On Mon, Jul 14, 2003 at 05:19:13PM +0100, Alex McLintock wrote: > At 15:50 14/07/03, Earle Martin wrote: > > > >Likewise, I booked a room at this hotel: > >http://www.hostelparis.com/hosteldetails.php?HostelNumber=613 > > > >It's just under two miles from the CNAM, in the middle of Paris. The room > >has two beds and ensuite toilet, and costs GBP22 a head per night. > > > Would it be possible to write up people's recommendations for visiting > Paris and stick it somewhere online? > My girlfriend and I have been meaning to go to Paris - though I'm not going > to YAPC. > > Perhaps we could pollute Grubstreet with it :-)
Grubstreet? Bloody English blokes, I don't get half of what you say. :) > > Alex Hi Alex It is difficult to give advice without knowing your tastes. When, I have time I love walking at random in Paris. Personnally I read guides _after_ going places, because it so easy to get stuck with ones nose on the guide instead to get a real feeling of the place. Buy Pariscope, that has a nice English section. That will gave you name of places to fo. They are plenty of small museeums that are nice and less crowded than The Louvre. I paste a walk recommandation I sent to Uri Gutman. Personnally I avoid tourist magnets (and picpocket ones by consequence) that have lost any character even if the building may be still nice and splendid. I hate Champs Elysees that have become a mile long burger joint owned by Mac Donald, Disney and the like. If you got to Montmartre, just go one street or two away from the touristic place (Place du tertre) per se to get a feeling. It is a long time I have not gone there and I fear a devastating "Amélie Poulain" effect. If you gave yourself a good hour or two to go to the CNAM, you can just walk and make "détours" instead of heading directly to the CNAM. Going thru the west crossing the Boulevard St Michel to the Quartier St Germain, follow the Rue St Andre des Arts, than rue Mazarine or rue de Seine heading North toward the Seine river, after the Institute, cross Seine on le pont des Arts , go thru the Cour Carrée du Louvre, cross the Rivoli street, head toward la Bourse du Commerce, than toward the St Eustache Church, then rue de Tutbirgo toward the CNAM. Hum, Turbigo is to head to the CNAM, it is less interesting from there. Nice walk that avoid the all tourist magnets (so few care even to enter la cour carrée du Louvre for example) Oh, And if the weather is bad or you want to see an authentic weird and recent French animation movie. Go see "Les triplettes de Belleville". A vey weird counterpoint to the "Tour de France" industry. Very French even if the animation has been done in Quebec (Montreal je crois). No dialog, so no problem to follow the story. And like in London, there are a lot of "ethnic places". -- stef > > > > Available for java/perl/C++/web development in London, UK or nearby. > Apache FOP, Cocoon, Turbine, Struts,XSL:FO, XML, Tomcat, JSP > http://www.OWAL.co.uk/ >
