paris on a tight budget
by vivacolombia
There are lots of ways you can reduce your trip total bill. For instance, if you have a 'carte orange' you have a large discount on the Seine Cruise which is a 'must do' in paris.
You can have a 'crepe' for lunch which will definitly be cheaper than a full menu and a coffee at a terrace to get a grasp at parisian lifestlye. You can for instance do that in st michel or st germain.
Regarding your card, it will give you student discount for entrance fees but that's about it.
Jardin de l'Intendant
by kris-t
Bordering the Eglise du Dôme in the south-west corner of the grounds Hotel des Invalides is the Jardin de l'Intendant, Garden of the Steward. It is a classically-French designed garden of 13,311 square meters, created in 1980.
Here, on the garden side of the trees, is a bronze statue of Jules Hardouin-Mansart, the architect of the Eglise du Dome.
It is a lovely, restful garden for taking a bit of sunshine and admiring the gilded dome of the church.
In October my aunt paid for me...
by j-san
In October my aunt paid for me to go on an 'expensive' group tour to Paris from Prague. We went by bus, sure enough it was full of lawyers and engineers and other well-incomed Czechs. The tour guide was irritating, the hotel squallid and I quit the tour after the first day... >:(
Thereafter I wandered around Paris on my own for 6 days... :D I stumbled across a temporary chocolate exhibition: 'Salon du Chocolat', just under the Eiffel Tower! I paid the 30F entry fee not just to sample the chocolate, but to use the free Internet set-up! I surfed away and then hit the chocolate stalls! Expert chocolate makers showing their stuff while eager Parisians (I did not see a single tourist from what I could tell) hurled themselves at the delicacies! Eugh... I may have overdone it myself... ;9
Being impolite
by chess_machine
Well, here I will tell you a secret you may already have heard before. Parisian people are said to be arrogant and rude, at least towards French people who dont live in Paris. I will not give you my point of view on this. I live it to your appreciation...
Ile flottante: A dessert for all seasons
by shrimp56
Translated as "floating island", this dessert shows up on the menus of many Paris bistros. The standard version consists of a an "island" of fluffy eggwhites in a small pool of creamy custard. Sometimes caramel is added, or it is studded with other flavorings as in this version enjoyed at La Fontaine de Mars.
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Charles de Gaulle - CDG
Arc de Triomphe
Place de la Sorbonne Restaurants
