Paris and/or France Blogs/Posts

[treschic]

Hey! I lurk a bit on here and DH and I are getting ready to leave for France (Normandy, Loire Valley and Paris) and Brussels on Saturday. If anyone has any blogs/posts they have written about any of these I would love to have the links! Or if there are any that you follow, that would be great too!

Also, any recommendations you have would be great as well. I have looked at all of the previous posts on here so I have all of that information already.

[GilliC]

I wrote this a few years ago, so a bit might have gone out of date, but here you go...
blog.megdesk.com/avoiding-paris-museum-queues/

[hz80408]

We spent 4 days in Paris last March. Here you go: justcallmehaha.blogspot.com/2012/05/paris-day-1.html

[travelingjen]

I've got two entries in my blog on Paris here and here.

Additionally, I also have entries on Normandy here:

• Honfleur/Giverny/Rouen/Etretat
• Bayeux/Caen/D-Day Beaches
• Mont St. Michel/Balleroy/Coutances/Granville/Villedieu-Les-Poeles
  
  

And another on the Loire Valley here.

[mdgirl]

This is my most recent blog post that includes Paris, and this older one is Paris and the Loire Valley.

[Lisa7]

This is mine from this past October. Have fun!

[Waffles]

For Brussels:

I always recommend to just wander around, especially if you’re just there for the day.
Here’s sort of an itinerary that hits all the main sights. I always recommend to start at the top as it's more leisurely & you end up closer to bars/restaurants but it all depends where you stay...

So, start by palace of justice & check out the view over downtown Brussels. If it isn’t foggy, you can see the atomium and the basilique from there. Take the lift down to the marolles area, check out the flea market, have a boudin (sausage) from the butchers or an omelette at one of the local pubs. The might look grotty but I swear they’re fine. Very tasty food at the one closest to the corner on the top right when coming from the lift, whatever it’s called.

Walk along rue blaes/rue haute towards place de la chapelle, browse the antique/furniture shops on the way. Go (slightly) up to sablon, have a drink at a terrace (they're heated) and do some people watching. There’s an antique market there at weekends which I like looking at but don’t expect any bargains! Also don't eat there: not worth the price. Do buy some very expensive chocolates at Marcolini's though, they’re totally worth it.

Walk down towards mont des arts and check out the musical instruments museum building (nice place for lunch also). Walk straight down through the park towards place agora, more galleries/antique dealers on the way for window shopping. Go to the galleries royales saint Hubert (right of place agora) & walk through the surrounding streets. Again, do not eat there. Food is overpriced and actually very poor quality. Walk back towards place agora through the pedestrian streets and go look at grand place. Walk to the bottom of grand place and head down a little more towards the stock exchange (bourse), take the street with O’Reilley’s (irish pub) at the corner and go for drinks on the next square (place saint géry). You can also get reasonably priced snacks/lunch at the corner cafés there too. Or get a slice of pizza from mamma roma.

Dinner/drinks: though packed with tourists Delirium is sort of a must see for the number of beers they have, check it out (and belgians do go there too). For dinner, go to place sainte Catherine/Dansaert area (5 minutes’ walk from saint géry, with your back to the bourse). Stay away from all the seafood places along the canal, you’re better off having moules frietes at a brasserie. I’d recommend jaloa or brasserie du jaloa, pré salé, switch, la kasbah (Moroccan), comocomo (basque), viva m’boma (Belgian but also with offal). On the other side of the main boulevard: Kokob (Ethiopian) or belga queen.


Read more: pandce.proboards.com/thread/74689/paris-belgium##ixzz2TMEFzIRI

[treschic]

Thanks everyone, these are great! I really appreciate it!

[lunabug]

anamericangirlstravels.blogspot.com/search/label/France

Here are my posts on Paris and our tour of the Normandy Beaches.  You can also find Brugges in my blog if you happen to make it there from Brussels.  Have a great trip!

[marytini]

I know this is late, but I'm posting here in case anyone else is searching for Paris posts.

www.lifeon19th.blogspot.com/p/travels.html

We spent 4 days in Paris last September.