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Sakura-con and Puget Sound Easter-2012
Holiwood Nights & More-2012
Wow Week at the Beach-2012
Summer
Fun-2012
Summer Fun II-2012
Future Trips:
Ireland and the U.K. with a Spot of France-2013
Paris and London Special-2013
British French Invasion-2010
Friends:
Puget Sound Adventure-2012
Ocean, Sand and Sun-2012 Revised
Christmas with Mickey-2013
Twilight in
Forks-2011
Optional Trips:
Long Trips:
Big Mountain/ Glacier National Park
Ireland
Maui
and Kauai
Oregon
Coast-a-Thon
Oregon Coast Websites for Vacation Rentals
Yellowstone National Park-Long Trip
Yellowstone-Teton Adventure-2011
Short Trips:
Glacier in a Weekend
Yellowstone
National
Park-
Short Trip
Puget
Sound Adventure
| Day 1 |
Wednesday |
July 17th |
| Depart: | Spokane | |
| Day 2 |
Thursday |
July 18th |
| Arrive: | Paris | |
| Do: | Buy Metro tickets | |
| (Take RER B to St. Michal-Notre Dame. Get off and catch RER C to Vitry Sur Seine/Massy Palaiseau. Take the Mona or Romi train.) | ||
| Free Time | ||
| Lodge: |
 La Maison Bacana B&B 75-2 people, 100-4 people, 120-5 people, 130-6 people 9 Rue Emilie Zola 94400 Vitry-sur-Seine, France 01 43 91 70 11 (Breakfast Buffet, Standard Room with 2 Doubles or Family Duplex with 2 bedrooms with a double in one room and 2 doubles in the other, Mini-fridge in either, TV with DVD player and DVD's.) |
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 Cecilia's Guest House 10 rue Denfert-Rochereau Asnieres 92600 ceciliasguesthouse@hotmail.com Studio British (Double with kitchen) and Studio Chasse (Double and Bunkbed with kitchen and patio) (croissants) |
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| Day 3 |
Friday |
July 19th |
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9:04 a.m. |
Depart: |
Paris St. Michal station |
| (Take RER C from Vitry Sur Seine to Versailles Rive Gauche.) | ||
| Do: | Train 6,80 (roundtrip) | |
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9:42 a.m. |
Arrive: | Versailles |
| See: |
 Versailles MP/25.00 € (9-6:30) includes The Châteaux de Trianon and Marie Antoinette's Estate |
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5:30 p.m. |
Depart: | Versailles |
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6:30 p.m. |
Arrive: | Vitry Sur Seine |
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Lodge: |
La Maison Bacana B&B 9 Rue Emilie Zola 94400 Vitry-sur-Seine, France 01 43 91 70 11 |
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| Day 4 | Saturday | July 20th |
| Do: | Historical Walking Tour | |
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9:00 a.m. |
Point Zero- You are standing on the center of France, the point from which all distances are measured. Looking two-thirds of the way up to the left tower, you can find Paris' most photographed gargoyle. Propped on his elbows on the balcony rail, he watches all the tourist in line. Look for the following 100 yds from cathedral.) | |
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9:15 a.m. |
See: |
 Notre Dame Cathedral- Free (8-6:45) - 700 year old cathedral Treasury €3 (9:30-6 Mon.-Fri., 9:30-6:30 Sat., 1:30-6:30 Sun.) The Tours de Notre-Dame (Towers of Notre Dame) MP/€8 (10-6:30, Sat & Sun 10-11) are amongst the great delights of Notre Dame and, provided you have the energy for the ascent, they provide a spectacular view over central Paris. The Towers ascend to 422 steps (226 feet) above ground level. |
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11:00 a.m. |
 Crypte Archéologique du Parvis de Notre-Dame- MP/€3.80 (Tues-Sun 10-6) The archaeological crypt under Notre-Dame Cathedral Square has been converted into a shelter for relics found in the course of 1965 and later excavations run by the city’s archaeological and architectural history office. These rooms opened in 1980 to show the remainders of the buildings that had stood on that spot from ancient times to the 19th century. Musée Carnavalet operates this site. |
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| (Behind the cathedral squeeze through the tourist buses, cross the street and enter the iron gate into the park at the tip of the island. Look for the stairs and head down to reach the....) | ||
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 Deportation Memorial - Free (10-12 and 2-7)Memorial to the 200,000 French victims of the Nazi concentration camps. |
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| (From the Deportation Memorial, cross over to the Left Bank and turn right (west). Walk along the river, toward the front end of Notre-Dame. Stairs detour down to the riverbank. This side view of the church from across the river is one of Europe's great sights and is best from river level.) | ||
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 Left Bank-window shop among the green book stalls and browse through used books, vintage posters and souvenirs. |
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| (When you reach the bridge (pont au Double) that crosses over in front of Notre-Dame, veer to the left across the street to a small park (square Viviani-fill your water bottle from the fountain on left) Angle across the square and pass Paris' oldest inhabitant-an acacia tree nicknamed Robinier after the guy who planted it in 1602. Just beyond the tree you'll find the small church.) | ||
| St. Julien-le-Pauvre Church- 1250 Look to the right at the half timbered house. Glance down rue Galande for other old houses built at different angles. |
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| (Return to the river and turn left on rue de la Bucherie. Go to #37.) | ||
 Shakespeare and Company Bookstore-Sylvia Beach, an American with a passion for free thinking, opened the store for the post WWI Lost Generation who came to Paris to find themselves. American writers flocked here for the cheap rents, fleeing the Prohibition era in the U.S. Ernest Hemingway borrowed books here regularly. James Joyce had his books published here. Struggling writers get free accommodations upstairs in tiny rooms with a view of Notre Dame. |
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| (Go outside the store.) | ||
| Green water fountains- built in 1900 by an English philanthopist Sir Richard Wallace. The books below the carytids once held metal mugs for drinking the water. | ||
| (Continue west to the rue du Petit-Pont (which becomes rue St. Jacques). This was the Romans' busiest boulevard 2,000 years ago, which chariots racing in and out of the city. Walk away from the river for one block, turn right at the Gothic church and walk into the Latin Quarter.) | ||
 St. Severin-This church took a century longer to build. This is a flame like gothic church. Gargoyles can be seen close up. In a thunderstorm they vomit rain. |
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| (At #22 rue St. Severin, you'll find the skinniest house in Paris, two windows wide. Rue St. Severin leads right through the Latin Quarter. Keep wandering straight until you come to Boulevard St. Michel) | ||
| Do: | Lunch | |
| (From place St. Michel look across the river and find the prickly steeple of Sainte Chapelle church. Head toward it. Cross the river on pont St. Michel and continue north along the boulevard due Palais. On your left, you'll see the doorway to the church. You'll need to pass through a strict security checkpoint to get into the complex as the French Supreme Court meets to the right. Skip the lines with your MP and walk in.) | ||
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1:30 p.m. |
See: |
 Sainte-Chapelle - Free MP/€8 (9:30-6) Gothic church built between 1242 and 1248 for Louis IX to house the supposed Crown of Thorns. Climb the spiral staircase to the Chapelle Haute. Fill the place with choral music, crank up the sunshine, face the top of the altar, and really believe that the Crown of Thorns is there, and this will become an awesome place. 15 separate panels of stained glass with 2/3 original and 1100 scenes mostly from the Bible. |
| (Exit the church and walk around the exterior. Look down at the foundation to take note of how much Paris has risen in 750 years since it was built. Go next door.) | ||
| See: |  Palais de Justice - Built in 1776 as the home of France's supreme court. |
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| (Pass through the big iron gate to the noisy boulevard du Palais. Cross the street to the wide pedestrian-only rue de Lutece and walk about halfway down.) | ||
| See: | Cite "Metropolitain" Stop and Flower Market - Of the original 141 original early 20th century subway entrances, this one is one of the only few survivors-now preserved as a national art treasure. It is art nouveau. The flower and plant market on place Louis Lepine is a pleasant detour. Across the way is the Prefecture de Police, where Inspector Clouseau of Pink Panther fame used to work and where the local resistance fighters took the 1st building from the Nazis in Aug. 1944, leading to teh allied liberation of Paris a week later. | |
| (Pause here to admire the view. Sainte-Chapelle is a pearl in an ugly architectural oyster. Double back to the Palais de Justice and turn right. Entrance is on the boulevard du Palais.) | ||
 Conciergerie - Free MP/€7.50 (9:30-6) 2, boulevard du Palais 75001 Paris Phone : 33 / (0)1 53 40 60 80 Former prison where Marie-Antoinette was imprisoned. Her cell, which houses a collection of her mementos, is open. |
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| (Back outside, turn left on boulevard du Palais and head toward the river-north. On the corner is the city's oldest public clock. The mechanism of the present clock is from 1334. Turn left onto quai de l'Horloge and walk west along the river, past the round medieval tower called "the babbler." The bridge up ahead is the pont Neuf, where you end the walk. At the first corner, veer left into a sleepy triangular square called place Dauphine. Marvel at how such quaintness could be lodged in the midst of such greatness as you walk through the park to the end of the island. At the equestrian statue of Henry IV, turn right on to the old bridge and take refuge in one of the nooks on the Eiffel Tower side.) | ||
 Pont Neuf - The "new" bridge is now Paris' oldest. Built during Henry IV's reign in about 1600. Its 12 arches span the widest part of the river. |
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3:00 p.m. |
See: |  Louvre (Musee du Louvre)- Free MP/€9/6- (9-6 Mon,Th-Sat,Sun, closed Tues., Wed,Fri 9-10) Europe's oldest and biggest museum. Home of the Mona Lisa and Venus de Milo. Western art from the Middle Ages to 1848 (paintings, sculptures, objects d’art and graphic arts) and ancient civilizations (Oriental, Egyptian, Greek, Etruscan and Roman antiquities); Islamic, African, Asian, Oceanic and North and South American arts. |
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3:00 p.m. |
 Cluny Museum (Musee Cluny) MP/€8.50 (9-5:45) except Tues. |
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 Eiffel Tower - €4.50/1st level, €8.20/2nd level and €13.40/top. (9-12:00 a.m.) Or climb the stairs for €4.50 to levels one and two. Built in 1889 for the Centennial World's Fair. Walk up to the 2nd floor for the best views. Cafeteria and WC. 1st level has exhibits and a post office. The cancellation stamp reads Eiffel Tower. Snack cafe. (Ride the lift to the 2nd level and immediately line up for the lift to the top. Enjoy the views on top, then ride back down to the 2nd. level. Enjoy the view. Then hike down the stairs to the1st level. Eat and explore shops here. Buffets Restaurant €7.50 Pizza, Sandwich, Hot Dog |
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| Lodge: |
 Cecilia's Guest House 10 rue Denfert-Rochereau Asnieres 92600 ceciliasguesthouse@hotmail.com Studio British (Double with kitchen) and Studio Chasse (Double and Bunkbed with kitchen and patio) (croissants) |
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| La Maison Bacana B&B 9 Rue Emilie Zola 94400 Vitry-sur-Seine, France 01 43 91 70 11 |
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| Day 5 |
Sunday |
July 21st HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAUL |
| (Take the SNCF train from Becon les Bruyeres to La Defense. Take the red/Marna LaValler Chessy. Exit at Charles deGaulle. Take the blue/Nation. Exit at Anvers.) | ||
| Do: | Montmartre Walk | |
| Elysees Montmartre- Oldest cancan dance hall in Paris. | ||
| (Walk two blocks up rue de Steinkerque, the street to the right of Elysees Montmartre.) | ||
 Funiculaire de Montmartre- Use your RER card. It opened for business in 1900. It originally relied on hydraulic power for the ascent and gravity for the trip downhill; the hydraulic system was replaced by an electric motor in 1930, and the funicular was completely rebuilt in 1991. The current funicular has two 60-passenger cars, which run on parallel tracks that ascend 36 meters or 118 feet between the lower and upper stations. Each car operates independently, like an elevator (and unlike the many funiculars where each car is a counterweight to the other). |
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| (Find a good viewing spot on the steps.) | ||
 Sacre-Coeur Basilica- Free- (6 a.m.-11 p.m.) Pl. du Parvis-du-Sacré-Coeur, 18e, Built from 1875-1919 with 83 pillars sunk 130 feet deep. |
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| (Public WC to your left down 50 steps. Go right to the church's dome and crypt.) | ||
| Optional: | Dome and Crypt €5 (9-7) Unobstructed view of Paris up 260 ft. up tight and claustrophobic spiral stairs to the dome. Crypt is empty. | |
| (Leaving the front of the church, turn right and walk west along the ridge, following tre-lined rue Azais. At rue St. Eleuthere/rue du Mont Cenis turn right and walk uphill a block.) | ||
| Church of St. Pierre-de-Montmartre-Free (8:30-7) 2 rue du Mont-Cenis F-75018 Paris, France Originally built 1147 and founded by Louis VI and his wife Adelaide. Find her tombstone midway down on the left wall. The four gray columns may be from the Roman days as a temple of Mercury. |
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| (Enter du Tertre square on the left/west and stand on its cusp for the best perspective.) | ||
 Place due Tertre-Bohemian Montmartre-Lined with cafes, acacia trees, artists, hucksters and tourists. |
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| (Continue west on Norvins and a dozen steps to the intersection with rue des Saules at the La Bonne Franquette.) | ||
 Boulangerie with a View-The venerable boulangerie (bakery) on the left, dating from 1900 is one of the last surviving bits of the old-time community, made famous in a painting by the artist Maurice Utrillo. |
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| (From here look back up rue Norvins, then backpedal a few steps to catch the classic view of the dome of Sacre-Coeur rising above the rooftops. Follow the rue des Saules downhill/north onto the back side of Montmartre. Continue downhill.) | ||
 Le Maison Rose Restaurant-made famous in a Utrillo painting was once frequented by Utrillo, Pablo Picasso and Gertrude Stein. Lousy food. |
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| (Just downhill is Paris' last remaining vineyard.) | ||
| Clos Montmartre Vineyard- Ever since the 12th century the monks and nuns of the large abbey produced wine here. Closed. | ||
| (Continue downhill to the intersection with rue St. Vincent.) | ||
 Au Lapin Agile Cabaret- Picasso, Renoir etc. would gather for "performances" here, poetry, sing-alongs, parodies etc. |
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| Do: | Paris Churches: Sacre Coeur Letterbox | |
| (Turn around and walk up rue des Saules and turn right at La Maison Rose, heading west one block on rue de l'Abreuvoir. At the bust of singer Dalida continue straight west along the small walkway called allee des Brouillards. You'll pass another of Renoir's homes. Walk down the steps at the walkway's end, then stroll up through the small, fenced, multilevel park.) | ||
| Square Suzanne Buisson- Stone statue of headless St. Denis. He was sentenced to death by the Romans for spreading Christianity. As they marched him up to the top of Montmartre to be executed, the Roman soldiers got tired and just beheaded him near here. Denis popped right up, picked up his head and carried on another 3 miles north before he finally died. | ||
| (At the top of the park, turn left onto avenue Junot, which turns into rue Norvins. At the boulangerie go downhill/south. Don't curve right on the car-filled rue Lepic; instead go straight down the pedestrian only place J.B. Clement, hugging the buildings on the left. Turn right on rue Ravignan and follow it down to the leafy square with the TIM Hotel. Go to the right of the hotel at 13 place Emile Goudeau.) | ||
 Le Bateau-Lavoir (Picasso's Studio)- It was destroyed and rebuilt in 1970. Picasso moved into it in 1904. |
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| (Walk back half a block uphill and turn left on rue d'Orchampt. Walk the length of this short street and into a tiny alley, which squirts you out of the other end at the intersection with rue Lepic.) | ||
 Moulin de la Galette- Only two windmills (moulins) remain on the hill that was once dotted with 30 of them. Originally they pressed monk's grapes and farmer's grain or crushed gypsum rocks into a powdery plaster of Paris. In the 1850's the mines closed, so they became ceremonial centerpieces of a popular outdoor dance hall. Renoir's Bal du Moulin de la Galette (in Orsay) shows it in it's heyday. |
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| (Follow rue Lepic as it winds down the hill. The green-latticed building on the right side was also part of the Moulin de la Galette -the second surviving windmill is just above, through the trees Rounding the bend, look to the right down rue Tourlaque. Go one block.) | ||
| Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec's House- Find the building on the SW corner with the tall, brick-framed art studio windows under the heavy mansard roof. Every night, Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901) nobleman turned painter, whose legs were deformed in a horse-riding accident during his teen years, would dress up here and then journey down rue Lepic to the Moulin Rouge. | ||
| (Continue down rue Lepic to #54.) | ||
| Vincent van Gogh's House- He lived here with his brother from 1886-1888. During those years he transformed from a gloomy Dutch painter of brown and gray peasant scenes into an inspired visionary with wild ideas and Impressionist colors. | ||
| (Follow rue Lepic downhill as it makes a hard right at #36 and becomes a lively market street. Enjoy the small shops and neighborhood ambience. Go two blocks down to your right at #15.) | ||
| Cafe des Deaux Moulins-(7-12 p.m.) This is the site of pilgrimage for movie buffs worldwide since it was featured in Amelie. | ||
| (Now continue downhill on rue Lepic going through Boulevard de Clicky to Place Blanche.) | ||
 Moulin Rouge- Opened in 1889. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec sketched here. Ginger Rogers, Dalida, Tony Curtis, Jerry Lewis etc. came here. Walk into the open-air entryway or step into the lobby to mull over the photos, show options and prices. |
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| View: |  Opera Garnier 9 € (10-5) 9 Rue Scribe 75009 Paris, France 01 40 01 25 40 Built for Napoleon III and finished in 1875. Seats 2,000. Inspired The Phantom of the Opera as it has an underground lake. The Paris Story and Fragonard Perfume Museum (Free) are nearby. |
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| Do: |  Arc de Triomphe - Free MP/€9.50 Free on 1st Sun. (10-11) - Commissioned by Napoleon to commemorate his victory at the battle of Austerlitz. 284 steps lead to a cute museum about the arch with sweeping panoramas and mesmerizing views of the traffic. |
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| (Go around to the SW side and head down Avenue Foch.) | ||
| Paris Landmarks: Arc de Triomphe Letterbox | ||
 Musee d'Orsay- MP/8 € (9:30-6, except Mon. Thurs until 9:45 p.m.)–A museum housed in the former Gare d'Orsay, a Beaux-Arts railway station built between 1898 and 1900. It holds mainly French art dating from 1848 to 1915, including paintings, sculptures, furniture, and photography. Best known impressionist and post-impressionist pieces by painters such as Monet, Manet, Degas, Renoir, Cézanne, Seurat, Sisley, Gauguin and Van Gogh. |
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| Do: | Dinner: Boulevard St. Michal for Paul's Birthday | |
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Lodge: |
La Maison Bacana B&B 9 Rue Emilie Zola 94400 Vitry-sur-Seine, France 01 43 91 70 11 |
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 Cecilia's Guest House 10 rue Denfert-Rochereau Asnieres 92600 ceciliasguesthouse@hotmail.com Studio British (Double with kitchen) and Studio Chasse (Double and Bunkbed with kitchen and patio) (croissants) |
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| Day 6 | Monday | July 22nd |
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1:04 p.m. |
Depart: |
Paris |
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Do: |
Eurostar €72 | |
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3:13 p.m. |
Arrive: |
London |
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Do: |
Wash Clothes or Free Day | |
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Lodge: |
Cherry Court Hotel 23 Hugh Street London, UK SW1V 1QJ (44) 20 7828 2840 www.cherrycourthotel.co.uk £110 3 singles and a double Tea/coffee making, TV, digital phone, garden patio, fruit basket (4 pieces of fruit, packet of biscuits, cereal bar, and cartons of orange juice), basement room with air conditioning, check in 2 p.m., checkout 10 a.m. |
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| Day 7 | Tuesday | July 23rd |
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9:30 a.m. |
Depart: |
Victoria Station |
| British Heritage Pass 15 day $80.10 |
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See: |
London | |
| Travelcard Off Peak zones 1-2 £6.60, Oyster single $2.70 X2, | ||
| (Take the Victoria line north to Kings Cross.) | ||
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Do: |
Lunch | |
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1:00 p.m. |
Walking tour of London | |
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See: |
Westminster Bridge | |
| (Go left on Bridge St/A302. Turn left again on Parliament St.) | ||
 Big Ben- |
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 Parliament (Dr. Who)- |
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 Westminister Abbey (Dr. Who) |
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1:30 p.m. |
 Jewel Tower BHP or £3.20 (10-5) Westminster - SW1P 3JX Was built c.1365 to house Edward III's treasures. One of only two buildings from the medieval Palace of Westminster to survive the fire of 1834, the tower features a 14th-century ribbed vault. Displaying Parliament Past and Present, a fascinating exhibition about the history of Parliament, it is also the permanent home of the English Heritage Book of Remembrance. |
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2:30 p.m. |
Optional |
 Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms (9:30-6) £15.95/£12.80 senior over 60 A museum in London and one of the five branches of the Imperial War Museum. The museum comprises the Cabinet War Rooms, a historic underground complex that housed a British government command centre throughout the Second World War, and the Churchill Museum, a biographical museum exploring the life of British statesman Winston Churchill. Construction of the Cabinet War Rooms, located beneath the Treasury building in the Whitehall area of Westminster, began in 1938. They became operational in August 1939, shortly before the outbreak of war in Europe. They remained in operation throughout the Second World War, before being abandoned in August 1945 after the surrender of Japan. After the war the historic value of the Cabinet War Rooms was recognised. |
| (Go back on Parliament St. Look left at Downing St.) | ||
| #10 Downing Street-The historic home and office of Gordon Brown, the British Prime Minister. It is actually the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, but in modern times this post has always been held simultaneously with the office of Prime Minister. Stop at the barricaded and guarded home to see the British “White House”. Break the bobby’s boredom and ask him a question. | ||
| The Banqueting Hall-England’s first Renaissance building was designed by Inigo Jones around 1620. It’s one of the few London landmarks spared by the 1698 fire and the only surviving part of the original Palace of Whitehall. | ||
| Horse Guard- a mounted guard is ceremonially changed here twice a day | ||
 Trafalgar Square-is a square in central London that commemorates the Battle of Trafalgar (1805), a British naval victory of the Napoleonic Wars. The original name was to have been "King William the Fourth's Square", but George Ledwell Taylor suggested the name "Trafalgar Square. Completed in 1845. Trafalgar Square Festival called India Now is on August 2-9. (Dr. Who) |
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4:00 p.m. |
 National Gallery- (10-6 Daily, except Fri 10-9) Free- was founded in 1824 and houses a rich collection of over 2,300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900. Child with St. Anne and St. John the Baptist by Leonardo da Vinci is one of them. Guided tours 11:30, 12:30, 2:30, 3:30 *Follow Rick Steve's map The National Gallery Dining Room (10-5 Sun) The National Cafe (10-6 Sun) |
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| National Portrait Gallery (10-6, 10-9 Thurs, Fri) Free | ||
| (Go towards the Thames on Northumberland. Cross the Golden Jubilee Bridge and turn right.) | ||
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Optional: |
 London Eye £16.74 10:00am - 9.30pm (Dr. Who) |
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| (Go east to the 1st exit off the Central line to Holburn. Take the Piccadilly line south to Knightsbridge. Go southwest on Brompton Rd.) | ||
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Harrod's Department Store
(10-8 Mon-Sat, 11:30-6 Sun) Monument to Princess Diane's boyfriend Brompton Road London SW3 1 United Kingdom Tel: +44 20-77301234 |
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Optional: |
Play Her Majesty's Theatre (Mon-Sat 7:30, Tues & Sat 2:30) 57 Haymarket, London SW1Y 4QL, United Kingdom Royal Circle: £62.50, £50.00, £38.25, £25.75* Grand Circle: £40.75, £35.75, £25.75, £20.75* Balcony: £25.75, £20.75* |
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 Dinner-Loco Mexicano |
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Lodge: |
 Cherry Court Hotel £110- 3 T & 1 D 23 Hugh Street, LONDON SW1V 1QJ. Three Single & One Double Bed in basement, All the rooms have heating and tea/coffee-making facilities, colour televisions and Digital telephone system with facility of wake up call and voice mail. We provide a fruit basket for breakfast consisting of three or four pieces of fresh fruit, a small packet of biscuits, a cereal bar and a carton of orange juice. Reservation # 8687 Emailed 12/20, 3/5 for date change |
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| Day 8 | Wednesday | July 24th |
| Optional: |
 St. Paul's Cathedral (9:30-4:15) £14.50 |
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| Arrive: | King's Cross Station | |
 Harry Potter 9 3/4 Station |
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| (Go right/west out of the station on Euston Rd.) | ||
 British Library- (9:30-6 Mon Wed Thurs Fri, 9:30-8 Tues, 9:30-5 Sat, 11-5 Sun) St Pancras 96 Euston Road London NW1 2DB In a gallery called Treasures of the British Library are displayed Jane Austen’s small writing desk (like a forerunner of the laptop computer) also a letter to Cassandra and a notebook of Jane’s very early writings. Included here are the Magna Carta, Lindisfarne Gospels, Leonardo da Vinci's Notebook and 310,000 manuscript volumes: from Jane Austen to James Joyce; Handel to the Beatles. |
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| (From Kings Cross take the black line south to Tottenham Court. Go east on New Oxford, then north on Bloomsbury St.) | ||
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1:00 p.m. |
 British Museum (10-5:30) Free Court Restaurant-(12-5 p.m.) Upper floor Great Court Top quality cuisine from around the world Gallery Cafe-(10-5) Ground floor, next to Room 12 with hearty meals, pasta, sandwiches, snacks, soups, salads, desserts, cakes, and hot and cold drinks, all in a family-friendly atmosphere. Court Cafés (9-5:30) Great Court with a large selection of freshly made sandwiches and snacks, salads, desserts, cakes, and hot and cold drinks. Bookshop- (9:30-6) specialises in ancient history, archaeology and art history reflecting the Museum collection. Souvenir and Guide Shop (9:30-6) Souvenirs reflecting the Museum collection including guides, postcards, camera films, stationery and inexpensive gifts. Grenville Shop (9:30-6) Luxury items including replica sculptures, jewellery, silk scarves and ties as well as a wide selection of gifts for friends and family |
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| Other Options: | ||
 Buckingham Palace (9:30-6:30) The State Rooms, Buckingham Palace (includes audio guide) Adult £17.50, Over 60/ Student (with valid ID) £16.00 A Royal Day Out (This ticket gives admission to three sites: The State Rooms, the Royal Mews and The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace) (only available23 July - 3 October 2011) Adult £31.00, Over 60/ Student (with valid ID) £28.25 |
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 Tower of London £16.00 (Sun, Mon 10-5:30) £19.80 /£17.05 60+ Your ticket includes access to the Tower, plus Yeoman Warder guided tour and talk, live historical re-enactments, White Tower tour, children's activity trails, entry to the Henry VIII: Dressed to Kill exhibition and Prisoners of the Tower exhibition and much more! Yeoman Warder Tour-Free-Every 30 minutes for an hour. Find out what it’s like to be a Yeoman Warder, as our world famous ‘Beefeaters’ share their personal stories with you at the Lanthorn Tower. New Armouries Restaurant-(10-5) provides a wide range of refreshments from morning coffee, salads, sandwiches and hot meals to afternoon tea. A children's menu is also available. All food is home-made daily on site. Drinks from £1.25, hot food from £6.80, sandwiches from £2.85, salads from £4.25. Tower Cafe and Kiosk-(9.00-17.00) provides hot and cold drinks, sandwiches, cakes and pastries. Drinks from £1.25, hot food from £2.95, sandwiches from £2.75, salads from £2.95. Paul' Kiosk-(8.00-6:00) Situated on the Wharf, outside the grounds of the Tower, Paul is a traditional French company providing sandwiches, savory and sweet tarts as well as drinks to take away. Cakes from £2.25, drinks from £1.30, hot food from £2.95, sandwiches from £3.50. The Tower Shop-The shop at the entrance to the Tower showcases an extensive range of souvenirs as well as gifts, jewelry and a large collection of books on the first floor. The Jewel House Shop-is located in the Lower Martin Tower where the Crown Jewels were displayed for 200 years from the mid-17th to the mid-19th century. It has a wide selection of costume jewelry as well as sterling silver and 9, 14 and 18 carat gold. All the jewelry is inspired by the Crown Jewels, including the Armills range (left), and is exclusive to the Jewel House Shop at the Tower of London. The White Tower Shop-As visitors leave the White Tower they will discover this atmospheric shop located in the basement of the building. As the White Tower is the historical home of the Royal Armouries' collection of arms and armour, the shop takes up the theme with a wide selection of replica armour as well as other special treats for kids of all ages. The Medieval Palace Shop-offers a range of medieval-style gifts including tapestries, cushions and stone gargoyles. The Beefeater Shop-The best-known members of the Tower of London's community are the Yeoman Warders, more popularly known as 'Beefeaters'. It has a delightful assortment of gifts all centered around the Yeoman Warder theme. There is something for everyone, from an exclusive range of china to soft toys including a cuddly raven! You are free to take photographs within most of the Tower of London but we regret that photography and filming is not permitted inside the Jewel House, White Tower or in the Chapel Royal of St Peter ad Vincula. |
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| Westminster Abbey- £15.00 (9:30-2 Sat, 9:30-4:30 Mon, Tues, Closed Sunday) The present church, begun by Henry III in 1245, is one of the most important Gothic buildings in the country, with the medieval shrine of an Anglo-Saxon saint still at its heart. | ||
| Cornish Pasty Co Mobile Unit 10 Liverpool Street Station |
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Play Stalls £62.50*, £55.00, £45.00, £37.50, £25.00 Royal Circle £62.50* Upper Circle £37.50, £32.00, £25.00 Boxes £55.00, £37.50, £32.00, £25.00 |
| Day 9 | Thursday | July 25th |
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London | |
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Spokane |
Cost: $2,900 including airline ticket, food, lodging and all attractions