Getting Ready for Paris!

Linda always said she wanted to step on French soil before she hit 40. So with 3 days to spare, Linda makes her way to Paris.

Why Paris? Why not! The Louvre, the Musee d'Orsay, the Musee Picasso, the catacombs, Versailles, the markets, the Latin Quarter, all beckon like nobody's business.

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Making Plans for Paris! we've commited to the cute studio in the 11e- arrondisement. i think it was a good thing to do. here's the link where we'll be from november 26 til december 2nd:

http://www.marneweb.com/bnb/apt_desc.htm

it seems to be a general thought that it's not all that important to be "central" in Paris due to the metro being so accessible. also...i've heard that if you really want to interact with Parisians, if you get away from the touristy places it's more likely that you'll get a chance to really meet some new people. i was really hoping to stay in the latin quarter, or the ile st. louis, but at 100E a night and more, it seemed wiser to be much more careful of our travel dollars. my goal was to keep this entire trip to $2000 or less. we'll see if i can do it!

so far:

$1090 airfare
468 lodging for six of nine nights
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$1558 total thus far. i think we're going to breach that $2000 mark fairly fast!

after the 2nd of december we're really not sure where we'll be. we may stay at bill graham's B&B in Reuilly or head to Bergerac or maybe train on over to Amsterdam or London. John is actually being flexible on these few days despite a few his fear of "being in paris without accomodations!". i'm sure we'll figure things out once we have arrived. todd said he'll spend some time at our place to study and hang out so it's nice/comforting to know that our home will be occupied to a large degree while we're gone.