Category Archives: Paris

Walk-about in Paris # 3 .. final!

Posted on February 14, 2013 by momsmeanderings

Last bit 🙂    our last walk-about in Paris.   We left the following afternoon, not before taking a slow stroll along the Allée des Cygnes from Pont de Grenelle to Pont de Bir Hakeim    https://momsmeanderings.wordpress.com/2012/12/02/snippets-from-paris/   Children’s Dior shop … Music … Continue reading →

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Walk-about in Paris # 2

Posted on February 12, 2013 by momsmeanderings

Our walk-about continues .. hope you’re still with me 😉 😉 Pont Alexandre III  … Back to our walk down the Champs Elysées, in preparation for the Tour de France – the finish in Paris was the following day – we missed … Continue reading →

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Walk-about in Paris # 1

Posted on January 31, 2013 by momsmeanderings

From the Arc de Triomphe, hubby and I walked down the Champs-Élysées to Place de la Concorde.  Of course with camera in hand, I snapped away at buildings, shops and other things 🙂   … Lunch at Pizza Pino on the … Continue reading →

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Arc de Triomphe – Paris

Posted on January 29, 2013 by momsmeanderings

Hubby and I caught the Metro from Montmartre to the Arc de Triomphe – another famous landmark I’ve seen in postcards, pictures, movies, documentaries etc  .. and there we were, right in front of it 🙂   I couldn’t help thinking … Continue reading →

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Basilique du Sacré-Coeur – Paris

Posted on January 27, 2013 by momsmeanderings

I was going to skim over our two days in Paris as I’m getting rather tired of doing these ‘France’ blogs –  even though I love, love, loved the holiday … but I must finish what I’ve started … to … Continue reading →

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Musée du Louvre – Paris

Posted on January 24, 2013 by momsmeanderings

Hubby and I had two days on our own after our amazing Trafalgar Tour, Best of France, came to an end in Paris (July 2012)   We knew we couldn’t see and do everything in two days.   Having done guided bus tours with both Mark and the … Continue reading →

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Up the Eiffel Tower

Posted on December 21, 2012 by momsmeanderings

The joys of being in a tour group  –  by-pass snaking queues to either climb the steps or catch the lift to the second level of the Eiffel Tower  … … by-pass 58 Tour Eiffel Restaurant .. next time we’ll … Continue reading →

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Paris …. through the bus window

Posted on December 15, 2012 by momsmeanderings

Day 11 of the ‘best of France’  Trafalgar Tour tour : …. was Omaha Beach, walk around Monet’s garden in Giverny then travel to Paris.    Free time for the rest of the afternoon before boarding the bus to Moulin Rouge!!!!   … Continue reading →

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Snippets from Paris # 2 .. Eiffel Tower

Posted on December 14, 2012 by momsmeanderings

Oooops  forgot to publish this with all the excitement of Elaine and Bryan’s engagement !!!!    Am already doing the follow-on post and found this in drafts !! I think I’m going to have to do ‘snippets from Paris’ in chronological order … Continue reading →

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Our first day in Paris

Posted on December 7, 2012 by momsmeanderings

Not many words .. not many just pics!!!  As I mentioned before, our hotel was within walking distance to the Eiffel Tower, so naturally we had to take a walk the moment we deposited our bags in our room.  Later … Continue reading →

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