Certainly worth looking into ... if my debit card worked okay using the Metrobank ATMs in Mindanao, you'd think it should DEFINITELY be alright in the likes of a City the size of Paris ... thanks, Darren.Originally Posted by darren-b
Certainly worth looking into ... if my debit card worked okay using the Metrobank ATMs in Mindanao, you'd think it should DEFINITELY be alright in the likes of a City the size of Paris ... thanks, Darren.
Just to wish you both a good trip
Very hard to advise about budgeting - the "Cafe Culture" comes at a price! - but worth buying coffees just to sit (outside but shielded from the wind) and watch the fashions ! So many Parisians look like artists, writers, philosophers and composers! Alcoholic drinks, especially cocktails, are very expensive, but they may not interest you. The Eiffel Tower obviously will, and if you're tempted for a romantic meal at "Le Jules Verne" on the second floor, it will cost up to 160 euros for both of youThere's a much cheaper cafe on a higher floor.
Enjoy the Parisian ambience !
Just to wish you both a good trip
Very hard to advise about budgeting - the "Cafe Culture" comes at a price! - but worth buying coffees just to sit (outside but shielded from the wind) and watch the fashions ! So many Parisians look like artists, writers, philosophers and composers! Alcoholic drinks, especially cocktails, are very expensive, but they may not interest you. The Eiffel Tower obviously will, and if you're tempted for a romantic meal at "Le Jules Verne" on the second floor, it will cost up to 160 euros for both of you
Enjoy the Parisian ambience !
Many thanks, Alan. A friend of ours had been suggesting that any couple on a moderate [if not exactly 'shoestring'] budget would be wise to give the "Cafe Culture" on the *Champs Elysees (*if I remember correctly) a miss for dining ... although it's worth taking a stroll in its environs - if only to watch the "fashionable set" :beatnik2::beatnik2: indulging themselves!! Certainly, the Eiffel Tower is a MUST ... "top" of our list (to use a pun)! Who knows? ... perhaps even a cruise on the Seine [weather permitting] a visit to Notre Dame & Sacre Coeur ... and, if the time factor allows, maybe a trip out to the Palace of Versailles, which our friend highly recommended.
Notwithstanding, I've availed myself of a handy pocket guide ... and we fully intend to soak up the ambience as far as is practicable in every sense. Le Jules Verne? Well, we'll see ...
Oh nooooooooooo ... SNOW .... that's ALL we bloody need!!
Here's hoping Arthur and Myrna's honeymoon is wonderful
There's going to be a lot of threads to catch up on when they return on 9th March (including my birthday !)
We're sure to hear wonderful stories from their trip to Paris when they get back
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Wow Arth! Have a nice trip and enjoy romantic capital city of France.
I am very sure that Myrna will enjoy as I did enjoy when I was there.
We went there by a smart car from Kerkrade Holland and we passed Belgium and it took about 6 hours drive. That was a fantastic trip of mine so it's your turn!
Hi Arthur,
For some reason I missed this thread and realise that you are now on your honeymoon.
I hope you are having a wonderful, romantic time there.
The Parisians can be a little testing (even for the French who are not from there) but I am sure you are enjoying the ambience and the company of your Mahal
All the best...........
Bon voyage et bon chance
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Well thankyou, folks, for your interesting and informative contributions to this thread. Myrna & I have since returned from what turned out to be a marvellous experience for us both. Sure, the temperatures were somewhat lower than we'd have ideally liked ... but, based on the helpful advice we'd been given on the forum, we came well-equipped for this eventuality- in the shape of a large suitcase crammed full of warm clothes, with a smaller version for carrying various other essentials, plus miscellaneous odds and ends.
So what DID we get up to then? ... bearing in mind that our trip was by way of the [somewhat belated] honeymoon we'd long promised ourselves!OK, well ... leaving aside the
bits ... given that neither one of us is exactly in the "first flush of youth" ... our short sojourn to the 'Romantic Capital of Europe' consisted mainly of sightseeing - comprising (as you'd EXPECT!) such notable landmarks as the Eiffel Tower, L'Arc de Triomphe, Notre Dame Cathedral, Sacre Coeur &c. And a highlight was meeting-up with a long-standing friend of mine - who'd travelled from Brussels (where he's currently employed as a translator with the European Parliament) to spend Monday afternoon with us!
Having had a taste of the lifestyle in continental Europe, Myrna is keen to sample Rome. But if prices in the 'Eternal City' happen to match those of its French counterpart, I'd hazard a guess that we're just as likely to find ourselves "roamin' the streets" ...
So it's au revoir Paris and maybe ciao Roma
When you're "roamin' " the streets of Perth or Auld Reekie (Edinburgh) the weather may be dreich (wet) but at least you can understand the locals
Romes easy Arthur every other person you meet is a cousin of DomsWell thankyou, folks, for your interesting and informative contributions to this thread. Myrna & I have since returned from what turned out to be a marvellous experience for us both. Sure, the temperatures were somewhat lower than we'd have ideally liked ... but, based on the helpful advice we'd been given on the forum, we came well-equipped for this eventuality
So what DID we get up to then? ... bearing in mind that our trip was by way of the [somewhat belated] honeymoon we'd long promised ourselves!
Having had a taste of the lifestyle in continental Europe, Myrna is keen to sample Rome. But if prices in the 'Eternal City' happen to match those of its French counterpart, I'd hazard a guess that we're just as likely to find ourselves "roamin' the streets" ...
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I have visited Paris on a few occasions, and done the touristy thingy, and still have to find out what is so special about it for so many people....
As an Italian, I think that the place is terribly overrated and full of arrogant people, which would spray deodorant under their armpits rather than wash them regularly. And that is just the women.....
You won't find many Italians vacationing in France....
It used to be so.....Romes easy Arthur every other person you meet is a cousin of Doms
But now...
Rome, and indeed the whole of Italy, for the past few years have been spoiled by a large influx of eastern european immigrants, even more that we have here in the UK.
Not forgetting the thousands that manage to come across in boats from northern Africa....
To redress the situation, our esteemed leaders have started forced repatriations, which is working out as a vote winner for Berlusconi....
There are some good deals to be had with the Luftwaffe they are doing Rome plus a lot of other European cities for £129 return inc everything
http://www.lufthansa.com/online/port...nodeid=2759635
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