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<\/p>\nThe day started out foggy\/overcast and on the cool side.\u00c2\u00a0 By the end of the afternoon, the sun was out and the temperature had increased.\u00c2\u00a0 We started the day by taking a trial run at an alternative route via Metro and RER to Charles de Gaulle.\u00c2\u00a0 We walked down the block to La Motte Piquet (taking the escalator, elevator available) to the second floor track.\u00c2\u00a0 We hopped the 6 to Etoile, where we leave the train on the left side and follow the signs to the RER A (either 2 or 4, heading to Boissy St Leger, Mame \u00e2\u20ac\u201cLa Vallee). Hop the RER and get off at Chatelet and head to the RER B for Charles De Gaulle.\u00c2\u00a0 Only a couple of steps (down) and lots of escalators.<\/p>\n
We hopped back on the Metro and went to the Arts&Metiers station to begin our walk of Beaubourg and Chatelet.\u00c2\u00a0 This walk covers old streets and passages in Paris, Paris\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 oldest houses, the Georges Pompidou Museum of Modern Art, the vestiges of\u00c2\u00a0 a medieval monastery of St-Martin-des-Champs, several 17th and 18th century homes, the churches of St-Merri and St-Gervais, the Hotel-de-Ville, and a short walk along the quay.\u00c2\u00a0 This particular walk was fairly disappointing, except that it did bring us into parts of Paris and down streets we may have never ventured.\u00c2\u00a0 Near the St-Paul Metro stop, we diverted from the walk to check out a fractional share ownership apartment Mike had read about \u00e2\u20ac\u201c at least from the outside.\u00c2\u00a0 The walk ends near one of our favorite department stores BHV, so we stopped in to check out the basement and the plumbing fixtures; we also visited upstairs in the kitchen area to see if we could find a corkscrew for Shoe.\u00c2\u00a0 No luck, however.<\/p>\n
In the middle of our walk, near the St-Merri Church we stopped for lunch at a Creperie so Mike could try a savory crepe.\u00c2\u00a0 I had a salad with grilled turkey, tomatoes, almonds, apple, etc.
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Art in the fountain by the Georges Pompidou Museum of Modern Art<\/p><\/div>\n
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Back at the apartment we translated a brochure about Navigo and the Navigo Decouverte, a new offering available to non-residents.\u00c2\u00a0 A possibility for next time!<\/p>\n
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The day started out foggy\/overcast and on the cool side.\u00c2\u00a0 By the end of the afternoon, the sun was out and the temperature had increased.\u00c2\u00a0 We started the day by taking a trial run at an alternative route via Metro … Continue reading