Florence and where-ever.

[JessicaTam]

Please don't post any more cake photos. It is cruel and inhuman torture.

I have had to add Paris to my April itinerary now

If I stopped, then it wouldn't be a true and correct record!


Does this help? It is the photo of my AVML from earlier.

How long are you planning to be in EU for?

 

[markis10]

If I stopped, then it wouldn't be a true and correct record!

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Does this help? It is the photo of my AVML from earlier.

How long are you planning to be in EU for?

Yum, the water looks nice.

 

[Pushka]

Those ciabatta rolls are nice. But I'd prefer this:

 

[markis10]

Qantas have obviously been reading the thread.

[video=youtube;MOuyqkTHIz4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOuyqkTHIz4&sns=em[/video]

 

[vitagen]

Awesome TR Jess! Happy you used the Air BNB place, its a really nice location. Make sure you walk up the street to see the Moulin Rouge windmill.

 

[NFF]

Pickpockets in the museum ?

 

[Buzzard]

Now I know why my grand daughter smiles so much. She went to see the other grand mamma and grand papa who live in Paris when she was just 8 months old.

This is one hell of a trip report Jess, only problem is I'm not getting my work done.

Buuuuzarrrrd*

*Mrs B calling

 

[Blinky]

Lovely pictures..

Just catching up. Last March we had lunch in Le Jules Verne on the second level of La Tour. Not as expensive as dinner, but still one of the most expensive, and most memorable, meals ever.

I could easily visit Paris on a yearly basis.

Oh, and how did you get away with taking a photo of the Mona Lisa? When we saw it (in 2007) guards were all over anyone trying to take a snap. Have they changed the policy, or did you sneak it?

 

[blackcat20]

Oh, and how did you get away with taking a photo of the Mona Lisa? When we saw it (in 2007) guards were all over anyone trying to take a snap. Have they changed the policy, or did you sneak it?

Photos were permitted when I was there late last year.

 

[Pushka]

You can take photos in The Louvre. You can't take photos in Accademia in Florence which is where the statue of David is. And it's highly policed.

 

[samh004]

Photos were permitted when I was there late last year.

Likewise in 2010.

By the way: looking forward to details on Florence as I'm going there in June with mum and sister and would ideally like to not do all the hard work, choosing where to stay, where to go etc

 

[blackcat20]

You can take photos in The Louvre. You can't take photos in Accademia in Florence which is where the statue of David is. And it's highly policed.

Yep, certainly wasn't game to sneak a photo, though I noticed one couple were braver than I.

 

[TomVexille]

You can take photos in The Louvre. You can't take photos in Accademia in Florence which is where the statue of David is. And it's highly policed.

The Accademia was pretty strict on photos. What I found interesting was the Sistine Chapel where photos were supposedly forbidden, but I think I was the only person there at the time who didn't take one of the ceiling.

 

[Blinky]

Photos were permitted when I was there late last year.

Ah, fair enough. It was definitely not allowed (for the Mona Lisa, not any other artwork) in 2007.

 

[Blinky]

What I found interesting was the Sistine Chapel where photos were supposedly forbidden, but I think I was the only person there at the time who didn't take one of the ceiling.

I must have gone at the wrong time! The guards were warning anyone who even looked like taking a photo.

 

[Pushka]

The Accademia was pretty strict on photos. What I found interesting was the Sistine Chapel where photos were supposedly forbidden, but I think I was the only person there at the time who didn't take one of the ceiling.

They were yelling all the time in the Sistine Chapel when I was there. Yet go into the Basilica and it's a free for all.

 

[TomVexille]

I must have gone at the wrong time! The guards were warning anyone who even looked like taking a photo.

They must have had an off day when I was there...

 

[blackcat20]

They were yelling all the time in the Sistine Chapel when I was there. Yet go into the Basilica and it's a free for all.

They make more noise telling everyone to be silent, then there was to begin with in the Chapel. And definitely no chance of taking a photo.

 

[ALH]

They make more noise telling everyone to be silent, then there was to begin with in the Chapel. And definitely no chance of taking a photo.

I was fortunate to be part of a Private After Hours Tour of around 40 people separated into 4 groups. We had 2 hours in part of the museums, then a lengthy Lecture in the Pine Cone Courtyard with a great explanation of everything we would see, followed by around an hour in the Sistine Chapel. It was wonderful to have the place to ourselves, albeit with the guards trying to kick us out when our time was up. We weren't allowed to take photos!

Great Trip Report. Been to Europe many times, but not Paris - YET!

 

[codash1099]

Likewise in 2010.

By the way: looking forward to details on Florence as I'm going there in June with mum and sister and would ideally like to not do all the hard work, choosing where to stay, where to go etc

Bernini Palace Hotel is nicely situated and very good.