The plan ...

This is the intended plan whilst we are in Paris for the 3 days.  Naturally once there I may or may not change some of the places I wish to visit, but for now this is the idea...Any recomendations or places that I must not miss?  Your ideas are very welcome 😇

NOTES FOR PARIS 14th

From Hotel to Arc du Triomphe »»»» Go from Marcadet Poissonnaires  Line 4 pink.  then Chateau Rouge/ Barbes Rochechouart get off and catch 2 blue Anvers/ Pigalle/ Blanche/ Place de Clichy/ Rome/ Villiers / Monceau/ Courcelles/ Ternes/ get off at  Charles de Gaulle-Étoile Go to station Charles de Gaulle-Etoile (rer)

From Arc du Triomphe to Eiffel Tower»»» Go to Charles de Gaulle-Étoile (metro) Line 6 green Kléber/ Boissiere/  get off at Trocadéro and walk to the Eiffel Tower.

From Eiffel Tower to Los Invalides »»» walk of 23 mins

1. Siga na direção sudeste em direção a Avenue Gustave Eiffel - 1 min

2. Continue para Avenue Anatole France - 2 minutos

3. Vire à esquerda em direção à Allée Adrienne Lecouvreur - 2 minutos

4. Vire à esquerda em direção à Allée Adrienne Lecouvreur - 1 min

5. Vire à direita na Allée Adrienne Lecouvreur - 7 minutos

6. Vire à esquerda na Place Joffre - 1 min

7. Vire à direita na Place de l'École Militaire - 1 min

8. Mantenha-se à esquerda para continuar em Avenue Duquesne - 1 min

9. Vire à esquerda em direção à Avenue de Tourville - 1 min

10. Vire à direita na Avenue de Tourville - 8 minutos

11. Vire à esquerda na Boulevard des Invalides - 1 min

12. Vire à esquerda para permanecer na Boulevard des Invalides - 1 min

13. Vire à esquerda - 3 minutos

14. Vire à direita - 1 min

15. Caminhe por 62 m - 1 min

16. Siga na direção leste

Use as escadas

O destino estará à esquerda - 1 min

Metro (if raining)

Ecole Militaire line 8 purple, La Tour Maubourg, Invalides

From Los Invalides to Museum Rodin »»» walk of 3 mins

1. Siga

Use as escadas - 1 min

2. Caminhe por 66 m

Use as escadas - 1 min

3. Siga na direção sul - 1 min

4. Vire à esquerda em direção à Boulevard des Invalides - 3 minutos

5. Vire à esquerda na Boulevard des Invalides - 2 minutos

6. Vire à direita na Rue de Varenne - 1 min

7. Vire à direita - 1 min

from Rodin Museum to Orsay Museum »»» 13 mins walking

1. Siga na direção norte em direção a Rue de Varenne - 1 min

2. Vire à direita na Rue de Varenne - 4 minutos

3. Vire à esquerda na Rue de Bellechasse - 8 minutos

4. Continue para Rue de la Légion d'Honneur - 1 min

5. Vire à direita na Quai Anatole France

O destino estará à direita - 2 minutos

Metro (if raining)

Varenne line 13 blue, St. Francois Xavier, Doruc, Montparnesse-Benveneu get off and catch line 12 green Notre Dame- des Champs, Rennes, Sevres-Babylone, Rue du Bac, Solferino get off at Assemblee Nationale and walk to Orsay Museum.

Orsay Museuem to Hotel by metro »»» At Solferino take Line 12 green Assembleé Nationale/ Concorde/ Madeleine/ St Lazare/ Trinité/ d’estieme d’Orves/ Notre Dame de Lorette/ St Georges/ Pigalle/ Abbesses/ Lomarck/ Caulaincourt/ Jules JoAfrin/Marcadet Poissonnaires

NOTES FOR PARIS 15th

From Hotel to Notre Dame »»» Take metro at Marcadet Poissonnaires 4 pink /Chatteau Rouge/Barbers Rochechouart/ Gare du Nord/ Vendum/Chateau d’Eau/Strausbourg St Denis/ Reumur Sebastopol/Etienne Marcel/Les Halles/ Chatelet /  get off at Cité and walk to Notre Dame

From Notre Dame to Holy Chapel »»» (8 mins walking )

1. Siga na direção noroeste na Rue du Cloître Notre Dame em direção a Rue d'Arcole - 1 min

2. Rue du Cloître Notre Dame faz uma curva suave à esquerda e se tornaParvis Notre-Dame - Pl. Jean-Paul II - 1 min

3. Vire à esquerda para permanecer na Parvis Notre-Dame - Pl. Jean-Paul II - 1 min

4. Continue para Quai du Marché Neuf - 2 minutos

5. Vire à direita na Boulevard du Palais

O destino estará à esquerda - 1 min

Holly Chapel to Louvre  »»» (13 mins walking)

1. Siga na direção nordeste na Boulevard du Palais em direção a Rue de Lutèce - 2 minutos

2. Continue para Pont au Change - 2 minutos

3. Vire à esquerda na Quai de la Mégisserie - 5 minutos

4. Continue para Quai du Louvre - 2 minutos

5. Vire à direita na Rue de l'Amiral de Coligny - 1 min

6. Vire à esquerda em direção à Cour Carrée - 1 min

7. Vire à direita na Cour Carrée - 3 minutos

8. Cour Carrée faz uma curva à direita e se torna Cour Napoléon et Pyramide du Louvre

O destino estará à direita - 1 min

Louvre Museum to Tuileries Gardens »»» (12 mins walking)

1. Siga na direção oeste na Cour Napoléon et Pyramide du Louvre - 1 min

2. Vire à direita para permanecer na Cour Napoléon et Pyramide du Louvre - 2 minutos

3. Curva suave à direita em direção à Place du Carrousel - 1 min

4. Vire à esquerda na Place du Carrousel - 1 min

5. Vire à direita em direção à Allée Centrale - 1 min

6. Vire à esquerda em direção à Allée Centrale

Use as escadas - 3 minutos

7. Vire à direita em direção à Allée Centrale - 1 min

8. Vire à direita na Allée Centrale

O destino estará à direita - 1 min

Tuileries Gardens to Place de la Concorde »»» (6 mins walking)

1. Siga na direção noroeste na Allée Centrale em direção a Allée de Castiglione - 3 minutos

2. Vire à direita em direção à Place de la Concorde - 2 minutos

3. Vire à direita na Place de la Concorde - 2 minutos

Place de la Concorde to Petit Palais »»» (7 mins walking)

1. Siga na direção noroeste na Place de la Concorde - 1 min

2. Vire à esquerda para permanecer na Place de la Concorde - 1 min

3. Vire à direita - 2 minutos

4. Vire à esquerda - 1 min

5. Vire à direita - 3 minutos

Petit Palais to Galleries Lafayette »»» (by metro)

Take metro at   Champs-Elysées-Clémenceau Line 13 get off at Miromesnil  catch Line 9 at St. Augustin/ Havre Claus Martin get off at Chaussée d'Antin (La Fayette) walk to Galleries Lafayette.

Galleries Lafayette to Hotel »»» (by metro)

From Chaussée d'Antin (La Fayette) metro Line 7 light pink Le Peletier/ Cadet/ Poissonniere/ get off at Vendum and catch 4 pink Gare du Nord/ Barbes Rochechouart/Chateau Rouge/Marcadet Poissonnares

Or

Galleries Lafayette to River Boat Cruise ««« (by metro)

Line 9 green Chausee d’Antin/ Havre Caumartin/ St. Augustine/ Miromesnil/ St. Philippe du Roule/ Franklin Roosevelt/ get off at Alma

River Boat Cruise to Hotel »»» (by metro)

Line 9 green Alma/ Franklin Roosevelt/ St. Philippe du Roule/ Miromesnil/ St. Augustine/ Havre Caumartin/ Chausee d’Antin/ Richelieu Drout/ Grands Boulevards/ Bonne Nouvelle/ get off at Strausbourg St. Denis and catch 4 pink Chateu d’ Eau/Vendum/Gare du Nord/Barbes Rochechouart/Chateu Rouge/Marcadet Poissonnaires

NOTES FOR PARIS 16^th

From Hotel to Luxemburg Gardens »»» (by metro)

From Marcadet Poissonnaires metro Line 4 pink Chateau Rouge/ Barbes Rochechouart/ Gare du Nord/ Vendum/Chateau d’Eau/Strausbourg St Denis /Reaumur Sebastopol/ Etienne Marcel/Les Halles/Chatelet/ Cité/ St. Michel/  get off at Odéon and walk to Luxemburg Gardens

Luxembourg Gardens to Pont Neuf Bridge »»» (18 mins walking)

1. Siga na direção norte - 2 minutos

2. Vire à direita em direção à Rue de Vaugirard - 2 minutos

3. Vire à esquerda em direção à Rue de Vaugirard - 1 min

4. Vire à esquerda na Rue de Vaugirard - 1 min

5. Vire à direita na Rue de Condé - 3 minutos

6. Continue para Carrefour de l'Odéon - 1 min

7. Continue para Rue de l'Ancienne Comédie - 2 minutos

8. Vire à direita na Rue Saint-André des Arts - 1 min

9. Continue para Rue Dauphine - 4 minutos

10. Continue para Pont Neuf - 1 min

11. Curva suave à direita para permanecer na Pont Neuf - 1 min

12. Continue para Place du Pont Neuf - 1 min

13. Continue para Pont Neuf - 1 min

Pont Neuf Bridge to Royal Palace »»» (14 mins walking)

1. Siga na direção nordeste na Pont Neuf em direção a Quai de la Mégisserie/Quai du Louvre - 2 minutos

2. Vire à esquerda na Quai du Louvre - 2 minutos

3. Vire à direita na Rue de l'Amiral de Coligny - 3 minutos

4. Vire à esquerda na Rue de Rivoli - 2 minutos

5. Vire à direita na Rue de Marengo - 1 min

6. Vire à esquerda na Rue Saint Honoré - 2 minutos

7. Vire à direita na Rue de Valois - 2 minutos

8. Vire à esquerda na Galerie du Jardin - 1 min

9. Vire à esquerda na Galerie des Proues - 1 min

10. Vire à direita na Galerie de la Cour d'Honneur

O destino estará à esquerda - 1 min

Royal Palace to Sacre Coeur Basilica »»» (by metro)

At Palais-Royal (Musée du Louvre) take metro Line 7 pink Pyramidas/ Opera/ Chaussée d’Antin (La Fayette)/ Le Pelletier/ Cadet/ Poissonniere/ Verdun/ Châteu Landon/ Louis Blanc get off at Stalingrad take Line 2 blue La Chapelle/ Barbés Rochechouart get off at Anvers and walk to Sacre Coeur

Sacre Coeur Basilica to Place du Tertre »»» (3 mins walking)

1. Siga na direção norte na Rue du Cardinal Guibert em direção a Rue du Chevalier de la Barre - 1 min

2. Vire à esquerda na Rue du Chevalier de la Barre - 1 min

3. Vire à esquerda na Rue du Mont Cenis - 1 min

4. Vire à direita na Rue Norvins - 1 min

5. Vire à esquerda na Place du Tertre - 1 min

Place du Tertre to Montmartre District »»» (3 mins walking)

1. Siga na direção norte na Place du Tertre em direção a Rue Norvins - 1 min

2. Vire à direita na Rue Norvins - 1 min

3. Vire à esquerda na Rue du Mont Cenis - 1 min

4. Vire à esquerda na Rue Cortot - 1 min

Montmartre District to  Hotel »»» (by metro)

From Anvers metro station take Line 2 blue to Barbés Rochechouart and get off/ catch 4 pink to Chateau Rouge/Marcadet poissonnaires

Planning continues...

Soon Paris then maybe London or even New York who knows 😜 Setubal has alredy been ticked off the list 😎

I used this great site to put together everything I want to visit whilst in Paris.  The site is excellent and makes planning very easy indeed 😼  http://www.visitacity.com/

These metro sitea are also excellent when planning your tour around the city of lights ;)  

Metro lines

http://www.lost-in-france.com/france-travel/paris-metro-map

Excellent to plan metro routes

http://vasyenmetro.com/iMTY3NHwxNjc5fA?lang=en

Accommodation in Paris

After looking through various sites we booked our Hotel via Booking www.booking.com  We are able to cancel the Hotel up till the 12th of September and payment is made at the Hotel on arrival, which is very cool.  It's in the 18º arrondissement and has free wifi which is perfect so that I can keep in touch with the kids back home 😎

The planning starts with plane tickets!

So when I decided I wanted to visit the city of light, the first thing I had to do was decide on a date.  Considering that hubby has hols in September I thought it would be a great time as it's not exactly winter yet and so we'll still have nice sunlight hours to do some sight-seeing 😃  So it was decided that the dates would be 14th-17th September.  These dates were also partly based on the cheaper airfares provided by www.ryanair.com  So we have now booked and paid for the tickets, next we are going to look for accommodation in Paris 😎

Since Ryanair flies to Beauvais www.aeroportparisbeauvais.com we have purchased shuttle tickets from/to the airport.  It's cheaper if bought online 😉

Ryanair 737-800 landing in Paris Beauvais Tille Airport

Quinta Ourolago day 8

Yeah, today is the day we must leave to go back home :(  We've had an absolutely fabulous time and we certainly recharged our batteries, although we're also very tired but it's a good tired :) We'd like to thank Mr Humberto Ornelas for the lovely place where we were fortunate to spend such a glorious week, we will certainly come back!  Going to miss spooky the cat too ;) We went over to Faro before taking the highway back to Corroios, so enjoy our last set of fotos.
Keep coming back as I'll be using this blog to jot down some of the places we visit, in and around Portugal.

Quinta Ourolago day 7

Hi there once again,
Today we started by going to the Salgados beach, what a lovely day it was once again.  After our braai we all went to laze around the pool till abouts 7 o'clock and then we had something to eat and off we went to the old quarter in Albufeira.  Let me tell you all that it was absolutely buzzing with people and excitement ;) We saw lots of stag and hen parties and even a stork party ahahahha.  We loved sitting down for drinks and ice cream and hear the karaoke, great fun it was!  We went to the beach where they were having birthday parties and everyone was in very good spirits :P  Pity we have to go back home tomorrow.

N.B.  Just to tell you all about the other guests at the Resort.  A couple of British with there little baby boy.  We were really amazed at how they took turns in looking after their baby...it was like Dad would stay inside with baby whilst Mom came outside to suntan and swim for about an hour then they'd reverse roles...had never seen this before.  Also in all the time we were there they only went out with the baby once.  Dad would go out in the morning or afternoon but to do some shopping, on the day they went out it was the whole day (Friday).  The other couple were Tugas (I think a recent thing)  you know why I say this, normally with your usual couples of many years they are not so touchy (as in touch her leg or bum etc) or kissing all the time as are the recent flings ;)  This couple had already been there a week before we arrived.  The week we were there they never ever used the pool, they suntanned outside but would not go near the pool lol.  Just a bit of curiosity for you all ;) Enjoy the fotos!