Post by saintgermain on Apr 11, 2013 14:55:22 GMT -5
Hi All,
We just got back from a trip to Paris with our 6 year old granddaughter, Sydney. I think we stopped at every carousel and playground we saw, and we had gelato or ice cream almost every day! We love Amorino, but this trip we discovered another gelato shop we enjoyed – GROM, located at 81, rue de Seine 75006. I can vouch for the Limone sorbet, and Bob and our granddaughter loved the Caramello gelato, especially with whipped cream on top. David Lebovitz reviews GROM here:
tinyurl.com/6557hrp
I had it on my list to stop by, but we actually stumbled on it by accident. The bus stop where we wanted to get off was closed, so we had to go on to the next stop, dropping us at the rue de Seine. GROM is located only steps from boulevard Saint Germain on the rue de Seine.
We didn’t see much new this trip because we wanted our granddaughter to see some of the places we love. However, we did finally stop at the Russian cathedral, Cathédrale St-Alexandre-Nevsky, located on the rue Daru. It was open because something was going on, so we peeked inside. It was beautiful, but we only took photos outside. It was an easy stop on the way to Parc Monceau. We walked from the Champs-Élysées up the avenue Hoche, turned left on rue de Faubourg Saint-Honoré, and right on the rue Daru.
Cathédrale Saint-Alexandre-Nevsky
12 Rue Daru 75008
Tel:+33 1 42 27 37 34
Hours: Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday Closed
Tuesday 3:00–5:00 pm
Friday 3:00–5:00 pm
Saturday 10:00 am – 1:00 pm, 3:00–5:00 pm
Sunday 3:00–5:00 pm
Metro: Courcelles
Although neither Bob nor I are fond of crowds or heights, our granddaughter very much wanted to go up in the Eiffel Tower, as we did with her sister -- the only two times we've ever done that. I ordered tickets online from the website, and we went up to the second level. Just walk up at the appointed time with tickets in hand, with only a few minutes wait, and up you go. It saves much time waiting in line. Our youngest granddaughter is very gregarious, and she made friends wherever we went, including going up in the lift in the Eiffel Tower. A little girl from England heard her say, “I wish we could get closer to the window so we could see the view!”, so she told her, “It’s not very interesting…you only see bars.” That started a conversation that continued all the way up, and they met again at the Arc de Triomphe. Sydney felt someone tapping her shoulder and turned around to find the little English girl who asked her, “Aren’t you the girl from the Eiffel Tower?” She was delighted that she remembered her.
Several of the places we wanted to go were closed because of the Easter holiday or the area was too crowded, so we opted to stay in the less crowded areas. We wanted to go to the Carnavalet Museum, but we found it closed, so after walking around the Marais a bit and going to Place des Vosges, we hopped on Metro 1 to head back to Hotel de Ville, where we first made a stop at the carousel, and then headed to Musee Pompidou. We walked around in it for a short time, but we were there mostly for the view. However, it was on our museum pass, and our granddaughter did enjoy what she saw of the museum. The colorful exhibits were fun for her, and we went to look at the moving exhibits outside. This year, though, they weren’t running nor were they in a pool with water as I’ve seen in photos online. Still, she enjoyed them and got photos of everything on the little camera we gave her for Christmas.
I had made several restaurant reservations, but cancelled a couple because we found that Sydney enjoyed the more casual atmosphere of a café to a restaurant. Her favorite café was Les Deux Magots and her favorite thing to order was a Croque-Madame, though we found they weren't available for dinner. She also enjoyed sandwiches at La Carette, located in the Place Trocadero. We stopped for lunch one day at Le Nemours near Palais Royal, and she enjoyed a Quiche Lorraine. I thought it was good, but not what I think of when I think of Quiche Lorraine, as it was filled with ham. We sat inside because it was so chilly outside, but I would prefer to go back when it's warmer and sit on the terrace. Our favorite spot for breakfast is Café de Flore, but we also enjoyed breakfast at the Pain Quotidien on the rue des Archives -- a good spot when visiting the Marais -- and Le Select on Montparnasse Boulevard. Le Select has a very nice, good value breakfast special of a croissant, a tartine, a hot drink, and juice. One morning, we walked to Café Le Flore en l'Ile, not a fancy café, but pleasant with a lovely view of Notre Dame. We had dinner at Brasserie Balzar on Friday evening, and we noticed that they had a breakfast special similar to the one at Le Select, so we had breakfast there the next day. It was good and a very good value at 7.50 Euros each. One night we replaced a reserved restaurant with Leon de Bruxelles on boulevard Saint Germain, and Sydney really liked it. What surprised us was that she chose the mussels for her dinner, and though it was a choice on the menu enfant, they came in a pot the same size as ours, which was rather large, and she ate them all. We ended up keeping 4 restaurant reservations. We had lunch at La Rotisserie de Beaujolais, and dinner at Le Fontaine de Mars, Brasserie Balzar, and Le Perraudin. We enjoyed them all, and so did Sydney, but I think her best experience was at Le Perraudin because she had a conversation with our waiter about his cat, named Hermione after Harry Potter’s friend. She was also able to have a dish of ravioli with basil there, which she enjoys, and they had Orangina, her favorite drink in Paris. We arrived at La Fontaine de Mars early, so we took a little walk down the street and had a great view of the Eiffel Tower from there and found the bus stop for Bus 69, I believe, and got off on the boulevard Saint Germain to catch Bus 63 to return to Saint Germain des Pres. La Rotisserie de Beaujolais is very close to Eglise Notre Dame and also to the Île Saint-Louis, so well located for a walk to either of those places, and it was a nice place to have lunch on Easter Sunday. To get to Le Perraudin, we walked to Jardin de Luxembourg from our hotel and then, after a stop at the playground, we walked to the restaurant, by way of the rue Soufflot. Much easier than approaching the rue Saint Jacques from the boulevard Saint Germain, as the hill it's located on is very steep. We finally tried Chartier. The food wasn't amazing, as I'd expected, but we enjoyed the experience. The waiter seated an English gentleman by us, and I guess he thought he might be imposing, as he said with a smile and a shrug of the shoulders, "Sorry...well, what can you do?" On the contrary, we enjoy sitting at a table with strangers, and ended up having a good conversation. He was from Gloucester UK, and like us, he was a grandparent. We talked about our families and British television shows we enjoy, and he talked about American television that he enjoys. He was also very sweet to Sydney and asked her lots of questions about her family. An enjoyable evening.
We took two day trips, which we have taken a few times, but we had taken Sydney's sister, Sofia, to those places, so we took Sydney as well. Sofia had told her all about them. We took the train from Gare St. Lazare to Vernon, and the bus was waiting to take us to Giverny. However, if you’re planning to go there, be aware that the buses return to Vernon later now than they used to. The earliest bus returning to Vernon was 2:20 PM. Before purchasing our tickets, I asked the bus driver when the bus would return, and he said the schedule was in the brochure, so I purchased round trip tickets thinking the schedule would be the same as in previous years. It wasn't, but based on that assumption, I had arranged for tickets on Rail Europe that had us leaving Vernon for Paris by 12:53 PM. When we discovered that the return bus tickets wouldn’t work for us we went to the bus driver to see if he could change our tickets to one way and return the difference, but he was unable to do that. Round trip tickets are 8 Euros each, and one way only 4 Euros. We went to the Tourist Information Center to get taxi information, and the young woman we spoke to called to arrange for the taxi and even walked with us to show us where the driver would pick us up. If we return to Giverny, I would only get one way tickets on the bus and arrange for a taxi back to Vernon in Giverny. The taxi was only a flat rate of 15 Euros and a very comfortable ride back, so not much more for 3 people than the bus. When we returned to Paris, we grabbed a quick lunch at Cosi, located at 54, rue de Seine 75006. I’ve read that they have free WIFI, which we’d planned to take advantage of, but we didn’t have time. We had to get to the Marionette show at Jardin du Luxembourg, and the playground afterwards. That afternoon was a highlight for Sydney.
Our second day trip was to Versailles, and we rode the RER to the Versailles Rive Gauche train station. We used our Paris Museum Pass for that and were able to see all that we wanted to. By the way, at Versailles and all the museums we went to, Bob and I had our Paris Museum Passes, but Sydney was free. Sydney enjoyed Versailles, especially the Hall of Mirrors, even though it was very crowded. We had been there several times, so as crowded as it was, we left as soon as possible without rushing her. It was too cold for there to be many flowers growing in Versailles, so we didn’t spend very long outside. However, the daffodils were lovely.
We bought museum passes and felt they were good value, but we didn’t see all the museums we wanted to see. We purchased 6 day passes because we were unable to see them all in a short time, and we wanted to be able to pop into the smaller museums whenever we were close by. We went to Musee Rodin and walked around the garden. We noticed it was closed inside. Someone mentioned that it was closed for renovations, but our favorite part of the Museum is the garden. We had decided to go to the Louvre in the evening, since it’s open late on Wednesday night, and we had also planned to shop in the Carousel de Louvre, but that was closed. We went on Thursday evening to the D’Orsay, and walked to boulevard Saint Germain des Pres to catch Bus 63 back to a stop close to Saint Sulpice, where our hotel was located. We stayed in Hotel Bonaparte, which is not fancy, but we really liked the staff, and the rooms were clean and comfortable. Another reason we stayed there is that it has a triple, and I found that rooms for 3 people are not that easy to find for a reasonable price. The Bonaparte is very well located, as it’s an easy walk to Metros and buses. We also stayed there when we took our granddaughter, Sofia, to Paris two years ago.
On Friday morning, we walked to Mabillon to catch Metro 10 to Sevres-Babylon for Metro 12 to Abbesses. We headed straight for the Funicular and walked across Place de Tertre to the rue Norvins. We wanted to see the Pass Muraille, which we'd tried to see when we took Sofia, but we went up a different way and ended up lost. This time, I researched to find the easiest way to the Pass Muraille. It's located about a 3 minute walk along the rue Norvins, on the right side. Walk down a little more to the rue Girardon to see the bust of Dalida. After that, we caught a bus back to Abbesses to take Metro 12 to Gare St. Lazare, which is a short walk from the department stores. In the afternoon, we took Sydney for a manicure at Espace Mavala in Galeries Lafayette before the free fashion show, which she loved. We were allowed to take photographs, so she took lots of photos. I tried to get tickets online, but I never received a response, so I ended up calling. They sent me a confirmation for 3 people, and I was to show it to get in. People who didn't remember to bring their online confirmation didn't get in until the end. We were seated way in the back to begin with, but they had extra seats so we ended up with front row seats right by the runway. After the fashion show we went up on the roof to see the view. Then, we went shopping at Galeries Lafayette where Sydney bought a pretty, flowered sundress. At Printemps, we bought her a scarf, one of those soft cotton, crinkly ones. The sales clerk very kindly showed her how to tie it, and we bought a matching one for her sister in a different color. It was her idea of a perfect day :-)
Sydney was enthralled with the idea of the love padlocks on the Pont des Arts. She missed her sister, so she wanted to buy a padlock to put on the bridge for herself and Sofia. We found a small, lavender, heart shaped lock at the BHV that we let her put on the bridge. We took a picture of her putting the lock on to send to her sister. I read that they may be cutting the padlocks off soon, but that they may also relocate them.
We brought back tea from Mariage Frères in the Marais, as we usually do. Our son loves to try all kinds of tea, so we bought him a loose blue tea, and Sydney bought him some Marco Polo tea to go with the mug she bought him at the Boutique Café de Flore on the rue Saint Benoit, right around the corner from Café de Flore. She also bought her mother an apron there. Over the years, I've bought several items at that shop because they're always packed so well, and I enjoy talking to the gentleman who runs the shop. We also stocked up on Côte d’Or chocolate bars at the Grand Epicerie at Bon Marche Department Store. We also found the boxes of Bonne Maman tartilettes citron that Bob likes and brought a couple boxes back. Again, the crowds were worse than we've ever seen. I suppose it was because of the Easter holiday, and on the week-end we left it was the Paris Marathon.
Mariage Frères
30 Rue du Bourg Tibourg 75004
Tel: +33 1 44 54 18 54
Hours: Open daily from 10:30 AM to 7:30 PM
Boutique du Café de Flore
26, rue Saint Benoit 75006
Tel: 01 45 44 33 40
Hours: Tuesday through Saturday, from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM and from 3:00 PM to 8:00 PM
We walked in the Tuileries and went to L'Orangerie on one afternoon and had planned a stop for hot chocolate at Angelina, but the day we went the line to get in was so long, and Sydney was so worn out that we decided to grab a taxi and head for Saint Germain des Pres to Café de Flore for hot chocolate. Not Angelina, but still very good and rich, and best of all, no crowds.
We enjoyed showing Sydney Paris, and we all had a nice time, in spite of the pressing crowds, the chilly weather, and several places closed on the week-end. We didn't get to much on my planned itinerary, but we rarely do see everything. It's just a framework, and we see what we can. There's always the next time to see what we've missed.
Sandy
We just got back from a trip to Paris with our 6 year old granddaughter, Sydney. I think we stopped at every carousel and playground we saw, and we had gelato or ice cream almost every day! We love Amorino, but this trip we discovered another gelato shop we enjoyed – GROM, located at 81, rue de Seine 75006. I can vouch for the Limone sorbet, and Bob and our granddaughter loved the Caramello gelato, especially with whipped cream on top. David Lebovitz reviews GROM here:
tinyurl.com/6557hrp
I had it on my list to stop by, but we actually stumbled on it by accident. The bus stop where we wanted to get off was closed, so we had to go on to the next stop, dropping us at the rue de Seine. GROM is located only steps from boulevard Saint Germain on the rue de Seine.
We didn’t see much new this trip because we wanted our granddaughter to see some of the places we love. However, we did finally stop at the Russian cathedral, Cathédrale St-Alexandre-Nevsky, located on the rue Daru. It was open because something was going on, so we peeked inside. It was beautiful, but we only took photos outside. It was an easy stop on the way to Parc Monceau. We walked from the Champs-Élysées up the avenue Hoche, turned left on rue de Faubourg Saint-Honoré, and right on the rue Daru.
Cathédrale Saint-Alexandre-Nevsky
12 Rue Daru 75008
Tel:+33 1 42 27 37 34
Hours: Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday Closed
Tuesday 3:00–5:00 pm
Friday 3:00–5:00 pm
Saturday 10:00 am – 1:00 pm, 3:00–5:00 pm
Sunday 3:00–5:00 pm
Metro: Courcelles
Although neither Bob nor I are fond of crowds or heights, our granddaughter very much wanted to go up in the Eiffel Tower, as we did with her sister -- the only two times we've ever done that. I ordered tickets online from the website, and we went up to the second level. Just walk up at the appointed time with tickets in hand, with only a few minutes wait, and up you go. It saves much time waiting in line. Our youngest granddaughter is very gregarious, and she made friends wherever we went, including going up in the lift in the Eiffel Tower. A little girl from England heard her say, “I wish we could get closer to the window so we could see the view!”, so she told her, “It’s not very interesting…you only see bars.” That started a conversation that continued all the way up, and they met again at the Arc de Triomphe. Sydney felt someone tapping her shoulder and turned around to find the little English girl who asked her, “Aren’t you the girl from the Eiffel Tower?” She was delighted that she remembered her.
Several of the places we wanted to go were closed because of the Easter holiday or the area was too crowded, so we opted to stay in the less crowded areas. We wanted to go to the Carnavalet Museum, but we found it closed, so after walking around the Marais a bit and going to Place des Vosges, we hopped on Metro 1 to head back to Hotel de Ville, where we first made a stop at the carousel, and then headed to Musee Pompidou. We walked around in it for a short time, but we were there mostly for the view. However, it was on our museum pass, and our granddaughter did enjoy what she saw of the museum. The colorful exhibits were fun for her, and we went to look at the moving exhibits outside. This year, though, they weren’t running nor were they in a pool with water as I’ve seen in photos online. Still, she enjoyed them and got photos of everything on the little camera we gave her for Christmas.
I had made several restaurant reservations, but cancelled a couple because we found that Sydney enjoyed the more casual atmosphere of a café to a restaurant. Her favorite café was Les Deux Magots and her favorite thing to order was a Croque-Madame, though we found they weren't available for dinner. She also enjoyed sandwiches at La Carette, located in the Place Trocadero. We stopped for lunch one day at Le Nemours near Palais Royal, and she enjoyed a Quiche Lorraine. I thought it was good, but not what I think of when I think of Quiche Lorraine, as it was filled with ham. We sat inside because it was so chilly outside, but I would prefer to go back when it's warmer and sit on the terrace. Our favorite spot for breakfast is Café de Flore, but we also enjoyed breakfast at the Pain Quotidien on the rue des Archives -- a good spot when visiting the Marais -- and Le Select on Montparnasse Boulevard. Le Select has a very nice, good value breakfast special of a croissant, a tartine, a hot drink, and juice. One morning, we walked to Café Le Flore en l'Ile, not a fancy café, but pleasant with a lovely view of Notre Dame. We had dinner at Brasserie Balzar on Friday evening, and we noticed that they had a breakfast special similar to the one at Le Select, so we had breakfast there the next day. It was good and a very good value at 7.50 Euros each. One night we replaced a reserved restaurant with Leon de Bruxelles on boulevard Saint Germain, and Sydney really liked it. What surprised us was that she chose the mussels for her dinner, and though it was a choice on the menu enfant, they came in a pot the same size as ours, which was rather large, and she ate them all. We ended up keeping 4 restaurant reservations. We had lunch at La Rotisserie de Beaujolais, and dinner at Le Fontaine de Mars, Brasserie Balzar, and Le Perraudin. We enjoyed them all, and so did Sydney, but I think her best experience was at Le Perraudin because she had a conversation with our waiter about his cat, named Hermione after Harry Potter’s friend. She was also able to have a dish of ravioli with basil there, which she enjoys, and they had Orangina, her favorite drink in Paris. We arrived at La Fontaine de Mars early, so we took a little walk down the street and had a great view of the Eiffel Tower from there and found the bus stop for Bus 69, I believe, and got off on the boulevard Saint Germain to catch Bus 63 to return to Saint Germain des Pres. La Rotisserie de Beaujolais is very close to Eglise Notre Dame and also to the Île Saint-Louis, so well located for a walk to either of those places, and it was a nice place to have lunch on Easter Sunday. To get to Le Perraudin, we walked to Jardin de Luxembourg from our hotel and then, after a stop at the playground, we walked to the restaurant, by way of the rue Soufflot. Much easier than approaching the rue Saint Jacques from the boulevard Saint Germain, as the hill it's located on is very steep. We finally tried Chartier. The food wasn't amazing, as I'd expected, but we enjoyed the experience. The waiter seated an English gentleman by us, and I guess he thought he might be imposing, as he said with a smile and a shrug of the shoulders, "Sorry...well, what can you do?" On the contrary, we enjoy sitting at a table with strangers, and ended up having a good conversation. He was from Gloucester UK, and like us, he was a grandparent. We talked about our families and British television shows we enjoy, and he talked about American television that he enjoys. He was also very sweet to Sydney and asked her lots of questions about her family. An enjoyable evening.
We took two day trips, which we have taken a few times, but we had taken Sydney's sister, Sofia, to those places, so we took Sydney as well. Sofia had told her all about them. We took the train from Gare St. Lazare to Vernon, and the bus was waiting to take us to Giverny. However, if you’re planning to go there, be aware that the buses return to Vernon later now than they used to. The earliest bus returning to Vernon was 2:20 PM. Before purchasing our tickets, I asked the bus driver when the bus would return, and he said the schedule was in the brochure, so I purchased round trip tickets thinking the schedule would be the same as in previous years. It wasn't, but based on that assumption, I had arranged for tickets on Rail Europe that had us leaving Vernon for Paris by 12:53 PM. When we discovered that the return bus tickets wouldn’t work for us we went to the bus driver to see if he could change our tickets to one way and return the difference, but he was unable to do that. Round trip tickets are 8 Euros each, and one way only 4 Euros. We went to the Tourist Information Center to get taxi information, and the young woman we spoke to called to arrange for the taxi and even walked with us to show us where the driver would pick us up. If we return to Giverny, I would only get one way tickets on the bus and arrange for a taxi back to Vernon in Giverny. The taxi was only a flat rate of 15 Euros and a very comfortable ride back, so not much more for 3 people than the bus. When we returned to Paris, we grabbed a quick lunch at Cosi, located at 54, rue de Seine 75006. I’ve read that they have free WIFI, which we’d planned to take advantage of, but we didn’t have time. We had to get to the Marionette show at Jardin du Luxembourg, and the playground afterwards. That afternoon was a highlight for Sydney.
Our second day trip was to Versailles, and we rode the RER to the Versailles Rive Gauche train station. We used our Paris Museum Pass for that and were able to see all that we wanted to. By the way, at Versailles and all the museums we went to, Bob and I had our Paris Museum Passes, but Sydney was free. Sydney enjoyed Versailles, especially the Hall of Mirrors, even though it was very crowded. We had been there several times, so as crowded as it was, we left as soon as possible without rushing her. It was too cold for there to be many flowers growing in Versailles, so we didn’t spend very long outside. However, the daffodils were lovely.
We bought museum passes and felt they were good value, but we didn’t see all the museums we wanted to see. We purchased 6 day passes because we were unable to see them all in a short time, and we wanted to be able to pop into the smaller museums whenever we were close by. We went to Musee Rodin and walked around the garden. We noticed it was closed inside. Someone mentioned that it was closed for renovations, but our favorite part of the Museum is the garden. We had decided to go to the Louvre in the evening, since it’s open late on Wednesday night, and we had also planned to shop in the Carousel de Louvre, but that was closed. We went on Thursday evening to the D’Orsay, and walked to boulevard Saint Germain des Pres to catch Bus 63 back to a stop close to Saint Sulpice, where our hotel was located. We stayed in Hotel Bonaparte, which is not fancy, but we really liked the staff, and the rooms were clean and comfortable. Another reason we stayed there is that it has a triple, and I found that rooms for 3 people are not that easy to find for a reasonable price. The Bonaparte is very well located, as it’s an easy walk to Metros and buses. We also stayed there when we took our granddaughter, Sofia, to Paris two years ago.
On Friday morning, we walked to Mabillon to catch Metro 10 to Sevres-Babylon for Metro 12 to Abbesses. We headed straight for the Funicular and walked across Place de Tertre to the rue Norvins. We wanted to see the Pass Muraille, which we'd tried to see when we took Sofia, but we went up a different way and ended up lost. This time, I researched to find the easiest way to the Pass Muraille. It's located about a 3 minute walk along the rue Norvins, on the right side. Walk down a little more to the rue Girardon to see the bust of Dalida. After that, we caught a bus back to Abbesses to take Metro 12 to Gare St. Lazare, which is a short walk from the department stores. In the afternoon, we took Sydney for a manicure at Espace Mavala in Galeries Lafayette before the free fashion show, which she loved. We were allowed to take photographs, so she took lots of photos. I tried to get tickets online, but I never received a response, so I ended up calling. They sent me a confirmation for 3 people, and I was to show it to get in. People who didn't remember to bring their online confirmation didn't get in until the end. We were seated way in the back to begin with, but they had extra seats so we ended up with front row seats right by the runway. After the fashion show we went up on the roof to see the view. Then, we went shopping at Galeries Lafayette where Sydney bought a pretty, flowered sundress. At Printemps, we bought her a scarf, one of those soft cotton, crinkly ones. The sales clerk very kindly showed her how to tie it, and we bought a matching one for her sister in a different color. It was her idea of a perfect day :-)
Sydney was enthralled with the idea of the love padlocks on the Pont des Arts. She missed her sister, so she wanted to buy a padlock to put on the bridge for herself and Sofia. We found a small, lavender, heart shaped lock at the BHV that we let her put on the bridge. We took a picture of her putting the lock on to send to her sister. I read that they may be cutting the padlocks off soon, but that they may also relocate them.
We brought back tea from Mariage Frères in the Marais, as we usually do. Our son loves to try all kinds of tea, so we bought him a loose blue tea, and Sydney bought him some Marco Polo tea to go with the mug she bought him at the Boutique Café de Flore on the rue Saint Benoit, right around the corner from Café de Flore. She also bought her mother an apron there. Over the years, I've bought several items at that shop because they're always packed so well, and I enjoy talking to the gentleman who runs the shop. We also stocked up on Côte d’Or chocolate bars at the Grand Epicerie at Bon Marche Department Store. We also found the boxes of Bonne Maman tartilettes citron that Bob likes and brought a couple boxes back. Again, the crowds were worse than we've ever seen. I suppose it was because of the Easter holiday, and on the week-end we left it was the Paris Marathon.
Mariage Frères
30 Rue du Bourg Tibourg 75004
Tel: +33 1 44 54 18 54
Hours: Open daily from 10:30 AM to 7:30 PM
Boutique du Café de Flore
26, rue Saint Benoit 75006
Tel: 01 45 44 33 40
Hours: Tuesday through Saturday, from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM and from 3:00 PM to 8:00 PM
We walked in the Tuileries and went to L'Orangerie on one afternoon and had planned a stop for hot chocolate at Angelina, but the day we went the line to get in was so long, and Sydney was so worn out that we decided to grab a taxi and head for Saint Germain des Pres to Café de Flore for hot chocolate. Not Angelina, but still very good and rich, and best of all, no crowds.
We enjoyed showing Sydney Paris, and we all had a nice time, in spite of the pressing crowds, the chilly weather, and several places closed on the week-end. We didn't get to much on my planned itinerary, but we rarely do see everything. It's just a framework, and we see what we can. There's always the next time to see what we've missed.
Sandy