RER to Metro (coming from Disneyland Paris to our hotel)
Mar 4, 2012, 5:07 pm
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Now I can tell them I also get lessons on Flyer Talk.
Merci, mon professor.
Mar 9, 2012, 11:52 am
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We will just go to Chatelet-les-Halles and keep following escalators up.
Our luggage will be a 24" spinner and a duffle bag attached somehow over the handle
, a 21" spinner with a 19" tote slid over the handle.
Our luggage will be a 24" spinner and a duffle bag attached somehow over the handle
, a 21" spinner with a 19" tote slid over the handle.
Mar 14, 2012, 4:20 am
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Well, if we are getting into pedantic mode, you would not say "mon professeur" either. You would say either " Professeur" or "Monsieur (or Madame, as the case may be) le Professeur"
Mar 14, 2012, 1:08 pm
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Mar 14, 2012, 6:05 pm
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Of course, I used "mon" as a term of affection so there may be another four or five rules for that.
Mar 15, 2012, 7:41 am
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I may be on safe ground on that one. While the article is skipped with titles such as professeur, an adjectif is not. Otherwise how would you distinguish between my teacher and your teacher?
Of course, I used "mon" as a term of affection so there may be another four or five rules for that.
Of course, I used "mon" as a term of affection so there may be another four or five rules for that.
Some terms of endearment/familiar terms do contain a possessive adjective in them (eg: "mon petit") and there are some set ways of addressing someone (not necessarily affectionate) that also contain a possessive adjective (eg: "mon père" for a catholic priest when the speaker is him/herself also a catholic). However, adding a possessive does not generally result in a more affectionate term. "Merci mon professeur" sounds, well, foreign rather than affectionate and I struggle to imagine a situation where a native speaker would use such an idiom (unless there is a local usage of which I am unaware).
"mon cher" (as opposed to plain "mon") would work, though, although you have to be careful as it is often used tongue-in-cheek and can therefore all too easily sound ironic.
Mar 15, 2012, 4:55 pm
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Mar 15, 2012, 6:16 pm
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It does not infringe any formal grammatical rule but it does sound rather like pidgin French.
Mar 15, 2012, 11:23 pm
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Mar 19, 2012, 12:58 pm
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We have a similar question - we will arrive at the Gare de Lyon from Avignon and plan to have lunch at the Le Train Bleu (storing our 22" rollaboards in Left Luggage while we eat). (One PITA is they require a local cell phone to book, and I will not likely have a local number until I purchase a SIM on arrival next month.)
From there we can take the RER out to Roissypole and walk to our lodging (Hilton Charles de Gaulle Airport in preparation for our next day departure back to the USA), but I am thinking it would be considerably less hassle to take a taxi (Taxi Fare Finder indicates about EUR 35 ) after the morning travel and nice meal.
I guess another option is the Les Cars Air France bus to CDG Terminal 2 (F) and then take the hotel shuttle on from there - but the difference in fares is less than EUR 5 for two.
From there we can take the RER out to Roissypole and walk to our lodging (Hilton Charles de Gaulle Airport in preparation for our next day departure back to the USA), but I am thinking it would be considerably less hassle to take a taxi (Taxi Fare Finder indicates about EUR 35 ) after the morning travel and nice meal.
I guess another option is the Les Cars Air France bus to CDG Terminal 2 (F) and then take the hotel shuttle on from there - but the difference in fares is less than EUR 5 for two.
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Mar 20, 2012, 6:01 am
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We have a similar question - we will arrive at the Gare de Lyon from Avignon and plan to have lunch at the Le Train Bleu (storing our 22" rollaboards in Left Luggage while we eat). (One PITA is they require a local cell phone to book, and I will not likely have a local number until I purchase a SIM on arrival next month.)
From there we can take the RER out to Roissypole and walk to our lodging (Hilton Charles de Gaulle Airport in preparation for our next day departure back to the USA), but I am thinking it would be considerably less hassle to take a taxi (Taxi Fare Finder indicates about EUR 35 ) after the morning travel and nice meal.
I guess another option is the Les Cars Air France bus to CDG Terminal 2 (F) and then take the hotel shuttle on from there - but the difference in fares is less than EUR 5 for two.
From there we can take the RER out to Roissypole and walk to our lodging (Hilton Charles de Gaulle Airport in preparation for our next day departure back to the USA), but I am thinking it would be considerably less hassle to take a taxi (Taxi Fare Finder indicates about EUR 35 ) after the morning travel and nice meal.
I guess another option is the Les Cars Air France bus to CDG Terminal 2 (F) and then take the hotel shuttle on from there - but the difference in fares is less than EUR 5 for two.
One warning about the Hilton at CDG. It's a great facility with a wonderful spa (which was free when I was there a year or so ago). However there is nothing at all to do out there-the Hilton is close to two other hotels but there is no walkable retail. Since you're already checking your luggage, you might want to consider hopping on the Metro and hitting the Louvre or Musee d'Orsay or spending a few hours at another Paris amusement and heading out to CDG in the evening. The AF buses run well into the evening (check the schedules to be sure).
Mar 20, 2012, 11:02 am
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Thanks!
We've stayed at the Hilton previously - I agree pretty much all one can do there for excitement is look out and see the Concorde gate guardian and some aircraft and watch the grass grow.
We'll train in from Lyon, have lunch toward the end of lunch hours likely, and can certainly go afield from the Gare de Lon and return. All that's left is to proceed to the hotel - check-in, repack as necessary, print BPs, have a light munch at the lounge if we feel at all peckish and prepare for a long day following (we tend not to sleep east to west unless for a short nap to adjust to the new time zone -Pacific - more easily).
We've stayed at the Hilton previously - I agree pretty much all one can do there for excitement is look out and see the Concorde gate guardian and some aircraft and watch the grass grow.
We'll train in from Lyon, have lunch toward the end of lunch hours likely, and can certainly go afield from the Gare de Lon and return. All that's left is to proceed to the hotel - check-in, repack as necessary, print BPs, have a light munch at the lounge if we feel at all peckish and prepare for a long day following (we tend not to sleep east to west unless for a short nap to adjust to the new time zone -Pacific - more easily).
I would plan on the cab being closer to 45 or 50 €, even in the middle of the day. That means the savings using the Air France bus is about 10-20 Euros. I often suggest a cab but since you'll be right there, I'd take the AF bus and pocket the savings.
One warning about the Hilton at CDG. It's a great facility with a wonderful spa (which was free when I was there a year or so ago). However there is nothing at all to do out there-the Hilton is close to two other hotels but there is no walkable retail. Since you're already checking your luggage, you might want to consider hopping on the Metro and hitting the Louvre or Musee d'Orsay or spending a few hours at another Paris amusement and heading out to CDG in the evening. The AF buses run well into the evening (check the schedules to be sure).
One warning about the Hilton at CDG. It's a great facility with a wonderful spa (which was free when I was there a year or so ago). However there is nothing at all to do out there-the Hilton is close to two other hotels but there is no walkable retail. Since you're already checking your luggage, you might want to consider hopping on the Metro and hitting the Louvre or Musee d'Orsay or spending a few hours at another Paris amusement and heading out to CDG in the evening. The AF buses run well into the evening (check the schedules to be sure).
Mar 20, 2012, 12:13 pm
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Thanks!
We've stayed at the Hilton previously - I agree pretty much all one can do there for excitement is look out and see the Concorde gate guardian and some aircraft and watch the grass grow.
We'll train in from Lyon, have lunch toward the end of lunch hours likely, and can certainly go afield from the Gare de Lon and return. All that's left is to proceed to the hotel - check-in, repack as necessary, print BPs, have a light munch at the lounge if we feel at all peckish and prepare for a long day following (we tend not to sleep east to west unless for a short nap to adjust to the new time zone -Pacific - more easily).
We've stayed at the Hilton previously - I agree pretty much all one can do there for excitement is look out and see the Concorde gate guardian and some aircraft and watch the grass grow.
We'll train in from Lyon, have lunch toward the end of lunch hours likely, and can certainly go afield from the Gare de Lon and return. All that's left is to proceed to the hotel - check-in, repack as necessary, print BPs, have a light munch at the lounge if we feel at all peckish and prepare for a long day following (we tend not to sleep east to west unless for a short nap to adjust to the new time zone -Pacific - more easily).
Have a great trip!!