The French are language perfectionists.They often speak more English than they let on.This isn't a tourist baiting tactic,they are just hesitant to speak a language less than fluently.If you don't spe...
You can eat yourself silly in Paris. This is a nation that has raised food to an art form. Experiment, think of it as sightseeing for your taste buds. Tonight we are having boeuf bourguignon , regular...
mrlama, stillidan, wangmin , i1984, foues, verachen, Figo, muzilcr and mobile--thank you. Let's tour around France! For an even better view, its rooftop observation deck allows one last city review be...
The king and his court were worshiped in the glorious upper chapel. For the total experience, visit during the day when the chapel is bathed in brilliant stained glass light, then return for an evenin...
One of the purest examples is La Madeleine, begun as a church, it was completed by Napoleon as a temple to honor the soldiers of his grand army--- the brave young men who paid the ultimate price to bu...
Just across the street from Les Invalides, sits one of the best small museums in Europe. The Rodin Museum is filled with work by the greatest sculptors since Michelangelo. Influenced by both the class...
We reclaim our tickets after we go through the turnstile and we're on our way . We have to keep our eyes open for the points where we transfer. Then we follow the orange correspondence signs to the la...
To get the most from cosmopolitan Paris, go beyond the obvious. For instance, the best view in town may not be from the top of the Eiffel Tower, but from the top of the Montparnasse Tower. It's cheape...
Raise your travel dreams to their upright and locked positions, join us now as we discover the ins and outs of travels in Europe. Bonjour, I'm Rick Steves,your next best thing to a plane ticket.This w...
