weekend in Paris
May. 26th, 2009 06:45 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pvaneyndLast (long) weekend we stayed in Paris. After searching for a while for hotels that fit our requirements and finding that it would become very expensive indeed I decided that for the price of a night in a hotel we could buy all our camping equipment.
So we went to the Camping International in Maisons-Laffitte with our new '2 seconds' decathlon tent.
All in all it went nicely, we had nice weather so we could create quite a mess to compensate for the small tent without it getting wet.
On Thursday we packed, drove there and explored the local area a little. Friday we woke up gave $CHILD a breakfast and hurried to the Eiffel tower to beat the queues. We failed. After queueing for 1 hour in the 'stairs only' queue we got a ticket and started climbing the stairs. A little while later we decided that we needed a breakfast on the first floor or we would faint.
Then we climbed to the second floor and enjoyed the view. $CHILD decided to not go upto the third floor, even when we said we would take the elevator.
After escaping that tourist trap we went and walked the Champs-Elysées until we needed to find a supermarket to shop. With some inspiration we found that at the La Défence metro station there was a large shopping center so we could find something to bbq.
Saturday was a little bit more relaxed as we visited the La Défence area, Notre Dame, did a boat tour and then visited the mega shops La Fayette and Le Printemps. We had a drink on the roof terrace there with a nice view over Paris.
On Sunday we wanted to visit Versailles, but $CHILD declared he was tired of walking even before leaving the car (!) so we decided we had overloaded him slightly and that we would just head home.
Todo: unpack and cleanup all the stuff still.
So we went to the Camping International in Maisons-Laffitte with our new '2 seconds' decathlon tent.
All in all it went nicely, we had nice weather so we could create quite a mess to compensate for the small tent without it getting wet.
On Thursday we packed, drove there and explored the local area a little. Friday we woke up gave $CHILD a breakfast and hurried to the Eiffel tower to beat the queues. We failed. After queueing for 1 hour in the 'stairs only' queue we got a ticket and started climbing the stairs. A little while later we decided that we needed a breakfast on the first floor or we would faint.
Then we climbed to the second floor and enjoyed the view. $CHILD decided to not go upto the third floor, even when we said we would take the elevator.
After escaping that tourist trap we went and walked the Champs-Elysées until we needed to find a supermarket to shop. With some inspiration we found that at the La Défence metro station there was a large shopping center so we could find something to bbq.
Saturday was a little bit more relaxed as we visited the La Défence area, Notre Dame, did a boat tour and then visited the mega shops La Fayette and Le Printemps. We had a drink on the roof terrace there with a nice view over Paris.
On Sunday we wanted to visit Versailles, but $CHILD declared he was tired of walking even before leaving the car (!) so we decided we had overloaded him slightly and that we would just head home.
Todo: unpack and cleanup all the stuff still.
