Trip to France

[RMJ]

Originally Posted by isabella

i think you must go minimum 3 days, the best i hink is 4 days.

4 days is enough for nothing.

I was about 20 days in Paris last year and that wasn't even close to enough to see even fraction of it.

[Cooney]

Originally Posted by RMJ

4 days is enough for nothing.

Au contraire :-P Four days is enough to realize you need to come back for more!

Actually, I've never been to France, or any of mainland Europe. Spent a month studying in England, but was busy with training and school all the time, so didn't get to travel around.

[Piblokto]

Originally Posted by RMJ

4 days is enough for nothing.

I was about 20 days in Paris last year and that wasn't even close to enough to see even fraction of it.

Right. Even a lifetime is not enough to see everything. But 4 or 5 days are better than nothing and the question is how to turn these few days into a pleasant experience.
And my advice could be : get a guidebook, a good map, good shoes, keep your eyes and mind wide open and walk...

Toc de mac, if your hotel is by the quartier latin, you may have a few samples of what the place looks like here : http://www.francebalade.com/paris/paris5.htm

[RMJ]

Originally Posted by Piblokto

Right. Even a lifetime is not enough to see everything. But 4 or 5 days are better than nothing and the question is how to turn these few days into a pleasant experience.

Yes, better than nothing. But he said the best. Which it obviously isn't. It's way too short time to experience city like Paris.

Originally Posted by Piblokto

And my advice could be : get a guidebook, a good map, good shoes, keep your eyes and mind wide open and walk...

Guidebook is indeed handy even tho it sounds like lame tourist thing. But the fact is that finding addresses of places you want to go isn't always easy without any reference. In that those books comes handy. Another choice is to have laptop with internet connection available.



The best map is the free map given out many places. Sponsored by lafayette (the older map is better than the new one, new is slightly more confusing). It's simple and shows all the needed info (metro stations, metro lines, street names, and couple basic, well visible, attractions (helps finding yourself from the map if you aren't sure where you are or where you are going)). If you need to find some specific address quickly, then more specific map book is handy, but that's rarely needed (especially on first trip, when you prolly want to see the most well known attractions).



Good shoes = ownage

Don't even think buying new "good" shoes just before the trip. take old ones, or you gonna regret it. Shoes needs to be "burn in" before they can be used for trips like that.

[espire]

RMJ, how many times have you been to France? You sure know what you're talking about!

[Toc De Mac]

Thanks Piblokto and RMJ for your advice!

[SupaKrupa]

He goes almost every weekend !! (Lucky bastard hehe)

[RMJ]

I have been there only 3 times. But more is coming soon. Maybe couple times at the latter part of this year.

[isabella]

4 days is enough for nothing.
I was about 20 days in Paris last year and that wasn't even close to enough to see even fraction of it.

ok you're right, i mean its enough to have a quick look on it...but when you want to do all, you have to go much longer, there's too much, you have to choose...but i saw he has not 20 days time, so i think it's the best to go 4 days, too have a look on the most "important" things.

[Piblokto]

An interesting site showing 360° QuicktimeVR panoramas of Paris :
http://fromparis.com/html/panoramas.php