2007 PARIS TRIP

6 - 12 April

Looking from our hotel.  It's not the Place d'Italie.  But a nice quiet part of Paris nonetheless.

We meet with our tour guide, Alexandra - and the Hispanic-American group from California supposedly traveling with us.
They're mostly guys, with a decided interest in our girls - and we decide quickly that we want to do our own thing.
Alexandra can stick with them.  We'll meet up for suppers.  But that's about all.

We head up to Montmartre

An awesome dinner on Montmartre at La Cremaillere


The next day it's Easter Sunday and we head to the Notre Dame Cathedral for Easter service

- noting that Paris slumbers on Sunday mornings (the Metro was empty at 9:00 in the morning)

We regroup after the Easter service across from the Cathedral

We then have our usual lunch in the Latin Quarter

After lunch we gather at the Place St. Michel in front of the fountain

Then head up to the Sorbonne (University of Paris)

Then we continue on up to the Pantheon

 - where again the boys play hacky sack

A French guy joins them

and the girls simply crash in the sun

We then head over to the Luxembourg Gardens for more strenuous relaxation

Followed by more relaxation along the Seine

That evening we stroll the Champs Elysees and watch the interesting doings


The next morning we visit the Louvre Museum

In the afternoon the girls headed out for some shopping

While the guys just hung out along the Seine

We regrouped later in the afternoon in a park across from the Eiffel Tower

That evening some of the kids went shopping along the Champs Elysees

The next day we took a train out to Fontainebleau

And that evening ate at another great restaurant in the Latin Quarter

The next day we headed out to Versailles

And the night before our return home - some goofing off took place

Miles H. Hodges - 2007