This is the last of the Europe series blogs.
We drove from Reims to Epernay in the Champagne region of France to an apartment 5 min from Notre Dame on Saint Germain. It took little over 2hrs of easy drive. I could have parked in front of the apartment if the car was a bit smaller than the Opel Insignia.
Next time, I will look into 25 euro per day parking multiple entry in 9 parking garages in Paris for 4 days. Sure it is more expensive than metro but if you have 4 people, it may be cheaper than a taxi perhaps without having to look around.
http://www.parkingsdeparis.com/EN/multi-park-parking-pass.php
We bought 10 metro tickets for 14 euro. Each ticket bought separately costs 1.8 euro. Good till use dup I guess because we used the tickets over 4 days. We used up all the tickets. We had 6 day Paris Museum pass we used in Versailles, Louvre, Orsay. We had a reservation to go to the summit of Eiffel Tower at 8pm to see the view before and after sunset. We saw Louvre and D'Orsay using Rick Steve's audio guide. No waiting anywhere. We bought for 50 euro 3 day batobus pass to cover a boat and hop 4 routes on hop on hop off bus. Took just 1hr to see D'Orsay museum. Could have spent 2hrs if we had time.
http://www.batobus.com/en/paris-a-la-carte-pass.html
We did go all 4 routes without getting off anywhere and just 1 ride on the boat. There are other choices I would consider next time. The frequency off the bus was not enough. We wasted too much time waiting. Also, compared to other buses, this one ends too soon in the evening at 7pm.
We went to the nearby Franprix and Carrfour supermarkets for food shopping.
We walked to Luxemburg gardens and Montparnase tower, Notre Dame.
Here are the photos.
https://goo.gl/photos/zGd3Z3A4pG3ygEbF8
https://goo.gl/photos/nXiue8XrTt8qo5rk7
https://goo.gl/photos/qc7LXk1pMMJMPVcT9
https://goo.gl/photos/fwNBXeCQTMbr8Grp8
https://goo.gl/photos/A3yHiDfdfEppVvVM6
https://goo.gl/photos/s7pWo7xVPXLXMsa37
We drove from Reims to Epernay in the Champagne region of France to an apartment 5 min from Notre Dame on Saint Germain. It took little over 2hrs of easy drive. I could have parked in front of the apartment if the car was a bit smaller than the Opel Insignia.
Next time, I will look into 25 euro per day parking multiple entry in 9 parking garages in Paris for 4 days. Sure it is more expensive than metro but if you have 4 people, it may be cheaper than a taxi perhaps without having to look around.
http://www.parkingsdeparis.com/EN/multi-park-parking-pass.php
We bought 10 metro tickets for 14 euro. Each ticket bought separately costs 1.8 euro. Good till use dup I guess because we used the tickets over 4 days. We used up all the tickets. We had 6 day Paris Museum pass we used in Versailles, Louvre, Orsay. We had a reservation to go to the summit of Eiffel Tower at 8pm to see the view before and after sunset. We saw Louvre and D'Orsay using Rick Steve's audio guide. No waiting anywhere. We bought for 50 euro 3 day batobus pass to cover a boat and hop 4 routes on hop on hop off bus. Took just 1hr to see D'Orsay museum. Could have spent 2hrs if we had time.
http://www.batobus.com/en/paris-a-la-carte-pass.html
We did go all 4 routes without getting off anywhere and just 1 ride on the boat. There are other choices I would consider next time. The frequency off the bus was not enough. We wasted too much time waiting. Also, compared to other buses, this one ends too soon in the evening at 7pm.
We went to the nearby Franprix and Carrfour supermarkets for food shopping.
We walked to Luxemburg gardens and Montparnase tower, Notre Dame.
Here are the photos.
https://goo.gl/photos/zGd3Z3A4pG3ygEbF8
https://goo.gl/photos/nXiue8XrTt8qo5rk7
https://goo.gl/photos/qc7LXk1pMMJMPVcT9
https://goo.gl/photos/fwNBXeCQTMbr8Grp8
https://goo.gl/photos/A3yHiDfdfEppVvVM6
https://goo.gl/photos/s7pWo7xVPXLXMsa37
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