Archive for January, 2007
Jan 26th, 2007
An apartment in Paris
Plans are really starting to firm up for our trip.
Over the weekend I wired the deposit for our apartment in Paris. It’s near the Canal St. Martin and across the street from a metro stop (important). The neighborhood isn’t exactly in the center of things but it’s near enough that everything is easily accessible (also important). We will be stationed there for a week before moving on to Provence. The apartment even has a washer and dryer which is a very nice little bonus.
I found the place through Paris Attitude, and so far my dealings with them have all been smooth and professional. I will update on the rest of the process when we get back from our trip (or on our trip, depending on how much internet access we can swing).
The only other major thing to do before we leave is rent a car, which I will look into more thoroughly next month.
Oh, and figure out were we’ll be staying in the various stops in Provence and Nice.
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Jan 11th, 2007
Soundwalk Paris
I’m very excited to see that Soundwalk has some new Paris walking tours. Five of them, to be exact. I am a big fan of both this concept in general and this company in particular (as you can see from my review of two of the New York tours).
I all ready plan on getting at least two of them (the Marais and the St Germain tours), and may break down and get them all. I know we won’t have time to do all of them, but they will be fun to listen to anyway.
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Jan 5th, 2007
Further Adventures in Travel Planning
I feel I should post an update on how the planning is going, so here it is.
Remember last time when I said I thought I had the itinerary pretty well fixed? Well I’ve changed it. After much deliberation, juggling, rearranging and other machinations, I have decided that there is nothing for it but to drop Lyon from the trip. This made me a little sad, but things just fit more easily with it gone, so it went. Also, I have dropped the amount of time we are spending in the Riviera to three days instead of five and added the extra time to Provence.
I have updated the itinerary to the right to reflect these changes.
Now, a lot of this schedule is dependent on the renting of a car for four days, which is dependent on finding a good deal on an automatic (I can’t drive manuel and Irene has expressed a reluctance to drive). And even so, it is an extremely packed schedule (which is a bit of a speciality with me), but should be doable.
The Riviera section is still a bit nebulous, as I am just now reading that section of the book. It should be firmed up fairly soon though.
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