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ATM: Emergency trip to Paris
Posted by matthew on 18 July 2011 - 10:21pm.
Here's the deal: my colleague has taken to his sick bed and I've stepped in to lead his school trip to Paris for three days, leaving first thing on Tuesday. Trains, hotels, restaurants and other tickets are booked, but we will be needing lunches and we'll have a few hours each day to ourselves.
Your advice please. It's me, one other teacher and nine 14 year olds. Any Parisular advice would be useful.
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Pack...
..... some Junior Valium.
From one teacher to another...
Never, EVER, stop counting heads. Ever.
Great city - brain dump
The tourist sites are all brilliant. Eiffel Tower, Sacre Coeur/Montmartre, Arc de Triompe, Tuilleries Gardens all brilliant. Walk down the Champs Élysées from the Arc de Triomphe. Walk across from the Eiffel Tower up to the Trocadero where there is the museé de l'homme - plenty of totem poles etc, ideal for 14 year olds, and also a cafe and bar with a perfect view of the Tour. If you're a guitarist, rue Douai near Pigalle is like Demark St x 10. For art there's the Louvre of course but the museé d'Orsay is brilliant too and not so massive. For a ghoul stop it's just across the river from Pont d'Alma where Princess Diana died. The Bateaux Mouches on the river are v touristy but really good too. For a bit of old Paris the Isle de la Citee still has bags of atmosphere. Notre Dame is great. The Jardin de Luxembourg is nice for a stroll and a picnic. For a good market (check is's on) Rue Mouffetard is great and is near the Jard de Lux. A classic place for a coffee up Mouf is Place de la Contrascarpe.
Don't eat in cafes on grand boulevards - much more expensive. Dive up a side road. Croque Monsieur essential, similarly a creperie is always good. There are any number of great restaurants but for a bunch of 14 year olds, Chartier is very historic, theatrical and film set French....7,rue du Faubourg Montmartre, Paris, France
01 47 70 86 29 | www.restaurant-chartier.com/www/visit/filsdesans....
Get a bus map - excellent service, cheap, and loads more to see from the bus. You probably won't get any booze in but Rue de Lappe at Bastille is trés branché.
Concur with loads of that
But especially Chartier. A big beautiful clattery room, cheap for Paris, food not too scary for fussy knuckle-draggers.
One museum which might be worth looking at is the Branly, on the Left bank , across the river from the Lady Di Memorial Underpass. It is big on Civilisations, and they are all geared up for the pedagogic, though it might be the kind of thing they have seen already over here.
If The Weather Holds
You could grab some stuff from a convenience store and have a picnic in one of the parks.
There is also a food court in the underground shopping mall attached to the Louvre. Lots of places to grab a bite around the Pompidou Centre as well - it's it bit like Covent Garden - mainly pedestrianised, street entertainment - so the kids can cut loose a bit.
Enjoy the ride!
Take 'em down the catacombs
The goths will love it.
http://www.catacombes-de-paris.fr/english.htm
I was going to suggest that
But without knowing the kids I can't say whether I would trust them not to wander off with part of someone as a souvenir (though bags are briefly checked on the way out).