Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Tentative honeymoon itinerary

Today I bought our Eurail passes (France only, any 4 days in 30 days, SaverPasses so we have to travel together--that ought to be easy enough), and I have a tentative honeymoon itinerary (obviously subject to change, but here's what I'm thinking so far).

Day 0: Take red eye to Paris.
Day 1: Arrive in Paris in early afternoon. Arc de Triomphe and Eiffel Tower.
Day 2: Notre Dame Cathedral, Sainte-Chapelle Cathedral, Ile de le Cite and Ile St. Louis, and dinner cruise on the Seine.
Day 3: Musee d'Orsay, Sacre Coeur and Montmartre, Centre Pompidou.
Day 4: Train to Nice. Promenade des Anglais and Vieux Nice.
Day 5: Cours Saleya Flower Market, Matisse Museum, Nice Archaeology Museum and Roman ruins, and Rue de France Pedestrian Zone.
Day 6: Day trip to Cannes.
Day 7: Scenic train to Digne, Theatre de la Photographie et de l'Image, Russian cathedral.
Day 8: Day trip to Monaco.
Day 9: Train to Paris. Louvre museum.
Day 10: Day trip to Champagne.
Day 11: Versailles and Champs-Elysee (and other area shopping).
Day 12: Day trip to Loire Valley.
Day 13: Disneyland Paris ('course I gotta squeeze it in if I can!) or free day in Paris.
Day 14: Fly home. :(

I'm thinking of moving either Champagne or the Loire to the front of the trip, but that would require moving our dinner cruise to another night (because it goes until late and we'll have to get up early for the day trip), so I'm undecided. Luckily we can't make train reservations for a little while, so there is no pressure to decide. There are a few other Paris attractions we'd like to see, but I haven't figured out where they'll fit in.

This itinerary actually looks quite tame. Any normal person (i.e. a non-overplanner) who saw the "real" itinerary (with timetables for everything, including all meals) would probably be scared. That's why we post only the normal stuff on the blog. :)

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