Please
join this weekly meme. Grab a copy of the photo above and link back to An Accidental Blog. Share with the rest of us your passion for
France. Did you read a good book set in France? See a movie? Take a photo in
France? Have an adventure? Eat a fabulous meal or even just a pastry? Or if
you're in France now, go ahead and lord it over the rest of us. We can take it.
Maybe
we can all satisfy our yearnings for France, until we get there again.
Where
do you stay when you visit Paris?
Once
Earl and I stayed in a hotel outside the center of Paris. The room and
the bathroom were very American and luxurious, but traveling by Metro to get in
to the action outweighed the luxurious aspects. Since then, we've always stayed
at Hotel Sunny. We discovered it because one of our French friends lives just
up the road.
The
hotel is in the 5th arrondisement, on Port Royal Boulevard not too far from la
rue Mouffetarde.
From
there, we can walk to the metro easily or catch a bus right outside the hotel.
It's close enough to walk to Les Jardins du Luxembourg. Oh, and it's inexpensive
for Paris. A lot of French people stay there rather than tourists, which is a good sign.
Here's
the view from the hotel window when we were there in April 2006.
And here's a photo of me with the kids in front of the hotel. Notice Tucker, then aged 10, is trying to give me rabbit ears. He did that throughout the trip. Also, note Grace's blue poncho. She now curses me for letting her wear a blue poncho throughout Europe.
Have you found a great place to stay in Paris or another place in France?
8 comments:
Last time I was in Paris, my (grown) daughters, a good friend, and I shared an apartment right in the heart of the Marais. Cost: $50 each per night. Four women and one bathroom turned out not to be a problem, the little fridge in the kitchen held all we needed (Champagne and strawberries), the location couldn't be beat—and we felt like locals.
Last time I was there I had an apartment very close to Notre Dame-Esmeralda it was perfect. The poncho is rather hip.
We stayed in an apartment in the 2nd last time it was great. Next time we will be staying in an apartment in the 6th-totally looking forward to it.
Oh and ponchos are so now! I bought one 18 months ago, and wore it everywhere last winter (much to my son's dispair).
A lovely post to read ...
So all I have to do is comment on your blog and I'll get an agent? Suh-weet! Also, your Parisian excursions make me jealous. I need to get off this continent one of these days.
Hope you enjoyed VH's poem and St Emilion :) Have a nice week!
I think Grace's poncho is, how do you say? - tres cool!
Sorry I couldn't play today with a French memory of my own, Paulita. I've got a book review of Broken by Daniel Clay and giveaway contest up though, if you have time to stop by.
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