A Daytrip To Paris
Wednesday - March 27th 2013
Claudia and I had both already been to Paris several times and during our last visits to Disneyland, we always skipped the city, but not this time.
As I mentioned before, the RER Line A connects Disneyland Paris with the city. We left around 8:00am and 40 minutes later we got off at Chatelet Les Halles. From there it was another ten minutes walk to the famous Louvre Museum. At first we thought about going in, but after we discovered the very, very long line, we decided against that. So we took some pictures and walked to Ile de la Cité.
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| Paris |
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| Paris |
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| Louvre Museum |
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| Louvre Museum |
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| Louvre Museum |
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| Louvre Museum |
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| Louvre Museum |
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| Paris |
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| Paris |
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| Paris |
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| Paris |
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| Seine |
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| Ile de la Cite |
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| Ile de la Cite |
Of course we wanted to see Notre Dame, the world famous cathedral. Thankfully the crowds weren't that big and so we went inside. Notre Dame, celebrating its 850th Anniversary, is indeed a very beautiful church and definitely worth a visit.
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| Notre Dame |
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| Notre Dame |
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| Notre Dame |
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| Notre Dame |
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| Notre Dame |
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| Notre Dame |
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| Lovely Birds at Notre Dame |
Later we were on our way to the Quartier Latin, where we had a cup of coffee at Starbucks
and a cold refreshing beer around noon in a very nice Irish Pub. Afterwards we had lunch
Maoz Falafel, which we already knew from London.
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| Irish Pub |
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| Maoz Falafel |
In the afternoon we visited the world famous Eiffel Tower, but due to very long lines we didn't go up. After taking some pictures from the Trocadero, we took the Metro to Blvd. Haussmann. Like every major city Paris is home to a
Hard Rock Cafe and of course that meant we had to go there.
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| Cafe de Flore |
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| Eiffel Tower |
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| Seine |
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| Eiffel Tower |
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| Hard Rock Cafe Paris |
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| Hard Rock Cafe Paris |
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| Hard Rock Cafe Paris |
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| Very expensive Beers at the Hard Rock Cafe Paris |
A couple of very expensive drinks later, we walked to Galeries Lafayette. There were way too many people and so couldn't wait to leave again.
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| Sacre Coeur seen from the Distance |
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| Galeries Lafayette |
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| Galeries Lafayette |
Our last stop in the city of love was a vegetarian restaurant near the Bastille, called
Gentle Gourmet Cafe. We arrived there early and so it wasn't a problem to get a table, in fact we were the only guests. The food we ordered was delicious. I had a burger and Claudia ordered a nut roast. For dessert I opted for the Creme Brulee, while Claudia had crepes filled with cream and caramel.
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| Paris Opera House |
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| Bastille |
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| Gentle Gourmet Cafe |
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| Gentle Gourmet Cafe |
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| Nut Roast |
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| Veggie Burger |
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| Creme Brulee |
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| Crepes |
From Gare de Lyon we took the RER back to Disneyland, where we enjoyed the rest of the evening at Disney Village with shopping and drinking cocktails.
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