3 . Favourite airline to Paris--Air France 4.Favourite shuttle service from the airport to Paris-cab 5.Favourite hotel in Paris-- Caron de Beaumarchais 6.Favourite arrondissement in Paris-- 4th 7.Favourite restaurant ( evening )Bonfinger 8.Favourite restaurant (daytime)--Still exploring 9.Favourite shop (clothes)--not a shopper 10.Favourite shop ( other )-- same 11.Favourite monument Arc de Triomphe 12.Favourite time of year to visit Paris--Anytime 13.Favourite daytrip from Paris-Giverney 14.Favourite car rental service in paris-Hertz 15.Favourite Theatre --Opera Garnier 16.Favourite place for a casual stroll--Place de Vosges or Ile St. Louis 17.Favourite sightseeing tour company--None 18.Favourite memory -- Musee D'Orsay 19.Special award for anything not mentioned above-Cordiality and kindness of the French people.

May 6th, 2002, 08:53 AM

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1.favourite book / website / medium for preparing your vacation- FODORS and the travel guides you buy at the newstands. 2. Favourite travel agency / website for booking your holiday - Quo -Vadis 3 . Favourite airline to Paris - Air France (althought they lost my luggage once) 4.Favourite shuttle service from the airport to Paris (AF shuttle) 5.Favourite hotel in Paris (don't have a favourite). 6.Favourite arrondissement in Paris (1st) 7.Favourite restaurant ( evening )(Savoy) 8.Favourite restaurant (daytime) (Crepes near Notre Dame (yuuummmy). 9.Favourite shop (clothes) (Gallerie Lafayett on super sale 50% - 50% extra) 10.Favourite shop ( other ) (Adidas - Sephora ( a must) 11.Favourite monument (Tour Eiffel) 12.Favourite time of year to visit Paris (September) 13.Favourite daytrip from Paris (Versailles) 14.Favourite car rental service in paris (haven't used) 15.Favourite Theatre (haven't gone) 16.Favourite place for a casual stroll (Champs Elysee at dusk into the night). 17.Favourite sightseeing tour company (don't do that) 18.Favourite memory (Thought Frenchmen would be rude, but found them helpful, kind and very funny.) 19.Special award for anything not mentioned above - I would also like to make a special mention on D'Orsey Museam, Louvre Museam.

May 6th, 2002, 08:30 PM

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1. favorite website: www.texasparis.com 2, Favorite travel agency: No travel agency 3 . Favorite airline to Paris: Well, no real commercial flights, but J R Aviation could arrange something to DFW or Houston 4.Favorite shuttle service from the airport to Paris: Billy’s Cab Service 5.Favorite hotel in Paris: Hampton Inn on Pine Mill Rd (Free Breakfastr) 6.Favorite arrondissement in Paris: What’s an arrondissement? 7.Favorite restaurant ( evening ) - Cooper’s Old Time Pit Bar-b-Q (Open ‘til 8PM on weekends) 8.Favorite restaurant (daytime) – Chrissy’s Homestyle Bakery 9.Favorite shop (clothes): Wal-Mart 10.Favorite shop ( other ) : Swaims Hardware (Their mooto “ If we don’t have it, it’s not made” 11.Favorite monument: Their own 65 foot Eifeel Tower, the Italian Marble Fountain in the downtown plaza, or the Samuel Bell Maxey House 12.Favorite time of year to visit Paris: I love Paris in the springtime 13.Favorite daytrip from Paris: The Celebrate America Excursion Train to Hugo, Oklahoma 14.Favorite car rental service in Paris: Hertz 15.Favorite Theatre : Paris Community Theater (On the Plaza) 16.Favorite place for a casual stroll: Downtown around the plaza 17.Favorite sightseeing tour company: Celebrate America Excursions 18.Favorite memory: Watching NHRA drag races at the Paris Drag Strip out on Route 82 on a Friday evening. 19.Special award for anything not mentioned above: The annual Paris bike race

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