Thursday, September 29, 2005 Today I went to Chartres Cathedral in the town of Chartres about 100 kms outside of Paris. The ride and tour cost me 53 Euros. ($60) Well worth the cost. In fact this one trip alone … Continue reading
Category Archives: France
Wednesday, 28 September 2005 18:30 Paris I have just completed my first full day in Paris. I now know why Parisian are all thin. They walk. I have never walked so much in one day it seems. Taking the Metro … Continue reading
Wednesday, 28 September, 2005 Sitting in London’s Heathrow is a most amazing experience. I had to wait 3 hours for my connecting flight to Paris. London lays on the cusp. It is the last point between the English speaking world … Continue reading
I am getting a lot of questions regarding my wife, “Where is your wife? You came to Europe and you did not bring your wife”? She lets you do that? I tell people that my wife does not like to … Continue reading
Wednesday, July 19, 2006 3:47:11 PM This was my first full day in Paris, a very successful one. Naturally I felt bad when I first got up. I had to absorb 9 hours of jet lag plus a 17 hour … Continue reading
Thursday, December 1, 2005 7:40:14 AM I have never tasted food so good as I did in Paris. I want to return just to sit in Paris cafes and break off pieces of french bread and soak them in soup! … Continue reading
Right now I am sitting on a first class train traveling to Milan. Train travel is something that I enjoy immensely, but I worry that there is no security whatsoever. You see a few soldiers patrolling the stations, but other … Continue reading
Sainte Chapelle is a small cathedral that ispatterned after Chartres in terms of its stain glass. It is situated in Paris on the Ile de la Cite in front of Notre Dame cathedral. It was originally built by Louis IX … Continue reading
30 September, 2005 Notre Dame of Paris was the shock of my life. Paris these days is a secular city, to say the least, and so I expected Notre Dame to be dead like Sainte Chapelle. But the minute I … Continue reading
Friday, September 30, 2005 The Louvre is about beauty and history. Lots of it! I spent just half a day there. I could spend a year and not see it all. In order to appreciate what the Louvre has to … Continue reading