6 hours in Paris - What to do?
Mar 14, 2014, 8:45 am
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Lee_Again,
bit off topic, take a look at SFO777 trip report Paris for Valentine's Day via Lufthansa First Class, go to page 5. He visited Hugo Desnoyer for lunch.
bit off topic, take a look at SFO777 trip report Paris for Valentine's Day via Lufthansa First Class, go to page 5. He visited Hugo Desnoyer for lunch.
Mar 14, 2014, 9:20 am
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Mea culpa... I am afraid I read the title and the last few posts only 
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Edinburgh's got lots to offer - the National Museum of Scotland and National Gallery are well worth a visit, and for a taste of France La Garrigue on Jeffrey Street would be my recommendation for lunch or dinner.
The airport bus is the best way to get to the city, and offers good views of the tram tracks!
The BA lounge staff (now contracted out) are some of the best to be found anywhere, and the new lounge is not that bad, though the food could be improved.
.Edinburgh's got lots to offer - the National Museum of Scotland and National Gallery are well worth a visit, and for a taste of France La Garrigue on Jeffrey Street would be my recommendation for lunch or dinner.
The airport bus is the best way to get to the city, and offers good views of the tram tracks!
The BA lounge staff (now contracted out) are some of the best to be found anywhere, and the new lounge is not that bad, though the food could be improved.
Mar 14, 2014, 9:35 am
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Mea culpa... I am afraid I read the title and the last few posts only .
Edinburgh's got lots to offer - the National Museum of Scotland and National Gallery are well worth a visit, and for a taste of France La Garrigue on Jeffrey Street would be my recommendation for lunch or dinner.
The airport bus is the best way to get to the city, and offers good views of the tram tracks!
The BA lounge staff (now contracted out) are some of the best to be found anywhere, and the new lounge is not that bad, though the food could be improved.
.Edinburgh's got lots to offer - the National Museum of Scotland and National Gallery are well worth a visit, and for a taste of France La Garrigue on Jeffrey Street would be my recommendation for lunch or dinner.
The airport bus is the best way to get to the city, and offers good views of the tram tracks!
The BA lounge staff (now contracted out) are some of the best to be found anywhere, and the new lounge is not that bad, though the food could be improved.
Scotland no longer has anything to offer. It is full of men in garish skirts and no underwear who hate English people even more than the French ever did. They want our cash but don't want us. Their idea of a culinary experience is dried oats and hot water. Yummy! Look how far HIDDY had to go. The OP should come with his wife to wonderful London where we love everyone - including the Scots (despite themselves) and where will give him and her a true welcome in the hillside.
Mar 14, 2014, 9:42 am
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Edinburgh eh? I'll take that over Paris anyday. Seems every time I go through Paris I run into a load of Police standing around looking uninterested because someone has been shot or mugged in broad daylight; not to mention the oh so charming locals where you must feel blessed if they bother to grunt at you. Or maybe I'm just unlucky!
I'm guessing you may be already knowledgeable of Edinburgh, and I'm rusty as to where to go restaurant wise in Edinburgh that is good but not too fancy (ask me in a month when i'm back in the land of the pies, i already have two ordered for lunch on my arrival day...anyway...), but you can't beat a night out along the grassmarket / cowgate. More than enough bars of all types to keep you entertained no matter whether you are 18 or 80 for a few hours since you are there overnight.
I'm guessing you may be already knowledgeable of Edinburgh, and I'm rusty as to where to go restaurant wise in Edinburgh that is good but not too fancy (ask me in a month when i'm back in the land of the pies, i already have two ordered for lunch on my arrival day...anyway...), but you can't beat a night out along the grassmarket / cowgate. More than enough bars of all types to keep you entertained no matter whether you are 18 or 80 for a few hours since you are there overnight.
Mar 14, 2014, 9:43 am
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We all do it. You are forgiven. Up to a point.
Scotland no longer has anything to offer. It is full of men in garish skirts and no underwear who hate English people even more than the French ever did. They want our cash but don't want us. Their idea of a culinary experience is dried oats and hot water. Yummy! Look how far HIDDY had to go. The OP should come with his wife to wonderful London where we love everyone - including the Scots (despite themselves) and where will give him and her a true welcome in the hillside.
Scotland no longer has anything to offer. It is full of men in garish skirts and no underwear who hate English people even more than the French ever did. They want our cash but don't want us. Their idea of a culinary experience is dried oats and hot water. Yummy! Look how far HIDDY had to go. The OP should come with his wife to wonderful London where we love everyone - including the Scots (despite themselves) and where will give him and her a true welcome in the hillside.
Mar 14, 2014, 11:27 am
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6 hours in Paris - What to do?
WHATTTTTTTTT, she decided against my fair city. Did you MAKE her look at the weather? It is 23 and sunny.
Had a leisurely oyster lunch that lasted for a couple of hrs then off to a cafe for coffee and people watching. She'd rather a rainy cold city for a day like this???????
Dinner will be alfresco in the private gardens of a Resto.
I might need to talk to her.
Had a leisurely oyster lunch that lasted for a couple of hrs then off to a cafe for coffee and people watching. She'd rather a rainy cold city for a day like this???????
Dinner will be alfresco in the private gardens of a Resto.
I might need to talk to her.
Mar 14, 2014, 2:23 pm
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Mar 14, 2014, 2:43 pm
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Even though the OP is not going, others may read this hoping to find a good suggestion for Paris in 6 hours.
My suggestion for a really lovely but quite casual lunch would be L'Entrecôte. There are three in Paris.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L'Entrecôte
then take The Big Red Bus Tour, which takes you around Paris and you see everything.
My suggestion for a really lovely but quite casual lunch would be L'Entrecôte. There are three in Paris.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L'Entrecôte
then take The Big Red Bus Tour, which takes you around Paris and you see everything.