France Itinerary Oct 25,2001 – Nov 4,2001

Thursday Oct 25 United Airlines

RDU – Dulles Fl #7328 dep 4:20pm

Dulles – Charles de Gaulle Fl #914 dep 6:25pm
Arrive in Paris at 7:40am local time

Friday Oct 26 – Monday Oct 29 Paris

Hotel du Champs de Mars 011-33-1-45-51-52-30

7 rue Champ de Mars

2 doubles with shower, 440FF/room/night

www.hotel-du-champ-de-mars.com

Tuesday Oct 30 Honfleur

Le Cheval Blanc 011-33-2-31-81-65-00

2 quai de Passagers

2 doubles with shower incl breakfast buffet

1@650FF, 1@750FF /room/night

www.hotel-honfleur.com (select Cheval Blanc from pulldown menu)

Wednesday Oct 31 Bayeux

Le Lion d’Or, 71 rue St-Jean 011-33-2-31-92-06-90

2 doubles with bath incl breakfast, conf # 3712

780FF/room/night

Thursday Nov 1 Mont St. Michel

Le Mouton Blanc 011-33-2-33-60-14-08

2 doubles with shower

390FF/room/night

Friday Nov 2 near Amboise (Route de Charge, about 1 mi east of Amboise on D751)

Château de Pray 011-33-2-47-57-23-67

praycastel.online.fr

Saturday Nov 3 Chambord (103 pl St-Michel, across from Chateau)

Hotel du Grand St. Michel 011-33-2-54-20-31-31

2 doubles with shower

1@340FF,1@360FF /room/night

Sunday Nov 4 United Airlines

Charles de Gaulle – Dulles Fl #915 dep 1:00pm

Dulles – RDU Fl #7655 dep 5:10pm

Arrive in Raleigh at 6:25pm local time.

Important Contact Information :

Geoff : Ottawa : 613-224-2908 Phoenix : 602-789-7151

Amanda : Collingwood : 705-446-1991 Myrtle Beach : 843-448-7518

Joey: St.Louis : 314-997-2084 (their kids will will be here)

Collins: Chapel Hill: 919-542-0698

Car Rental Information:

Avis 800-331-1084 reservation number: 28610741US5

$299 plus 19.6% VAT, plus $7.28 license fee. Additional driver allowed for $19.00.

Group E car (similar to an Opal Omega). Holds 5 people & 5 pieces of luggage. Unlimited kms.

Pick up the car at 7:30am on Tuesday, Oct 30^th at 5 Rue Bixio, 7e. Near Les Invalides.

Drop car off at 3:00pm at CDG airport on Sunday Nov 4^th.

www.paris-airports.com

Friday Oct 26th

- Arrive in Paris and check into Hotel du Champs de Mars

- Purchase 5 day museum pass, take Batobus from Eiffel to Notre Dame

- Spend the afternoon doing the Historic Core of Paris walk including:

o Grab picnic fixings on Rue Cler and head over to Notre Dame

o Picnic at Notre Dame Park, behind Cathedral

o Visit Deportation Memorial

o Visit Latin Quarter – St.Severin

o Visit Ste. Chapelle 35F hours : 10-4:30pm

o Visit Conciergerie 35F hours : 10-5pm

o Pont Neuf and the Square du Vert Galant (Henry IV statue)

o Samaritaine terrace roof top view of city

- Dinner in Rue Cler neighbourhood

- Evening stroll along Champs de Mars to Trocadero

- Eiffel Tower ~50F (www.tour-eiffel.fr ) hours: 9am-11pm (3^rd level closes at 8pm)

Saturday Oct 27th

- Grab picnic fixings on Rue Cler, stores open at 8:30.

- Visit Musee d’Orsay 40F opens at 10am, English tour at 11am

- Have a snack in the café near the Impressionist Galleries on the top floor

- Left out of the museum onto Bellechasse, Left on St. Germain

- Visit St. Germain-de-Pres, Paris’ oldest Church, approx ½ mi on left

- Walk up Rue Bonaparte to see St. Sulpice (17^th century, Delacroix frescoes in first chapel on the right)

- Continue to the Jardin de Luxembourg and eat picnic! Try to catch a marionette show (3pm) at the Theatre de Marionnettes.

- Options for remainder of day:

o Shopping/browsing/people watching along St. Germain

o Rodin Museum 28F (closes at 5:45)

o Hotel des Invalides 37F (closes at 4:45)

o Musee Cluny (entrance on rue Sommerard) 38F hours: 9:15-5:45pm

Sunday Oct 28th

- Visit Notre-Dame Cathedral for Mass (8 or 8:45)

- Visit Cathedral Towers 35 F (9:30+) and Crypt 35 F (10am+)

- Take yellow line RER-C (Station at St-Michel-Notre Dame) to Versailles-Rive-Gauche station (closest to Palace) (about 40 minutes) www.chateauversailles.com

- Some admission incl on museum pass, tours extra

- Grand and Petit Trianon (30F) (closed noon-2pm)

Monday Oct 29th

- Take the metro to Place de la Concorde

- Stroll through the Jardin des Tuileries towards the Louvre

- Visit the Louvre 45F opens at 9am 90 minute English tour several times daily

- Spend the afternoon doing the Bastille/Marais/Beaubourg walk including:

o Bastille

o Marais

o Hotel de Sully

o Place des Vosges (park built by Henry IV in 1605)

o Picasso Museum 30F, hours: 9:30-5:30

o Jewish Quarter

o Pompidou Museum 40F hours: noon-10pm

Tuesday Oct 30th

- Pick up picnic fixings before leaving Rue Cler

- Get rental car

- Drive to Giverny (70 km nw of Paris, approx 1.5hrs) 35F, hours: 10-noon, 2-6pm
www.fondation-monet.com www.giverny.org

- Drive to Rouen (approx 1hr) and do the walking tour including:

o Eglise Jeanne d’Arc 2pm-6pm

o Rue du Gros Horloge

o Palace of Justice

o Cathedrale Notre Dame

o St. MacLou Church 2:30-6pm
www.rouen.port.fr/uk/html/visite/tourism/index.html

- Leave Rouen around 4pm on D-982, Route des Anciennes Abbayes

o Abbaye de Jumieges (24 km west of Rouen) 32F 2:30-5:30

o Abbaye de St-Wandrille (14 km north of Abbaye de Jumieges) 25F

- Continue towards Le Havre (about 60 km, approx 1 hr)

- Cross to Honfleur on Pont de Normandie bridge (exhibit under toll booth) 32 F

- Check into Hotel Le Cheval Blanc and spend evening in Honfleur
www.ville-honfleur.fr

Wednesday Oct 31st

- Breakfast buffet at hotel

- Eglise Ste. Catherine opens at 9am

- Drive to Caen (58km, approx 1 hr)

- See the Memorial for Peace 74F, hours: 9am-7pm (allow at least 2.5 hrs)
Esplanade Dwight-Eishenhower, on the northwest side of the city of Caen.

- Leaving Caen, visit the Pegasus Bridge, the Canadian Cemetery and Juno Beach

- Proceed to Arromanches (31 km nw of Caen) 35F 1:30-5pm

- Continue to Bayeux (less than ½ hr) and check into Hotel Lion d’Or

- Dinner in Bayeux
www.normandy-tourism.org/gb/town/bayeux/fr/bienvenue/bienhdr-fr.html

Thursday Nov 1^st

- Breakfast at hotel

- Bayeux Tapestry 40F opens at 9am (5F extra for headset). 13 bis rue de Nesmond.

- Bayeux Cathedral (see Choir and Crypt), opens at 10am. Rue de Bienvenue.

- Visit remaining D-Day beaches including:

o Omaha Beach is 16 km northwest of Bayeux (St. Laurent)

o American Cemetery at St.Laurent sur Mer

o Pointe du Hoc (13km west of St. Laurent)

o Utah Beach is further along the coast, towards Carentan on the peninsula

- Continue towards Coutances, Granville or via St.Lo and on to Mont St. Michel (approx 1.5 hrs)

- Check into Hotel Le Mouton Blanc

- Notes for Mont St. Michel:

o Find out when high tide occurs

o Watch sunset from the Abbaye

o Make a dinner reservation and try the famous omelets

Friday Nov 2^nd

- Visit the Abbey of Mont St. Michel 40F opens at 9:30am (audioguide 35F for 2)

- Drive to Fougeres (47km)

- Visit the medieval Chateau de Fougeres 23F

- Call Melanie at Jet Systems to confirm helicopter flight for Saturday afternoon

- Continue to Amboise (via Laval, Tours) approx 200km

- Check into hotel Chateau de Pray (east of Amboise)

- Perhaps return to Amboise for dinner or have dinner at the Chateau
www.amboise.valdeloire.com/anglais/aindex.html

Saturday Nov 3^rd

- Visit the Chateau de Chenonceau (12km south of Amboise) 50F opens at 9am
www.lvo.com

- Helicopter ride at 2pm from Dierre. Be there 15 mins early to get tickets.

- Visit the Chateau de Cheverny (13km se of Blois) 35F 2:15pm-5pm
www.château-cheverny.com

- Continue to Chambord (17km)

- Check into hotel Grand St. Michel (need to be there by 6pm)

- Perhaps drive to Blois for dinner (19km). Several good restaurants to choose from.

Sunday Nov 4^th

- Visit the Chateau de Chambord 40F 9:30 (not enough time since flight changed)
www.lvo.com

- Drive back to Paris (approx 200km to airport).