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Jul 6, 2014, 3:19 am
Last edit by: Yahillwe
Date now confirmed: Oct 25,2014
Activities: (please add your name to the appropriate suggestion here in the wiki or post in the thread and someone will update it for you).
Friday 24 October
Drinks/Tour of Cellar at the Four Seasons George V ("GV") Start 18:00 Ends: 18:45 Limited to 8 people max.
Attendees: 9 Cellar Tour Places remaining: 0 No further places left, sorry!
B7e7US
GadgetGal
IAMORGAN???????????
Oenophilist
pommyboi+1
Yahillwe (drinks only)
Dinner at Spring. (following after GV session) No attendance limit.
Saturday 25 October
Walking Tours of Paris: (Story of Paris told through a walking tour of its bridges)
The many bridges at the heart of Paris span the centuries and tell a vivid tale of the city from its origins to the present day. Using them as an Arianne’s thread to meander along the Seine, we will be looking with Dr.Kelly Spearman at the bridges both as they are now and as they were at the time of the Roman-Celtic Lutecia, reading from them an account of the growth of France's capital.
Each bridge’s past is woven with a multitude of social realities, historical anecdotes, people’s customs, tales and traditions, and is inexorably linked to the highlights of architecture such as the Palais de la Cité, the Conciergerie, and Notre Dame, as well as being directly associated with great urban creations such as the Place Dauphine.
The political and cultural legacy of landmark bridges such as the Pont Neuf, the Petit Pont or the Pont au Double, will become clear to us, as will the tales of many other stone jewels over troubled waters, which still every now and then yield up evocative objects recovered from the mud of the Seine.
Morning Tour, Start 10:30 Ends 13:00 Cost: 12.50 Euro/person Limited to 20 people max.
Meet At: Pont des Arts on the Left Bank end, opposite the Institut de France.
If using the Métro, nearest stations: Louvre/Rivoli or Odéon.
Note: Comfortable walking shoes, a small bottle of water and some inclement weather gear are recommended.
(Lunch: Participants might like to envisage lunch near to where we will be ending our tour, along the Seine at the restaurant “La Tournebičvre” (65, Quai de la Tournelle 75005) facing the south side of Notre Dame with its beautiful stained glass windows. Excellent service, wonderful food and the set menu prices remarkably reasonable!)
Attendees: 6 Places left: 14
pommyboi+1
Yahillwe
Afternoon Tour, Start 15:00 Ends 17:30 Cost: 12.50 Euro/person Limited to 20 people max.
See above for meeting point and additional comments
Attendees: 16 Places left: 4
B7e7US
BotB
Mrs. BotB
FlyingB1975
IAMORGAN
KARFA
LondonAndy
London_traveller
mario
matthandy
Moomba
onobond
papabear
Mrs. papabear
The Main DO Events
Pre-Dinner Champagne and Wine Reception
19:00 to 20:30
Les Caves Legrand Filles et Fils, Galerie Vivienne
15 Euros per person cash
Entrance for Galerie Vivienne at 4 Rue des Petits Champs, 75002 Paris, France
http://www.caves-legrand.com/en/
Evening Meal
TP3 by BA_pics, on Flickr
Website: paris-terroir-parisien-palais-brongniart
Pre-Dinner Champagne and Wine Reception
19:00 to 20:30
Les Caves Legrand Filles et Fils, Galerie Vivienne
15 Euros per person cash
Entrance for Galerie Vivienne at 4 Rue des Petits Champs, 75002 Paris, France
http://www.caves-legrand.com/en/
Evening Meal
TP3 by BA_pics, on Flickr
Website: paris-terroir-parisien-palais-brongniart
[B]Attendees: 27URGENTLY REQUIRES CONFIRMATION PLEASE!
B7e7US
BotB
Mrs. BotB
cedricgerald + 2
FlyingB1975
GadgetGal
IAMORGAN
KARFA
LondonAndy
London_traveller
mario
matthandy
Moomba
Oenophilist
onobond
papabear
Mrs. papabear
pommyboi+1
rxfleming + 1 (Nadia)
TravellerFrequently+1
visualAd +1
Yahillwe
Flights:
See this post for the Party Planes, Trains and Lounges Guide
Please post your details in the wiki or the thread or PM BotB if you wish to be included...
Hotels:
Chain Hotels:
Accor:
Mercure Paris Opera Garnier
LondonAndy (12.6% Topcashback rebate, net cost just over Ł100! About 1.0km from KARFA's and the BotB's hotels)
Sofitel Paris le Faubourg
BotB / Mrs. BotB
Hyatt:
Hyatt Paris Madeleine
LondonElite
IHG:
IC Avenue Marceau
IAMORGAN (BOGOF)
SPG:
Le Méridien Etoile
onobond
paris-hotel-louvre
KARFA
Papabear
Mrs Papabear
Hotel Saint-Louis Saintonge
rxfleming + 1 (Nadia)
Hotel Crayon Rouge
GadgetGal
Others that are possible:
http://www.hotelcrayon.com/en/#//2, this hotel looked really cute and is in one of the nicest areas of Paris, full of young people. Away from the Latin area.
http://www.les-jardins-du-luxembourg.com/en/ is another recommendation from stimpy
An excellent FT link by nicolas75 to further info about Paris including hotels (last updated 2012). http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/franc...need-know.html
Paris DO - 25 October 2014
Jul 6, 2014, 1:55 pm
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).We could always do the DO in a way that a day trip is possible and then another version that involves hotels.
Jul 6, 2014, 2:24 pm
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) to do so - I'll PM you in a few weeks' time once I can find dates in my diary. ^^
Jul 6, 2014, 2:50 pm
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Yahillwe,
I'm glad you started this thread and just name a place where drinks/food can be consumed in a central (ish) location! That's all you have to do apart from choosing a date
I'd love to come to Paris but I can only do the
4th Oct
25th Oct
Would it be worth considering having a Paris Do nearer the end of October or beginning of November so there is a bit of a break between the Bristol Do and your one?
Pete
I'm glad you started this thread and just name a place where drinks/food can be consumed in a central (ish) location! That's all you have to do apart from choosing a date
I'd love to come to Paris but I can only do the
4th Oct
25th Oct
Would it be worth considering having a Paris Do nearer the end of October or beginning of November so there is a bit of a break between the Bristol Do and your one?
Pete
Then how about you post the suggestion on the WiKi, and we'll see how many can come.
I would like to take over a resto, if we have enough people coming I can try and find a place.
Jul 6, 2014, 2:51 pm
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Jul 6, 2014, 2:54 pm
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Mrs BotB and I would love to attend a Paris DO in Oct please, we'll come as long as you don't choose 21-23 Oct. (I have to be at a conference somewhere else then).
Looking forward to it already. ^
Looking forward to it already. ^
Jul 6, 2014, 2:57 pm
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Jul 6, 2014, 2:58 pm
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Jul 7, 2014, 12:47 pm
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Jul 8, 2014, 5:26 am
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Have I missed anyone?
So ladies and gents, would you like me to organize a dinner and drinks, or just drinks?
Other stuff I have no idea how to organize, but I can try to arrange for interesting museum tour, if anyone is up to it, or a walk around the city…
What would you like to do, help me out with suggestions, please.
And of course if it is dinner, then you'd like french food????
So ladies and gents, would you like me to organize a dinner and drinks, or just drinks?
Other stuff I have no idea how to organize, but I can try to arrange for interesting museum tour, if anyone is up to it, or a walk around the city…
What would you like to do, help me out with suggestions, please.
And of course if it is dinner, then you'd like french food????
Jul 8, 2014, 5:40 am
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So ladies and gents, would you like me to organize a dinner and drinks, or just drinks?
Other stuff I have no idea how to organize, but I can try to arrange for interesting museum tour, if anyone is up to it, or a walk around the city…
And of course if it is dinner, then you'd like french food????
Other stuff I have no idea how to organize, but I can try to arrange for interesting museum tour, if anyone is up to it, or a walk around the city…
And of course if it is dinner, then you'd like french food????
French food sounds good Yahillwe. ^
Jul 8, 2014, 5:48 am
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Have I missed anyone?
So ladies and gents, would you like me to organize a dinner and drinks, or just drinks?
Other stuff I have no idea how to organize, but I can try to arrange for interesting museum tour, if anyone is up to it, or a walk around the city…
What would you like to do, help me out with suggestions, please.
And of course if it is dinner, then you'd like french food????
So ladies and gents, would you like me to organize a dinner and drinks, or just drinks?
Other stuff I have no idea how to organize, but I can try to arrange for interesting museum tour, if anyone is up to it, or a walk around the city…
What would you like to do, help me out with suggestions, please.
And of course if it is dinner, then you'd like french food????
Lunch
Shopping
Touristy visiting bit ( museum. Art gallery)
Shopping
Dinner
Bed
Jul 8, 2014, 5:51 am
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