Paris Planning
Our trip to Paris is 8 days away, and here’s where we are so far…
Our trip will begin at our house on the morning of Friday, 13 February 2009 and we expect to follow this route.
We have booked passage on the Eurotunnel Train from Folkstone, UK to Calais, FR and need to arrive there to check-in before 11:52 for our first trip under the english channel. To read more about this incredible feat of engineering, Wikipedia is a good place to start.
Once we arrive in Calais…I of course will have to remember to stay on the ‘wrong’ side of the road…since in France, they drive on the right hand side of the road, just like in Canada. This time of course, I’ll be driving my British Auto with right hand drive…so, it’ll be weird to say the least.
Our first destination for the afternoon will be Citea Marne La Vallée, which is a villa complex in the Brie region of France…about 30 kilometres from Paris. We booked a couple of nights and got a great rate on Hotels.com at this highly recommended family accommodation.
Our plan is to head into the city for a little evening sight seeing and dinner, but details are to come. Saturday we’ll visit the Musuem that Jesse wants to visit, the Musée des arts et métiers. We also expect to fill the day with some other activities.
Sunday morning is so far open, with our return trip through the ‘chunnel’ booked for 6:30 Sunday evening.
Now, on to the planning of the rest of the details for that trip…where to park, what to see, when to see it, and the like.
