We have been a weekend in Paris and we tried to see as much as possible in the short time, so it has been a lot of walking. This is the road map we followed on day three:

We started again at the Eiffel tower and look NO queue!! Then again it is one hour until opening (09:30). The queue was formerly starting so we had about an hour in it, but then again we were among the first 20 people in it.

We took the elevator up to stage 2 and took a lot of pictures and admired the view.

As we were in the queue to the Eiffel Tower and the sun rise we know it would be a hot day with temperature up against 30 degrees Celsius. The route for today was to take the Metro to Les Halles and just walk around.

We did pass the Pompidou Centre. Because it was so hot and that this was our third day we decided to take it short, so we ended up with about 4 km totally + an hour in queue at the Eiffel Tower. Here ends our Paris walkabout and we do hope you have enjoyed reading about it.

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We have been a weekend in Paris and we tried to see as much as possible in the short time, so it has been a lot of walking. This is the road map we followed on day two:

We started at the Eiffel Tower again this day and the queue was as long as the day so we decided again to try next day and even earlier. We took the Metro/Train to the Montmartre area and did some walking there.

This map is approximate the way we walked and we started the day with a 2 km long route.

When we came up from the Metro the Moulin Rouge was just ahead of us. And we started to walk up the Rue Lepic.

We went past a botcher.

And a cheese store.

And the famous area with all the painters.

And up to the Sacré Coeur.

Walking part 2.

We took the Metro to the Arc de Triomphe and started walking down the Champs-Elysees.

As you can see we have walked a bit.

And there still is a long way too go.

Finally at the Louvre and the queue was reasonable so we went inside.

And of course we did some walking inside the world’s largest museum.

I am really glad we did got too see the famous Mona Lisa.

And we sow an African exhibition.

Totally we did walk about 8-10 km the second day. After the Louvre visit we went back to the hotel and relaxed the rest of the day.

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We have been a weekend in Paris and we tried to see as much as possible in the short time, so it has been a lot of walking. This is the roadmap we followed on day one:

We arrived in Paris by Plane, train and the Metro about 11 am on Friday the 22. The hotel we stayed at was a little one called Le Marquis about a kilometer from the Eiffel Tower. We thought the first thing we would like do was going up the Eiffel Tower because it was the nearest attraction. It was only one kilometer from the hotel so we went there. The queue was loooong!

The tower did open at 9:30 am so we thought that we will try the next morning and hoping for a shorter queue. We did walk to the Seine it was a lovely day with sun and not too hot.

We had talked about going along with the Seine before we went to Paris, so we had a little talk and decided that we would do it right now. We walked and we walked all the way to the Notre Dame. The distance from Eiffel Tower to Notre Dame along the Seine is about 5 Km so I did found out on Google maps when we got back. We did take the metro/Train back to the hotel and rested for a while and then went out for dinner.

Day one: about 9-10 km totally.

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We are going for a trip to Paris, France me and my wife. This is my Christmas gift for my wife and it is also a 5 year wedding celebration. This will be our first trip to Paris and even France ever so this is very exciting.

We are staying at the hotel Le Marquis which is near the Eiffel tower; I do hope we can see it from the room. I know from experience that it will be a lot of walking through the streets this weekend, because we do like to see as much as possible in the short time. I will bring my camera and take a lot of pictures so there will be much blogging posts with picture from Paris next week. And to all my EC card droppers: I will have a break from dropping, so this will be a time to see who cares to drop back.

We are planning to take some time at the Montmartre and I do hope the weather will be with us. We must visit the Eiffel tower, but I’m not sure we will go to the top due to our fear of heights. Notre-Dame is a must and I really like to see Mona Lisa, but I am uncertain about the queue at the Louvre so this is on hold.

We are also looking forward to good food and wine and hopefully we will bring you some reviews of a restaurant or two. The airplane is leaving Gardermoen, Oslo at 08:00 am tomorrow and we have an hour drive to get there so we must get up early, but this will be for fun.

Wish us good luck!

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