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I went on Craig's List and clicked on vacation rentals, then
choose Paris, France. We typed in Montmartre stucio
and got a ton of listings, including some links to vacation
rental sites in Paris. We found a great studio for $100 a
night, which is a deal as the cheap hotels in Paris are almost
that much now because the dollar is so weak It cost about
$1.30 to buy 1 Euro, so it was pretty expensive. We just
came back last Saturday. The one thing we found is that
the cheaper restaraunts weren't worth it, decent cooking
seems to cost at least 15-20E for dinner, anything else
cheaper is pretty mediocre. But there are a lot of ethnic
places where you can get sandwiches, panninis or wraps
for cheaper to take out. Get a Paris Visite pass for the Metro
we got a 5 day pass for about 22E, you get unlimited rides
on the metro, busses and the RER trains for zone 1-3 which
is pretty much the city, you can get 3,5 or 8 zone passes if
you need to go further out, the zone 5 and 8 also gets you to
the airports for no extra charge (zone 3 you have to pay for
the train to the airport) Figure on spending about $100 a
day for food, tickets for museums and the Eiffel Tower or
the catacombs, and maybe souvenirs. Be aware that the
popular tourist sites are infested with gypsies, they wander
around asking if you speak English and if you answer them,
they sometimes hand you a tattered postcard with a message
implying that if you give them money you will be lucky and
all sorts of good things will happen to you. Or they just pester
you until you hand them something to go away....so the best
way to deal with them is no eye contact and no response.
(I know that sounds sorta cold, but after the 20th time, you
get a little tired of it all) We had a great time, walked a lot,
you can walk from the Notre Dame to the Eiffel in a couple of
hours, there is a neat walkway along the banks of the Seine
that we really enjoyed. We went to the Musee d'Orsay to see
the Impressionists on the top floor (Degas, Monet, Renoir, etc) And of course the Louvre, peaked at the Mona Lisa, Venus de Milo then went to the Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian
section, which was cool. But the place is huge and you have
to map out what you really want to see. The catacombs are
interesting and not too expensive. And window shopping on the Champs-Elysees is cool (but the sidewalk cafes there are really expensive, 7E for a coffee....)It was warm and a little
muggy last week, even rained a couple of days, but it was
still fun, but it gets pretty hot in July and August, so look for
a place with AC. |
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