LovesTimone
Christmas Day 2017
- Joined
- Apr 29, 2009
Bonjour
We are getting pretty dang excited about our up coming trip... I do have a few questions for my pals here on the board...
Has anyone made the climb to the top of the Arc de Triomphe? There are 284 steps... and I have a bad knee... going up would be the problem, coming down I really don't have any problem with doing... I have asked all of our friends that have been to Paris and none of them have made the climb except one and it was when she was a college student....So how hard is the climb and is there a spot to stop if needed....
Sacre' Coeur and the Montmartre area... What else is there to do in this area? Our friends told us that there is a street fair were a lot of artist are showing their works, and are pretty inexpensive to purchase is this daily occurrence or more on the weekends? We are thinking about touring and going to Moulin Rouge in the evening.. Is this an option or would we need to go back to the hotel to change for the evening? Or are jeans and nice tops okay to attend in? Our other friends have told us not to go into this area very sketchy and scary.... due to all the thief's and robbery's & assaults that have happened, our friends were robbed at knife point they went to Moulin Rouge for the show, walked down to a pub to have a drink and where waiting on Uber to pick them up...luckily all they got was a few euros and a cheap watch... He had put their CC and money in his money belt thing that was tucked in his pants...
The catacombs - I have some claustrophobia, but I can get on elevator and such, this is something that DH and I really want to do... Is it really tight? day time ~vs~ evening... and did you enjoy it and was it worth it.? and anything else to check out in this area.?
We are getting pretty dang excited about our up coming trip... I do have a few questions for my pals here on the board...
Has anyone made the climb to the top of the Arc de Triomphe? There are 284 steps... and I have a bad knee... going up would be the problem, coming down I really don't have any problem with doing... I have asked all of our friends that have been to Paris and none of them have made the climb except one and it was when she was a college student....So how hard is the climb and is there a spot to stop if needed....
Sacre' Coeur and the Montmartre area... What else is there to do in this area? Our friends told us that there is a street fair were a lot of artist are showing their works, and are pretty inexpensive to purchase is this daily occurrence or more on the weekends? We are thinking about touring and going to Moulin Rouge in the evening.. Is this an option or would we need to go back to the hotel to change for the evening? Or are jeans and nice tops okay to attend in? Our other friends have told us not to go into this area very sketchy and scary.... due to all the thief's and robbery's & assaults that have happened, our friends were robbed at knife point they went to Moulin Rouge for the show, walked down to a pub to have a drink and where waiting on Uber to pick them up...luckily all they got was a few euros and a cheap watch... He had put their CC and money in his money belt thing that was tucked in his pants...
The catacombs - I have some claustrophobia, but I can get on elevator and such, this is something that DH and I really want to do... Is it really tight? day time ~vs~ evening... and did you enjoy it and was it worth it.? and anything else to check out in this area.?