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This is so great, Beatchick. I love all the links, although they do make me feel a little tired! :) I'd be happy to hear more about how you liked Le Village.
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most excellent! I love the photos - did you take a tripod for the night ones? I'm so glad you got back to your beloved Paris!
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Thanks for the report and photos Beatchick! I'm finally taking my solo trip to Paris in September! Your postings are helping me plan and get me more excited about the trip.
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Love your photos and report, Beatchick. So nice to "see" you again, and I glad to hear you had a wonderful time in your beloved Paree! :)
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LOL, Nikki! And I've discovered I have about 140 photos for Sunday - good lord!
Traviata, I'm a movie buff. Before my 1st ever trip to Paris (March '01) I started a thread asking for Paris movie ideas, I've since been trying to watch as many of them as I can. Recent favorites are ones Cigalechanta recommended <b>Celine & Julie Go Boating</b> (wonderful, weird, surreal) and Eric Rohmer's <b>Rendezvous in Paris</b> (some of the best images of non-touristy Paris especially of the parks). http://fodors.com/forums/threadselec...mp;tid=1279883 I'm sorry, WillTravel, I didn't mean to make you tired! :) Things I loved about Le Village: 1) clean 2) nice, friendly helpful global staff (people from Brazil & different places - one of the guys is a HUGE cinéphile like me & we had long discussions about movies & the theatres in Paris - he helped me find a movie to go to after David Sedaris suggested I see one - more on that later) 3) easy & constant internet access 4) free breakfast (café, thé or chocolat chaud; baguette & croissant; beurre & confiture - very basic but free) 5) very inexpensive 6) the close proximity to the Anvers Métro station 7) some of the roommates I had - Nori from Japan was a delight - he had already been to Barcelona & a few other places, we shared a huge interest in art, and he told me how the Grand Canyon had changed his life's work & that he was on his way there - he e-mailed me a few days ago to tell me that in all of his travels I was his best roommate - he was such a nice guy) Things I didn't like: 1) staying in a dorm room with up to 7 other people 2) worrying about waking people up when I came in late at night or getting up early the next days (man, most of those backpackers go to bed early - like 10pm - and get up late - like 9am) 3) worrying about using the hairdryer & waking people up 4) sharing a shower with others - I bought disinfectant shower spray 5) ick - the 1st night I found a COCKROACH in the bathroom - I told the mgmt about it & they promised to spray - I never saw another one after that so it could've crawled out of someone's suitcase. Oh no, flygirl, I refused to carry a tripod about Paris with me. The good shots were the ones taken on bridges or railings or steadied up against a lamppost. The fuzzy ones were the ones where I obviously had nothing to steady my hand against! :D Oh, cls2paris! I hope to hear all about your trip to Paris in September! I'm so jealous as my birthday is in September & I've always wanted to see the City of Light then. :) |
Thanks, Statia, I'm so glad you like it!
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Wonderful pictures! Thank you for sharing them. I showed them to my kids whose first trip to Paris is coming up - they now have a better appreciation of the wonders that await them!
But, I have a logistical type question - do you have a huge memory card, or did you email yourself the pictures? Or take your computer? How did you manage the pictures and camera memory while away from home? I am debating getting another card for the camera, the one I have is 512MB, or a 1G flash drive and going to internet cafes or somewhere that I can use a computer to download them. Don't know what the best solution is. And, your site, PBase is easy to use. Do you like it? more than, say Shutterfly or the other photo posting sites... Thanks again! |
Momliz, I brought 2 memory cards, a 1gig & a 512MB. The 512MB filled up at 530 photos, while I never quite filled up the 1gig one.
There's a great web café in the 1st (near Fontaine des Innocents & the Etienne Marcel Métro) called La Baguenaude that can transfer 700 photos to an 80-minute CD-R for 4.30€. Open from 11am-8:45pm Mon-Fri, 2pm-8:45pm Saturday, closed Sunday. 30 rue Grande Truanderie www.labaguenaude.com 10 minutes: 1.50€ 30 minutes: 2.30€ 1 hour: 3.80€ 2 hours: 6.10€ |
As for pbase.com, I've never used any other type of photo website. I chose it because some of the prettiest Paris photos I've ever seen were done by Ann Forcier (a Fodorite) and I just loved the way hers were set up & presented.
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This is great. I am in awe of your energy and enthusiasm. Looking forward to the next 13 days. :-)
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OK, thanks! I just got the camera, so am looking forward to playing with it. I will check out the cafe.
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Great pictures. Tell me, please, what kind of camera? (I'm still using a kodak 35mm from 1970. yes.) Tempt me to update. Merci. J.
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jmw44, an Olympus C-5500 sports zoom and I love it! I has a 5x zoom and once I take the pic I can then zoom in to see the details on the lcd screen (which came in handy with my iritis). OUI, OUI, BUY A NEW DIGITAL!! There, are you persuaded now? ;) This camera makes enhances my limited photo-taking abilites. :D
Momliz, I hope you have as much fun playing around with your camera as I had with mine. Please let me know how you liked the web café - I went there twice & they were very nice to me. They serve inexpensive café and have a lovely old limestone wall. Thank you, Catbert, you are so sweet! :D |
Beatchick,
My husband and I just looked at your photos. They are fantastic! I especially loved the night shots around Shakespeare & Co. Sandy |
Thanks, MC. I love the way you seem to be able to take pictures effortlessly in all kinds of light. One more question: Can you override or turn off the automatic mode so you can fiddle with exposures (the way old foggies used to in the 70's)? Promise, no more questions. J.
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Mary, I am VERY disappointed as there are no pictures of any naked men. What were you thinking???? Did you have one-too-many bowls of gin??
I hope you bought some shoes. I would have stolen that coffee cup from Cafe Richard. Why pay for it? That is so daft. I would have stuck the cup and saucer in my Louis Vuitton diaper bag and walked right out the front door. And if anyone tried to stop me, I would have stabbed them with my Asprey letter opener (which I carry for such emergencies). Your old (but young and thin) friend, John G. |
Balenciaga, ROTFLMAO!! But, dahling, how DO you get your Asprey letter opener past customs??? ;) I thought of you while shopping in Paris, "Hmmm, I need JohnG here to help me decide on which pants so that they don't make my legs look short"!
"no pictures of any naked men" What!?!?!? You mean The Thinker doesn't count??? :D "Did you have one-too-many bowls of gin??" Well, I was going for way too much gin, but unfortunately, there were a few who conspired against me. Foruntately, there were also a few who conspired with me. ;) Nope, no shoes. I walked into a store and found a beautiful pair with a buckle. The buckle was around the back, so I looked at them thinking perhaps they'd also go around the front. The guy in the store saw me, freaked out, starting yelling at me. Once I figured out that I shouldn't be unbuckling the buckle I tried to put it back. But he raced towards me. I thrust the shoes into his hand, wheeled about & darted out of the place. I was traumatized! :D Don't worry, I did eventually get a Cafés Richard cup & saucer, for free and I didn't have to steal them. But a Louis Vuitton diaper bag - really, my dear, that's why I need to take you shopping with me. "Can you override or turn off the automatic mode so you can fiddle with exposures" jmw44, NOW you're getting techie on me as I have no idea what you mean! :) Usually, I just shoot what I think looks pretty, interesting, or cool. Point at it, frame the shot, zoom in, press down the button, wait while it whirrs & clicks to get the lighting just right, then take a picture. ;) Truly, it's the camera & not me. Fortunately, you lovely folks don't seem to mind the silly things that I find to be interesting. Sandy, thank you! I like those photos a lot myself. Shakespeare & Co. at night is just a lovely place. |
No matter, MC. I just had another look, and they really are beautiful pictures. We are all looking forward to day two and more. I'm on spring break from teaching, so please hurry :)
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Good evening Mary!
I've rented 'Camille Claudel' for tonights entertainment, and picked up a bottle of wine. Before I get into my PJs I thought I'd hop on Fodors and see if you had started your report. And here you are! Lucky me! The movie will have to wait. How fortunate that you flight wasn't crowded and you were able to stretch out. I'm definitely taking your advice and walking the first day. Jetlag is my biggest fear. I don't want to miss a single second of Paris and am determined not to nap. And your tip about the changing table...priceless! Thanks for the location of the web cafe. I recently purchased a 512 MB memory card for my digintal camera, but now realize it is no where near big enough. Rather than buy another, I'll probably just burn CD's along the way. I'm really enjoying browsing your photos. You have a great eye! Note to self: don't touch the shoes. ;) |
Speaking of shoes, Dina, I got some Sunday pics posted. This was the day I took shots of what people were wearing around the Place de la Bastille that day - things I noticed people wearing were things that Cigalechanta noticed, too, except I saw TONS of cowboy boots, which I don't think I got any shots of.
Here's the link to day (only part of the photos): http://www.pbase.com/beatchick/sunday_feb_5th The day starts of around the Place de la Bastille including photos of some skaters. Anyone who knows me really well knows I dated a skater punk back in the day (just right before I started Mr. Connolly as a matter of fact) so I like taking photos of skaters. Rarely, though, do I find anyone as good as my ex-boyfriend although in the 8th photo is a great pic of a dude who got in a really high kickflip. The flight over was amazing - the flight back was a killer. Oy. Oui, the baby changing table trick was nice but I spent so much time in the bathroom getting ready to waltz off the plane that I missed breakfast & had time to sit down for 10 minutes before we touched down. :) Here's a Camille Claudel tidbit for you. In the movie is a seen where they rescue a deranged Camille from her flooded home. That home was at the Hôtel Jussaud, 19 quai de Bourbon on the Île St Louis! Enjoy your wine, Dina!! jmw44, thank you so much! I just hope this next set with all the fashion photos doesn't bore you too much. :) |
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