Two American 30-somethings discover Paris
Apr 29th, 2009, 04:53 AM
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Hi grommet - ignore my comment on your other post..I found you here. Thank you for this update. You have done basically what we plan to do and I am very pleased to see your thought process about the shuttle/RER decision.
Apr 29th, 2009, 05:40 AM
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Hi lilaki,
On the way in from the airport, our taxi from Gare to Nord to our hotel was about 12 or 13e, and I gave him 1 or 2e for a tip (probably generous but I wasn't sure of the protocol). Our whole trip using RER and taxi was about 30e.
We paid 34e plus a 2e tip for the shuttle back to CDG.
On the way in from the airport, our taxi from Gare to Nord to our hotel was about 12 or 13e, and I gave him 1 or 2e for a tip (probably generous but I wasn't sure of the protocol). Our whole trip using RER and taxi was about 30e.
We paid 34e plus a 2e tip for the shuttle back to CDG.
Apr 29th, 2009, 06:19 AM
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Well, we also considered taking the RER and then switching to metro, and walking to our hotel from there (we were close to the Vavin station). But that just seemed to daunting, knowing that we would be tired and have luggage. I figured there might not be an escalator at Vavin.
Someone suggested that we take the RER to Gare du Nord, then take a taxi from there to the hotel. Easier than dealing with the metro but cheaper than taking a taxi all the way from CDG. And at 30e, it was definitely cheaper than a taxi would've been. It was pretty easy to do - we got to Gare du Nord, went outside to the taxi stand across the street and caught a taxi. The most inconvenient part was buying RER tix at CDG - the line took forever.
But as I said before, a shuttle would have been much easier and just a few euros more.
Someone suggested that we take the RER to Gare du Nord, then take a taxi from there to the hotel. Easier than dealing with the metro but cheaper than taking a taxi all the way from CDG. And at 30e, it was definitely cheaper than a taxi would've been. It was pretty easy to do - we got to Gare du Nord, went outside to the taxi stand across the street and caught a taxi. The most inconvenient part was buying RER tix at CDG - the line took forever.
But as I said before, a shuttle would have been much easier and just a few euros more.
Apr 30th, 2009, 05:00 PM
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Merci! What a wonderful report, so very inspiring. I'm visiting for the first time in late May with my fiance, (we are 30 "something's" too). At this age I no longer feel the need to be out at the hottest club every night, it's good to slowly savour the beauty of Paris like a fine wine non? I hope we will have such a lovely time as you.
May 2nd, 2009, 11:42 AM
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I was at a dinner last night and talked to the guy next to me about the trip he took to Paris a few years ago with his sister. They were in France for a total of 6 days and visited Normandy AND Versailles. He doesn't even remember anything about Paris. I felt so sorry for him!
Completely random question that my husband wants me to ask: Why are there no squirrels in the parks in Paris? We spent a lot of time in parks and never saw a single one.
Completely random question that my husband wants me to ask: Why are there no squirrels in the parks in Paris? We spent a lot of time in parks and never saw a single one.
