- Tunjukkan perjalanan
- Tambah ke senarai baldiKeluarkan dari senarai baldi
- Kongsi
- Hari 1
- Rabu, 27 Mei 2015 10:28 PG
- ⛅ 29 °C
- Altitud: 1,135 kaki
Amerika SyarikatCanal Four (historical)33°26’14” N 112°0’28” W
Leaving Phoenix
27 Mei 2015, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
- Tunjukkan perjalanan
- Tambah ke senarai baldiKeluarkan dari senarai baldi
- Kongsi
- Hari 1
- Rabu, 27 Mei 2015 5:01 PTG
- ☀️ 28 °C
- Altitud: 823 kaki
- Amerika SyarikatMinneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport44°52’53” N 93°12’44” W
Heading to Paris
27 Mei 2015, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
41 minute connection for an international flight. I made it, hope my bag does. I had the window, the aisle seat next to me was empty...made an 8 hour flight much nicer.
- Tunjukkan perjalanan
- Tambah ke senarai baldiKeluarkan dari senarai baldi
- Kongsi
- Hari 2
- Khamis, 28 Mei 2015 8:44 PG
- ⛅ 13 °C
- Altitud: 328 kaki
PerancisLe Mesnil-Amelot49°0’12” N 2°34’36” E
Landed in Paris
28 Mei 2015, Perancis ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Bag made it too. Now to figure out the Metro.
- Tunjukkan perjalanan
- Tambah ke senarai baldiKeluarkan dari senarai baldi
- Kongsi
- Hari 2
- Khamis, 28 Mei 2015 11:00 PG
- ⛅ 16 °C
- Altitud: 220 kaki
- PerancisUniversité Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne48°50’47” N 2°20’41” E
Hotel de Grands Homme
28 Mei 2015, Perancis ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Home base in Paris, right at the Pantheon.
Pengembara
The room was awfully tiny for the (excessive) price. Yes, that's the room. I'm standing in the absolute corner.
- Tunjukkan perjalanan
- Tambah ke senarai baldiKeluarkan dari senarai baldi
- Kongsi
- Hari 2
- Khamis, 28 Mei 2015 12:40 PTG
- ⛅ 17 °C
- Altitud: 95 kaki
- PerancisPont Saint-Louis48°51’11” N 2°21’8” E
Note Dame
28 Mei 2015, Perancis ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
I got here so early in the morning there was no chance my room would be ready. So I decided to walk. Headed north up to Notre Dame and Pont Neuf.
Pengembara
The Pont Neuf, the oldest standing bridge over the Seine. Construction began in 1578 and was more or less finished in 1607.
Pengembara
There were huge lines of tourists (and tour buses) waiting to go in Notre Dame almost the entire day.
Pengembara
The back side. I could barely see the phone screen in the sun...guess I didn't line this one up very well.
- Tunjukkan perjalanan
- Tambah ke senarai baldiKeluarkan dari senarai baldi
- Kongsi
- Hari 2
- Khamis, 28 Mei 2015 12:41 PTG
- ⛅ 17 °C
- Altitud: 135 kaki
- PerancisPlace du Palais Royal48°51’39” N 2°20’16” E
Musee de Louvre
28 Mei 2015, Perancis ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
On to the Louvre. Beautiful surroundings, but the estimated 3 hour wait to get in the main entrance meant no Mona Lisa for me. I kept walking...headed to the northwest from here.
Pengembara
The glass pyramid entrance to the museum looks out of place in the middle of this old, ornate square...but the gawdy red gift store on the right really ruins the vibe.
Pengembara
The head of the line to get in the Louvre. It's actually snaking back and forth many times between the glass pyramid and the far stone walls to the left of (and behind) the red gift shop.
- Tunjukkan perjalanan
- Tambah ke senarai baldiKeluarkan dari senarai baldi
- Kongsi
- Hari 2
- Khamis, 28 Mei 2015 4:49 PTG
- ⛅ 19 °C
- Altitud: 92 kaki
- PerancisPlace de la Concorde48°51’60” N 2°19’2” E
Av. des Champs-Elysees
28 Mei 2015, Perancis ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
I feel so cosmopolitan! Also imagining de Gaulle returning to Paris after liberation.
Pengembara
This is coming out of the Louvre plaza, heading toward Place de la Concorde (the obelisk) and looking up the Champs-Elysees to the Arc de Triomphe in the distance. You can lookup better pictures that show the distance here.
- Tunjukkan perjalanan
- Tambah ke senarai baldiKeluarkan dari senarai baldi
- Kongsi
- Hari 2
- Khamis, 28 Mei 2015 4:52 PTG
- ⛅ 19 °C
- Altitud: 203 kaki
- PerancisArc de Triomphe48°52’26” N 2°17’42” E
Arc de Triomphe
28 Mei 2015, Perancis ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
It's been a long walk so far. The Eiffel Tower looks close enough, might as well check that box if I've gone this far already.
Pengembara
The mayhem-filled traffic circle around the Arc doesn't allow for any surface pedestrian access to the Arc. You have to go through tunnels under the circle and come up in the middle. The lines to go to the top of the Arc were too long. Still impressive though.
- Tunjukkan perjalanan
- Tambah ke senarai baldiKeluarkan dari senarai baldi
- Kongsi
- Hari 2
- Khamis, 28 Mei 2015 4:53 PTG
- ⛅ 19 °C
- Altitud: 105 kaki
- PerancisEiffel Tower48°51’30” N 2°17’41” E
Tour Eiffel
28 Mei 2015, Perancis ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
The French Open Tennis ball suspended in the tower took something away from the experience. But it's still a lot more impressive than the one at King's Dominion.
Pengembara
No selfie skills- cheesy grin, subject matter in the background tilted sideways, and it looks like I'm leaning backwards.
- Tunjukkan perjalanan
- Tambah ke senarai baldiKeluarkan dari senarai baldi
- Kongsi
- Hari 2
- Khamis, 28 Mei 2015 4:55 PTG
- ⛅ 19 °C
- Altitud: 118 kaki
- PerancisLuxembourg Garden48°50’47” N 2°20’14” E
Luxembourg Gardens
28 Mei 2015, Perancis ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Paris is full of beautiful Gardens and this is a famous one right by my hotel. I'm about walked-out by this point. I was not smart and have been lugging my carry-on this whole time after only checkingBaca lagi
- Tunjukkan perjalanan
- Tambah ke senarai baldiKeluarkan dari senarai baldi
- Kongsi
- Hari 3
- Jumaat, 29 Mei 2015 1:37 PTG
- ⛅ 16 °C
- Altitud: 407 kaki
- PerancisVersailles48°48’12” N 2°7’33” E
Chateau Versailles
29 Mei 2015, Perancis ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Because I knocked out the main tourist spots on Thursday I figured I'd check out Versailles and Roland Garros on Friday. Turns out you can't get walk-up tickets for the tennis so I spent the day atBaca lagi
- Tunjukkan perjalanan
- Tambah ke senarai baldiKeluarkan dari senarai baldi
- Kongsi
- Hari 4
- Sabtu, 30 Mei 2015 10:10 PG
- ⛅ 12 °C
- Altitud: 161 kaki
- PerancisSaint-Germain-la-Blanche-Herbe49°11’53” N 0°23’4” W
Memorial de Caen
30 Mei 2015, Perancis ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
Saturday is the trip to Normandy. It's a 2.5+ hour bus ride each way and 14 hours total. Caen is home to a really impressive museum covering the pre-WW2 situation in Europe, the invasion at NormandyBaca lagi
- Tunjukkan perjalanan
- Tambah ke senarai baldiKeluarkan dari senarai baldi
- Kongsi
- Hari 4
- Sabtu, 30 Mei 2015 1:00 PTG
- ⛅ 13 °C
- Altitud: 43 kaki
- PerancisPointe Saint-Pierre49°23’47” N 0°59’20” W
Pointe du Hoc
30 Mei 2015, Perancis ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
A team of 200 Rangers climbed the cliffs here to take out 6 heavy guns that could reach Utah and Omaha beaches. The Germans had moved the guns back into an orchard to save them but the Rangers foundBaca lagi
- Tunjukkan perjalanan
- Tambah ke senarai baldiKeluarkan dari senarai baldi
- Kongsi
- Hari 4
- Sabtu, 30 Mei 2015 2:00 PTG
- ⛅ 15 °C
- Altitud: Paras Laut
- PerancisOmaha Beach49°22’14” N 0°52’47” W
Omaha Beach D-Day Memorial
30 Mei 2015, Perancis ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Impossible to imagine what the American soldiers faced crossing this beach and looking up at the cliffs above. Omaha was the toughest landing spot.
- Tunjukkan perjalanan
- Tambah ke senarai baldiKeluarkan dari senarai baldi
- Kongsi
- Hari 4
- Sabtu, 30 Mei 2015 3:00 PTG
- ⛅ 15 °C
- Altitud: 131 kaki
- PerancisColleville-sur-Mer49°21’33” N 0°51’12” W
Normandy American Cemetery
30 Mei 2015, Perancis ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Over 9000 Americans are buried here, one of many American cemeteries in France. Can't really attempt to describe it in just a few words.
- Tunjukkan perjalanan
- Tambah ke senarai baldiKeluarkan dari senarai baldi
- Kongsi
- Hari 4
- Sabtu, 30 Mei 2015 4:40 PTG
- ⛅ 17 °C
- Altitud: Paras Laut
- PerancisSeulles49°20’15” N 0°28’3” W
Croix de Lorraine
30 Mei 2015, Perancis ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Site of de Gaulle's return from exile after D-Day. Part of Juno Beach.
- Tunjukkan perjalanan
- Tambah ke senarai baldiKeluarkan dari senarai baldi
- Kongsi
- Hari 4
- Sabtu, 30 Mei 2015 4:50 PTG
- ⛅ 17 °C
- Altitud: 3 kaki
- PerancisSeulles49°20’11” N 0°27’42” W
Juno Beach
30 Mei 2015, Perancis ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Canadian landing site, much flatter spot than the Americans had.
- Tunjukkan perjalanan
- Tambah ke senarai baldiKeluarkan dari senarai baldi
- Kongsi
- Hari 4
- Sabtu, 30 Mei 2015 9:00 PTG
- ⛅ 17 °C
- Altitud: 92 kaki
- PerancisTuileries Garden48°51’40” N 2°19’50” E
Paris, Île-de-France
30 Mei 2015, Perancis ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Evening after the Normandy tour, walking back to the hotel.
- Tunjukkan perjalanan
- Tambah ke senarai baldiKeluarkan dari senarai baldi
- Kongsi
- Hari 5
- Ahad, 31 Mei 2015 9:53 PTG
- 🌙 20 °C
- Altitud: 472 kaki
- PerancisPlace du Capitole43°36’15” N 1°26’35” E
Capitolium (Capital Square)
31 Mei 2015, Perancis ⋅ 🌙 20 °C
This is basically the mayor's office, the central square of historical, "old" Toulouse.
- Tunjukkan perjalanan
- Tambah ke senarai baldiKeluarkan dari senarai baldi
- Kongsi
- Hari 6
- Isnin, 1 Jun 2015 8:51 PG
- ☁️ 16 °C
- Altitud: 449 kaki
- PerancisLes Minimes43°36’35” N 1°25’55” E
Toulouse Business School
1 Jun 2015, Perancis ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
- Tunjukkan perjalanan
- Tambah ke senarai baldiKeluarkan dari senarai baldi
- Kongsi
- Hari 6
- Isnin, 1 Jun 2015 7:00 PTG
- ⛅ 24 °C
- Altitud: 476 kaki
- PerancisPlace du Capitole43°36’10” N 1°26’26” E
Toulouse walking tour
1 Jun 2015, Perancis ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Guided tour of the city center. The big church dates from the 12th century.
- Tunjukkan perjalanan
- Tambah ke senarai baldiKeluarkan dari senarai baldi
- Kongsi
- Hari 7
- Selasa, 2 Jun 2015 12:00 PTG
- ⛅ 24 °C
- Altitud: 446 kaki
- PerancisLes Minimes43°36’36” N 1°25’56” E
Toulouse class day #2
2 Jun 2015, Perancis ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
The school is on the site of an old military barracks. New buildings surround the old parade square; a nice park separates it from our hotel.
Pengembara
In the Toulouse region the second language is Occitan, a mostly dying language that sounds a lot like Spanish. All of the historical street names have both. Sometimes the names like similar and sometime not at all.
- Tunjukkan perjalanan
- Tambah ke senarai baldiKeluarkan dari senarai baldi
- Kongsi
- Hari 7
- Selasa, 2 Jun 2015 5:00 PTG
- ☀️ 29 °C
- Altitud: 604 kaki
- PerancisGrisolles43°50’14” N 1°18’56” E
Chateau Bellevue La Foret
2 Jun 2015, Perancis ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
Wine tasting at a nice little place outside of the city.
- Tunjukkan perjalanan
- Tambah ke senarai baldiKeluarkan dari senarai baldi
- Kongsi
- Hari 8
- Rabu, 3 Jun 2015 2:47 PTG
- ☀️ 28 °C
- Altitud: 449 kaki
- PerancisLes Minimes43°36’39” N 1°25’53” E
TBS day #3
3 Jun 2015, Perancis ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
Nothing exciting today, just class- "international market risk and the threat to portfolio valuation." I had to present on the collapse of NatWest Markets back in 2000.
- Tunjukkan perjalanan
- Tambah ke senarai baldiKeluarkan dari senarai baldi
- Kongsi
- Hari 9
- Khamis, 4 Jun 2015 1:32 PTG
- ☀️ 31 °C
- Altitud: 449 kaki
- PerancisLes Minimes43°36’39” N 1°25’53” E
TBS day #4
4 Jun 2015, Perancis ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
Just walking to class after lunch. It's so nice and green here.