One last breakfast at the Hotel Moderne Saint Germain in the Latin Quarter of Paris before putting on the backpacks and walking two blocks to the nearest RER B stop for the 30-45 minute ride out to Charles de Gaulle Airport. The three days in Paris fast forwarded too quickly and I really didn’t want [...]
“Travel Tips & Advice on Paris”
Use RER Public Transport from Paris to Charles de Gaulle Airport
January 6th, 2010 
Sheila Simkin 
Posted in France, Paris 
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The “No Star” Restaurants of Paris, France
January 5th, 2010 Sheila Simkin There is no end to amount of reviews on Paris restaurants. The Red Michelin Guide, Fodor, Frommers, travel magazines, the Internet. Each and every travel writer and tourist has an opinion. Dining in Paris restaurants has never been inexpensive in comparison to the United States even without the pathetic exchange rate of the Euro against [...]
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The Boulevard Saint-Michel Area of The Latin Quarter, Paris
January 4th, 2010 Sheila Simkin The Boulevard Saint-Michel is one of the two major streets in the Latin Quarter. We discovered this area in 1978 when ex-Marine and I took our five children to Paris and around Europe for four memorable weeks, staying in small “no-star hotels” and pensions with toilets down the hall. The Hotel Albe was a dingy, [...]
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The Posh and Pricey Avenue Montaigne in Paris
January 3rd, 2010 Sheila Simkin We crossed over the Seine on Pont de l’Alma bridge. The right bank side of the bridge is close to the Pont de l’Alma tunnel where Diana, Princess of Wales, was tragically killed in the infamous car accident. There is a Flame of Liberty monument there that has become an unofficial memorial to Diana. The [...]
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Walking to the Eiffel Tower Along the Left Bank of Paris
January 2nd, 2010 Sheila Simkin Our last full day in Paris was a drizzly, and grey day. Tanked up on breakfast, we began the over two-mile walk towards the Eiffel Tower area where I was going to attempt to find one last lunch recommendation, Cafe Constant. The walk took us along Boulevard Saint-Germain and passed the Les Deux Magots, Le [...]
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Lunch at Chez Janou in the Marais District of Paris, France
December 31st, 2009 Sheila Simkin Monday afternoon saw us walking back to Chez Janou with time to walk around the Place des Vosges before lunch. The Place des Vosges is the oldest square in Paris and part of Paris’ original urban planning. This square consists of 36-39 houses made of red brick and constructed under Henri IV from 1605-1612. There [...]
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Visit Musee de Cluny Museum of The Middle Ages, Paris
December 30th, 2009 Sheila Simkin A gigantic breakfast at the hotel of ham and cheese sandwiches, yogurt, coffee, and we set off to visit the Musee de Cluny. That is, if it wasn’t too crowded. The Museum of the Middle Ages is housed in two Parisian monuments: the Gallo-Roman “thermes” (baths) from the 1st-3rd centuries and the Cluny Abbey, late [...]
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The Vibrant Rue St. Andre des Arts, Rue de Buci and Right Bank of Paris
December 29th, 2009 Sheila Simkin Across the street, down the lively St. Andre des Arts, Rue de Buci and Rue de Seine in the heart of St. Germain des Pres, the 6th Arrondissement of Paris. The Rue St. Andre des Arts is a narrow 13th century street that leads from the Place Saint Michel to Place Buci near Odeon. Interesting [...]
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Walking Through The Marais District on the Right Bank of Paris
December 28th, 2009 Sheila Simkin Still walking east on the Rue de Rivoli, we passed many department stores, one of the few merry go rounds still operating in Paris until the Rue de Rivoli changed its name to Rue St. Antoine, only a few blocks from Bastille and now in the Marais District. A left down the Rue des Tournelles [...]
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The Paris Pantheon, Sorbonne and Musee de Cluny
December 27th, 2009 Sheila Simkin The Pantheon looms just blocks to the left of Hotel Moderne and we walked up the street to see exactly what it was. The Pantheon was originally built as a church dedicated to St. Genevieve, but is more famous as the burial place of Alexander Dumas, Voltaire, Victor Hugo, Emile Zola, and Louis Braille. The [...]
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