Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Monday, September 12, 2011
Dejeuner - Le Train Bleu
Le Train Bleu is located inside the Gare de Lyon station and has been in operation since 1901.
When you know what lays behind the door, the appearance of the entrance to Le Train Bleu seems a bit out of place.
Basilique du Sacre-Coeur
You must visit Sacre-Coeur was the advice given by my mother and her advice on what to see in the past has been spot on. There are probably easier ways to get here than our route but I've got no real desire to use the Metro especially when the weather is warm and muggy.
If you take one of the hop-on-off tour buses it will drop you off a good block from the base of the complex - from there you'll have to walk up one of the streets lined with touts and scammers playing 3 card monty.
Once you reach the base you have the choice - a long steep walk along a path that zig zags up the hill or take the venicular. Oh, if you take the venicular a word of advice - don't mistake the queue for the toilet for the queue to buy tickets for the ride.
For some reason on the day we're here only one of the veniculars are working - so the trip takes a little longer than it should. Keep an eye out on the counter - it lets you know how many spaces are available in the car and theoretically once it reaches zero no one else can enter and the car will leave. I say theoretically because it doesn't stop experienced gypsies from bumming a lift up.
Once you reach the top it's really a few short paces before you see Sacre-Coeur.
If you take one of the hop-on-off tour buses it will drop you off a good block from the base of the complex - from there you'll have to walk up one of the streets lined with touts and scammers playing 3 card monty.
Once you reach the base you have the choice - a long steep walk along a path that zig zags up the hill or take the venicular. Oh, if you take the venicular a word of advice - don't mistake the queue for the toilet for the queue to buy tickets for the ride.
For some reason on the day we're here only one of the veniculars are working - so the trip takes a little longer than it should. Keep an eye out on the counter - it lets you know how many spaces are available in the car and theoretically once it reaches zero no one else can enter and the car will leave. I say theoretically because it doesn't stop experienced gypsies from bumming a lift up.
Once you reach the top it's really a few short paces before you see Sacre-Coeur.
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Paris - Jour 5
It's a quiet morning after last nights feast at Restaurant L'AOC and lunch is a casual affair with Curtis and Leigh.
All too soon it's time to bid them farewell as they return home but we're hoping that there will be another get together in Italy.
All too soon it's time to bid them farewell as they return home but we're hoping that there will be another get together in Italy.
