Originally Posted by
tfar
Take the RER B blue line to Paris. You can buy the ticket on a vending machine or at the ticket counter. Price is the same, machine is usually faster. I am not quite sure which station you have to get off. Probably either change trains from RER to metro at Chatelet or Les Halles and then get off at St. Germain des Pres, or, if it is closer to Jardin du Luxembourg or St. Michel you can take RER B directly there.
As I said, take RER B directly to Luxembourg, then walk. Should be no more than five minutes in a very nice area, no hills.
You probably walk by a Cafe that's called Rostand on the corner with Boulvd. St. Michel. Have a lait chaud vanille there. Delicious.
http://www.parisby.com/senat/pages/reach.htm
Till
Thanks again for the good info. Looks like that will be our plan.
As far as returning goes, when we by our ticket at CDG, can we buy a round trip ticket? Is it open ended or do you have to designate a particular return date?
And concerning the return, do we take the RER B back? How do you tell which train is the one going to CDG? I assume trains going to different destinations go through the Luxembourg stop. As you can tell, my train travel experience is VERY limited.
Thanks again for the help.