Mar 17th, 2006
Rick Steves’ Audio Tours
Rick Steves’ is finally producing Audio versions of the walking tours in his books. And lucky us, he’s starting with Paris!
The first two up are audio guides for the Louvre and d’Orsay museums along with maps.
They can be downloaded from his site here or you can subscribe to the podcast through iTunes.
Next up is are tours of Versailles and an historic Paris walk.
This is great. I love to do the walking tours in his books when traveling, and it will be so much nicer not to have to carry around the books and stop to read every few minutes. This way is much more inconspicuous.
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Mar 16th, 2006
Site Maintenance
I’ve tweaked the code and layout of the site a little bit. Added some more links to the Resources list and a description of the blog.
I notice this blog is a bit light on the Amsterdam, I shall have to try to remedy that situation.
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Mar 14th, 2006
Restaurants In Paris
Restaurants to check out:
Chez Marianne
2 Rue des Hospitalieres-St-Gervais
M: St. Paul — Le Marais
Map — Review
Le Cafe de la Place
23 Rue d’Odessa
M: Edgard-Quinet
Map
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Mar 12th, 2006
The NYT on Paris
A link to the New York Times travel section on Paris
I will add it to the sidebar soon.
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Mar 11th, 2006
A Brand New Blog
Welcome to my new travelogue blog. This was created as a way to track the planning I’m doing for our upcoming trip to Paris and to keep all my research in one place.
Down the left side of the page are a list of resources. The top is books that I have read in preparation for the trip and that I think are worthwhile for others too read as well. If you are interested in learning more click the titles and you will be taken to an Amazon
Directly underneath the Reading list are a list of links to travel resources that I’ve found whilst researching. They include guide book sites, places to stay and ways of getting around, as well as other generally useful stuff.
The center column is the blog, of course.
And on the right side is some other trip and blog related stuff. On the top is the itinerary as it currently stands (we haven’t actually gotten plane tickets yet, so this is tentative) and underneath that are a list of previous posts and the site archives.
I will also be using this blog to post while we are traveling, and when we return, I’ll be using it to post my photo’s as well.
That’s all for now, but keep checking in and be sure to visit my home page.
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