This was a two week trip I took by myself to Paris in February 2016. Not a great time of year, you say?
Non, non!
The perfect time of year!
No need to worry about my garden at home, as too cold to be out there; and not so many people traveling then either.
I had found a very cheap airfare, non-stop on Air France.
My husband is not a travel fan, so I went alone, as I couldn’t pass it up!
The weather in Paris was much like home: rain, sun, snow, lightning, wind…and some all at once!
I wasn’t cold, as I had all my Canadian cold weather clothing with me; though it did get down to minus 6C one day.
I’m a rare person who would pick a winter holiday over one on the beach any day.
I rented an apartment on the Boulevard St. Michel for two weeks, and it was ideal.
I returned and rented it again the following March, 2017.
I won’t recommend the agency, as they no longer have as many to rent out; and the agent had a public “barney” with people on another travel forum the following year, which made a lot of people lose respect for him.
If I knew the owners, I’d rent it again from them in a second.
It had a fabulous clear view of the Eiffel Tower, and the sparkly light show there every hour at night.
The area was just ideal, as the RER B stopped right outside, so easy to get to and from the airport with the wonderful Navigo pass.
I booked a weeks’ French Language course for my first week, at the Accord School, and it was great.
Lovely instructors, and lots of extra activities and classes offered if you wanted them.
Can’t say I‘m any better at French since then, but I love to do things like that while on vacation.
My travel friend from Scotland came and joined me for a few days for the second week, so that was lots of fun catching up with her.
Other things I did in Paris were: visited the Louvre one evening, saw the Petit Palais (stunning), The Musee Quai d’Orsay, the Rodin museum (a bit “meh”, as of course the gardens were not in bloom.)
Walked for miles, took a Paris Walks tour of Montmartre, which was really good, got the train to Chartres one day , what a pretty town!, drank much coffee with many pastries, window-shopped, walked more miles, went back to Montmartre a second time and had another good exploration of the area, rode the buses all around, walked in the Luxembourg Gardens across the road from my apartment, took lots of photographs, and generally absolutely loved being immersed in one of my favourite cities.
Non, non!
The perfect time of year!
No need to worry about my garden at home, as too cold to be out there; and not so many people traveling then either.
I had found a very cheap airfare, non-stop on Air France.
My husband is not a travel fan, so I went alone, as I couldn’t pass it up!
The weather in Paris was much like home: rain, sun, snow, lightning, wind…and some all at once!
I wasn’t cold, as I had all my Canadian cold weather clothing with me; though it did get down to minus 6C one day.
I’m a rare person who would pick a winter holiday over one on the beach any day.
I rented an apartment on the Boulevard St. Michel for two weeks, and it was ideal.
I returned and rented it again the following March, 2017.
I won’t recommend the agency, as they no longer have as many to rent out; and the agent had a public “barney” with people on another travel forum the following year, which made a lot of people lose respect for him.
If I knew the owners, I’d rent it again from them in a second.
It had a fabulous clear view of the Eiffel Tower, and the sparkly light show there every hour at night.
The area was just ideal, as the RER B stopped right outside, so easy to get to and from the airport with the wonderful Navigo pass.
I booked a weeks’ French Language course for my first week, at the Accord School, and it was great.
Lovely instructors, and lots of extra activities and classes offered if you wanted them.
Can’t say I‘m any better at French since then, but I love to do things like that while on vacation.
My travel friend from Scotland came and joined me for a few days for the second week, so that was lots of fun catching up with her.
Other things I did in Paris were: visited the Louvre one evening, saw the Petit Palais (stunning), The Musee Quai d’Orsay, the Rodin museum (a bit “meh”, as of course the gardens were not in bloom.)
Walked for miles, took a Paris Walks tour of Montmartre, which was really good, got the train to Chartres one day , what a pretty town!, drank much coffee with many pastries, window-shopped, walked more miles, went back to Montmartre a second time and had another good exploration of the area, rode the buses all around, walked in the Luxembourg Gardens across the road from my apartment, took lots of photographs, and generally absolutely loved being immersed in one of my favourite cities.
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