Trip to Paris

October 6, 2009- Ah Reum Kim

1. Wake up at 8:00 and get ready



2. Have Breakfast at L’Espadon located inside Hotel Ritz at 9:00
a. Menu: Ritz Paris Breakfast- A choice of freshly squeezed juices (lemon, orange or grapefruit juice) or Fresh garden vegetable juice or Citrus cocktail flavoured with ginger; Basket of home made breakfast pastries and bred, cereals, yoghurt, jam, marmalade, honey and fresh butter; Eggs served to your taste with 2 garnishes of your choice : cheese, ham, sausages (pork or beef), bacon, tomato, herbs, seasonal vegetables, wild mushrooms; Parma ham or home made smoked salmon and toasted country bread; Stewed fruit or platter of sliced fresh fruit; Glass of Ritz champagne; Coffee, tea, hot chocolate, herbal tea, milk



3. Leave for Grand Palais at 9:45
a. Description: Large glass exhibition hall that was built for the Paris Exhibition of 1900
b. Address: Avenue du Général Eisenhower - Paris 8e
c. Transportation: Walking and Bus (42)
i. Walk from Hotel Ritz to CAPUCINES-CAUMARTIN - Bus RATP (4mins)
ii. Take bus 42 from CAPUCINES-CAUMARTIN to CHAMPS ELYSEES-CLEMENCEAU in HOPITAL EUROPEEN GEORGES POMPIDOU direction (7mins)
iii. Walk from CHAMPS ELYSEES-CLEMENCEAU to Grand Palais (1min)
d. Arrive at Grand Palais at approximately 10:00




e. Have a look around Grand Palais from 10:00 to 10:30
f. Watch Chanel fashion show- one of the events held in Paris fashion week fall 2009 from 10:30 to 11:30
i. Theme: Back to nature





4. Leave for the Eiffel Tower around 11:40
a. Address: Avenue Gustave Eiffel, 75007 Paris, France
b. Transportation: Walking and Bus (42)
i. Walk from Grand Palais to CHAMPS ELYSEES-CLEMENCEAU – Bus RAPT (1min)
ii. Take Bus 42 from CHAMPS ELYSEES-CLEMENCEAU to MONTESSUY in HOPITAL EUROPEEN GEORGES POMPIDOU direction (6min)
iii. Walk from MONTESSUY to Tour Eiffel (3min)
c. Arrive at the Eiffel Tower around 12:00




d. Look through the tower from the ground level -> first floor-> second floor -> top level from 12:00 to 13:30





e. Have lunch at Le Jules Verne around 13:30 to 15:00




f. Visit souvenir shops from 15:00 to 15:45

5. Take a one hour Seine River Cruise that departs from the Eiffel Tower from 16:00 to 17:00





6. Leave for Palais Garnier (opera house) around 17:30
a. Address: Place de l'Opéra, 75009 Paris, France
b. Description: Commonly as the Paris Opéra a 2,200-seat opera house‎
c. Transportation: Walking and Bus (42)
i. Walk from Tour Eiffel to MONTESSUY – Bus RAPT (3min)
ii. Take Bus 42 from MONTESSUY to OPERA in GARE DU NORD direction (14min)
iii. Walk from OPERA to Palais Garnier
d. Arrive at Palais Garnier around 18:00







e. Go see Giselle (Ballet) from 19:30 to 22:00
i. The ballet tells the story of a peasant girl named Giselle who protects her lover from the vengeance of a group of evil female spirits called the Wilis.



7. Leave for Hotel Ritz at 22:00
a. Address: 15 Place Vendôme, 75001 Paris, France‎
b. Transportation: Walking and Bus (81)
i. Walk from Palais Garnier to OPERA – Bus RAPT
ii. Take Bus 81 from OPERA to PYRAMIDES (1min)
iii. Walk from PYRAMIDES to Hotel Ritz (5min)
c. Alternative transportation: cab (nearby)
d. Go for a drink at The Bar Vendome located inside Hotel Ritz



8. References:
a. Transportation: http://www.ratp.fr/
b. The Bar Vendome: http://www.ritzparis.com/jump_to.asp?id_target=1330&id_lang=2
c. L’Espadon: http://www.ritzparis.com/jump_to.asp?id_target=1310&id_lang=2
d. Palais Garnier: http://www.operadeparis.fr/cns11/live/onp/
e. Hotel Ritz Paris: http://www.ritzparis.com/home_ritz/home.asp?id_lang=2
f. Chanel S/S 2010: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/paris-fashion-week/6264763/Paris-Fashion-Week-Chanel.html
g. Giselle: http://www.operadeparis.fr/cns11/live/onp/Saison_2009_2010/Ballets/spectacle.php?lang=en&selected_season=354663924&event_id=424&CNSACTION=SELECT_EVENT