Arriving in Paris Page Content Page Name (for URL) Page Title Breadcrumb Text Don't put anything here After Amiens we headed for Paris. It was already afternoon so we just got on a toll-way. The toll from Amiens to Paris (a bit over an hour driving, if I remember correctly) added up to around 15 euros, but it was indeed a good road. Our atlas had a good map of Paris, so we managed to find the right "porte" (entrance into the city), which took us on a rather narrow road through half the Paris towards our hotel, which occupied the top floors of a building near Place de Republique. (Once you entered through the door you had to immediately go up through a narrow cork-screw staircase, before reaching the receptionist.) The hotel was cheap and clean but likely setting a world record in the "smallest room" category. (As we read in our guidebook, Paris is one of the few large European cities where you can get cheap hotels downtown, precisely because the legal limits on room sizes are very low.) We went out to Place do Bastille that night, but it was dark, so no pictures. <~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2005-05-29-a-paris-morning/20050529_001_1138 2005-05-29-a-paris-morning/20050529_002_1499 2005-05-29-a-paris-morning/20050529_005_1765 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> Next morning we walked to Cité, passing Centre Pompidou, an *extremely* strange structure, especially in the midst of rather somber Paris. It reminded me a bit of Hundertwasserhaus in Vienna, though I liked the latter more. Don't put anything here Advanced Fields Category 2002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014E. AsiaE. EuropeL's FamilyL's FriendsN. AmericaN. EuropeS. AmericaS. AsiaW. EuropeY & LY's FamilyY's Friends Prototype Redirect Permissions0 Actions Config Markup Module HTML/Meta/Keywords HTML/Meta/Description Save Hook HTML Fields Main Head Body Header Menu Logo Page Content Template Sidebar Footer Tags Allowed for XSSFilter HTTP Fields Cache-Control Expires Guru Fields Templates Translations Fields Edit UI Admin Edit UI Don't put anything here Don't put anything here Don't put anything here Don't put anything here A summary of your changes Edit Summary save preview cancel
