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Lance, May, Yew Vern, Allan Chong and I will be heading to Paris this Friday for our random-middle-of-term-weekend trip to get some well-deserved rest and relaxation. (Well, actually only some of us really deserve it). And, we couldn’t be more excited! (Some of us particularly so). Heh.
I’ve written down a tentative itinerary for the 3 days and 2 nights that we’ll be there, so hopefully we’ll get to do all the things and see all the sights mentioned here.
DAY 1
8:50 - Arrival at Paris
9:30 - Check-in at Village Hostel
10:00 - “Make Fresh” and on our way!
10:30 - Musée Picasso & Maison de Victor Hugo
12:00 - Ile St-Louis & “best ice-cream and sorbet” at Berthillon
12:30 - Lunch at Le Caveau du Palais in Ile de la Cité
14:00 - Cathédrale de Notre Dame de Paris (passing Palais de Justice
& Pont Neuf)
15:30 - (Passing Palais-Royale & bread shop Julien) Louvres &
Tuileries
17:30 - Champs-Elysées (including a compulsory visit to Louis
Vuitton) & Arc de Triomphe
19:30 - Dinner at Toi
21:30 - Bal du Moulin Rouge and back to the hostel
DAY 2
09:00 - Rise and shine and time for round two
10:00 - Eiffel Tower, cheese shop Barthélémy & pastry shop Gérard
Mulot
13:00 - Lunch at Cantine d’Antoine et Lili
14:30 - Canal St-Martin
15:30 - Afternoon siesta at Place des Vosges
16:30 - Route du Cacao chocolate extravaganza
17:30 - La Butte aux Cailles
19:30 - Dinner at Au Duc des Lombards / some other jazz club
22:30 - Back to the hostelDAY 3
09:00 - Wakey time and final leg of tour (Check-out)
10:00 - Seine River Cruise
13:00 - Lunch at Ladurée / Galaries Lafayette
14:00 - Shopping at Galeries Lafayette / rue Etienne-Marcel / Forum
Les Halles / Espace Kiliwatch & market stroll down Marché
Montorgueil
17:30 - Back to the hostel to pack up and leave for Gare du Nord
19:13 - Light dinner & departure for London (Lance and myself)
20:43 - Departure for London (May, Yew Vern and Allan Chong)
Paris, here we come!
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hey alan! i’m reading The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth right now, and it’s set in Paris haha. damn I envy you.
visit Champ Elysees, Petit-Clamart, Les Invalides and Place des 18 Jun 1940 for me hehe.
Comment by zek February 20, 2008 @ 5:40 amhelloooo why do we have to go to back to the hostel so early! i refuse!
’some jazz club’ will very likely be Franc Pinot or Caveau de la Huchette (4th and 5th arondissement). i say we go there AFTER dinner for a few drinks, and not have dinner there.
hehe but otherwise the itinerary looks SMASHING!!!
Comment by may February 20, 2008 @ 9:12 amoh and one more thing, we shouldn’t be too fixed on the restaurants cos yuyong might have a few to recommend. also, there’s that restaurant in st germain that my friend recommended (apparently it’s a must go…
Comment by may February 20, 2008 @ 9:14 amzek: hehehe. but is it set in Paris in summer / spring? right now, the weather, the scenery and the feel might be vastly different =(
may: ya.. nothing is set, I just chose the best recommended restaurants in the arrondissements nearby during lunch and dinner hours =P I’ll look into the jazz clubs..
Comment by achewks February 20, 2008 @ 11:08 amCan we have more time for the side walk cafes?? Screw afternoon siesta…i wanna go around and have some drinks!!! We’ll sit hang out at the brasseries and bistros…until…with great strength…and btw can u translate your itenary in french
Comment by italian stallion February 20, 2008 @ 2:42 pmcan come along last minute one ah?
Comment by wannatagalong February 21, 2008 @ 12:25 am