WHAT? I'll be arriving for my honeymoon Dec 31st at 630 in the morning. Obviously, we'll be bringing in the New Year at the Eiffel Tower but then we have 5 1/2 more days to explore Paris and what's close by. On our list: The Louvre, Arc de Triomphe, Notre Dame + a winery tour.

If you've been there and have good suggestions on things to do (or not to do) or places to go (or avoid) please share. I'm also trying to figure out if there's additional stuff that can be done in the winter...

10/9/2007 1:26:17 PM

first

10/9/2007 1:26:47 PM

In the butt.

10/9/2007 1:27:04 PM

play some soccer with the homeless kids.

10/9/2007 1:27:16 PM

http://travel.discovery.com/video/video.html?videoRef=e01f7171b7bcf28e2ade8b5b5b46e92f8fc9a3d0

this guy is pretty good

10/9/2007 1:28:39 PM

shit, you can spend a week just exploring the fourth district

10/9/2007 1:30:52 PM

Learn French and go see the Moulin Rouge...

There are some beautiful palaces (other than Versailles). Check out Vaux-le-Vicomte and Fontainebleau. They are in the same area and about a 15min drive from each other...just SE of the city. Take a train out there and grab a cab from the train station. (30 min train ride)

10/9/2007 1:31:44 PM

fuck with the pigeons.

10/9/2007 1:33:02 PM

what are all these districts about?? are they just places like "china town" in NYC? My boss recommends the 1st, 4th, 5th, and 6th.
I haven't been able to find a map coloring in the different districts so i don't even know where they are.
What's to do in the 4th?

10/9/2007 1:33:32 PM

they're like zip codes

[Edited on October 9, 2007 at 1:39 PM. Reason : http://wikitravel.org/en/Paris/4th_arrondissement]

10/9/2007 1:35:15 PM

as the romans do

10/9/2007 1:36:06 PM

http://www.justfrance.org/


France golf courses

294 golf courses found in France!

Alpes-Maritimes Alsace
Aquitaine Basse-Normandie
Bourgogne Bretagne
Centre Corse
Franche-Comté Haute-Normandie
Île-de-France Languedoc-Roussillon
Limousin Lorraine
Midi-Pyrénées Nord-Pas de Calais
Pays de la Loire Picardie
Poitou-Charentes Provence-Alpes-Côte dAzur
Rhône-Alpes Szampania-Ardeny
Zuani

10/9/2007 1:38:11 PM

paris loves my oui oui

10/9/2007 1:39:33 PM

golf in january?

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10/9/2007 1:39:57 PM

hahaha


V

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10/9/2007 1:40:47 PM

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"Sex : M "

10/9/2007 1:41:51 PM

walk around sulkily

10/9/2007 1:43:33 PM

i always wondered where parisians go for their honeymoons...rome maybe?

10/9/2007 1:44:56 PM

thats hot

10/9/2007 1:45:23 PM

also time how fast you can run straight through the Louvre

10/9/2007 1:45:28 PM

PARIS LOVES MY OUI OUI

10/9/2007 1:47:39 PM

^^ I was totally thinking that when I saw this thread

10/9/2007 1:50:35 PM

TreeTwista10, me likes your "user info" wallpaper.

10/9/2007 1:50:42 PM

I am going to Asheville

10/9/2007 1:51:35 PM

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"PARIS LOVES MY OUI OUI"

10/9/2007 1:53:04 PM

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"was totally thinking that when I saw this thread"

good

I still need to buy that movie.

10/9/2007 1:53:14 PM

what's wrong the a-ville. all my boyz be from der. i didn't want to spend my honeymoon there though. grove park inn or not. pfft.

10/9/2007 1:53:59 PM

bread and cheese w/ wine

then catch a train to another country

10/9/2007 1:54:05 PM

i saw a little of that wallpaper last time i was in paris

but that was in like 1995 haha so i dunno whats poppin off nowadays

10/9/2007 1:55:49 PM

i would recommend a day-trip to amsterdam for that--nobody wants to go to jail in fance

[Edited on October 9, 2007 at 1:57 PM. Reason : emphasis]

10/9/2007 1:56:53 PM

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"paris loves my oui oui"

10/9/2007 2:13:19 PM

is the eurorail the best way to get between countries? I thought about that... taking a trip to Germany, Switzerland (for snowboarding), or to Amsterdam. I've been there though, and if i went i'd want to smoke again, and i'm not allowed to do that.

is the eurorail cheap and efficient? does it mostly travel overnight? i can't seem to understand how to navigate through their website.

10/9/2007 2:18:25 PM

you can spend a whole day if not more in the lourve. you can go to the top of that hill where all the painters are but there probably wont be too many out in january.
oh yea and

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"play some soccer with the homeless kids"

just make sure you dont care about the stuff in your pockets

10/9/2007 2:19:28 PM

yeah just put all the stuff from your pockets on the side of the field

10/9/2007 2:23:13 PM

eurail is good if you're making multiple trips between countries; if you're staying in france, just get tickets through sncf

10/9/2007 2:26:58 PM

Go to the Musee (their modern art museum)...the building alone is worth it.

10/9/2007 2:28:53 PM

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"Go to the Musee"

heh...

[Edited on October 9, 2007 at 2:34 PM. Reason : but yes, you should go there too]

10/9/2007 2:32:39 PM

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"eurail is good if you're making multiple trips between countries; if you're staying in france, just get tickets through sncf"

i also recommend eurail

10/9/2007 2:35:09 PM

1. After dinner, hire a limo. Preferably a dark colored Mercedes-Benz.

2. Have a drunk Frenchman drive you around Paris at speeds of over 80 mph, making sure to take the tunnels and narrow streets.

3. When he crashes and you die, hope the world will think it's a conspiracy 10 years from now.

10/9/2007 4:48:27 PM

Do not bathe or shower the entire week so that you will smell like the rest of the French people.

Also I know it is out of your control, but this is a horrible time for an American to go visit Europe given the weak US dollar. I hope you've got some serious bank to spend because you will be shocked at the prices when you get there.

10/9/2007 5:27:43 PM

go to Notre Dame during a service, the opening part with the organ is amazing. we just happened to luck into that, but definitely glad we did.

make sure you have a LOT of time to wander around the Louvre. we had less than 2 hours and it wasn't nearly long enough.

make sure to ask for water 'sin gas' or you'll get fizzy water. our waiter wasn't happy when we asked him to take it back. definitely try coffee and croissants pretty much anywhere. it comes in tiny little cups that don't make it seem worth the 2 euros, but is soooo good!

as for the eurail... you can go to the station and get a reservation/ticket the day before you want to go anywhere. go earlier if you think it's a day (weekend) that a lot of people will be traveling. they'll help you out with the times and everything. a couple trains do travel at night, but we never did that so i can't help you out there. paris to munich was a hella long ride, but it was also the prettiest. we got stuck in Lyon, France for one night, and ended up liking it a lot more than Paris. seemed a bit more laid back and chill. one of our best meals of Europe was in Lyon, but maybe that was because we splurged a little....

also, don't try to sneak extra people into your hotel room. they'll get really mad...

[Edited on October 9, 2007 at 5:30 PM. Reason : .]

10/9/2007 5:29:38 PM

You picked a sight seeing trip for your honeymoon?

Really?

10/9/2007 5:46:11 PM

Musée d'Orsay
Sacré-Cœur

Arc de Triomphe at dusk, so you can see the Eiffel Tower light up

10/9/2007 6:33:33 PM

Napoleon's Tomb at L'Invalides (?) is pretty fuckin cool

not in itself, it's just a huge wooden casket, but it's pretty cool to think that Napoleon's skeleton is inside

10/9/2007 6:42:37 PM

Don't forget that you are American... and that American's shower daily. Also, make sure your new bride remembers that she is American, and American women shave their armpits.

10/9/2007 6:44:33 PM

^^sans his "oui oui"

[Edited on October 9, 2007 at 6:46 PM. Reason : &]

10/9/2007 6:45:45 PM

paris is dirty as shit

10/9/2007 6:46:38 PM

compared to cary

10/9/2007 6:47:18 PM

dirtiest city i've ever been to

10/9/2007 6:48:46 PM

paris is like new york except they speak french and are even meaner

10/9/2007 8:17:54 PM