Larry

Hi everyone,

I am planning to travel solo in Europe at the end of the month for the first
time. I am looking for a nice hostel or cheap hotel in Paris. I read through
the reviews on Tripadvisor and other websites, and searched the archives of
this group and for every place that is recommended there is a bad review of
that place by someone else.

I don't need anything fancy just a small basic room, all I really need is
something clean and safe. The reviews are full of horror stories about cock
roaches and other stuff:

If anyone knows a good place let me know
Thanks

SampleX

On 2004-08-04 15:25:55 +0100, "Larry" <[email protected]> said:

    > Hi everyone,
    >
    > I am planning to travel solo in Europe at the end of the month for the first
    > time. I am looking for a nice hostel or cheap hotel in Paris. I read through
    > the reviews on Tripadvisor and other websites, and searched the archives of
    > this group and for every place that is recommended there is a bad review of
    > that place by someone else.
    >
    > I don't need anything fancy just a small basic room, all I really need is
    > something clean and safe. The reviews are full of horror stories about cock
    > roaches and other stuff:
    >
    > If anyone knows a good place let me know
    > Thanks

Holiday Inn Express Place D'Italie
Best Western Astra Opera
Holiday Inn DIsneyland Park
Holiday Inn Val d'Europe
Ibis Montmartre

All are pretty reasonable and decent conditions...

Runge

Any Etap hotel round Paris near a metro station

"Larry" <[email protected]> a écrit dans le message de
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    > Hi everyone,
    > I am planning to travel solo in Europe at the end of the month for the
first
    > time. I am looking for a nice hostel or cheap hotel in Paris. I read
through
    > the reviews on Tripadvisor and other websites, and searched the archives
of
    > this group and for every place that is recommended there is a bad review
of
    > that place by someone else.
    > I don't need anything fancy just a small basic room, all I really need is
    > something clean and safe. The reviews are full of horror stories about
cock
    > roaches and other stuff:
    > If anyone knows a good place let me know
    > Thanks

Haidi Nguyen

Hi Larry,

I have a proposal to make:

I need a friend or someone who can carry 2 bottles of CA
wine to Paris for a friend who lives in Paris as a present
because US postal no longer accept alcohol in their mail
( flammable, they said ) and in return, if you live in the
SF bay area ( I'm in Santa Clara ) and if you need a ride to
the airport, I'll be happy to do so thus I have a metro map
of Paris so can can look at in advance and plan your day
trips.

This is no spam. Please let me know what you think?

Thank you very much in advance,

HN

Larry wrote:

    > Hi everyone,
    > I am planning to travel solo in Europe at the end of the month for the first
    > time. I am looking for a nice hostel or cheap hotel in Paris. I read through
    > the reviews on Tripadvisor and other websites, and searched the archives of
    > this group and for every place that is recommended there is a bad review of
    > that place by someone else.
    > I don't need anything fancy just a small basic room, all I really need is
    > something clean and safe. The reviews are full of horror stories about cock
    > roaches and other stuff:
    > If anyone knows a good place let me know
    > Thanks

Keith Willshaw

"Haidi Nguyen" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > Hi Larry,
    > I have a proposal to make:
    > I need a friend or someone who can carry 2 bottles of CA
    > wine to Paris for a friend who lives in Paris as a present
    > because US postal no longer accept alcohol in their mail
    > ( flammable, they said ) and in return, if you live in the
    > SF bay area ( I'm in Santa Clara ) and if you need a ride to
    > the airport, I'll be happy to do so thus I have a metro map
    > of Paris so can can look at in advance and plan your day
    > trips.
    > This is no spam. Please let me know what you think?

I think anyone who carries goods for a stranger is
out of his tiny mind.

You can actually buy California wine in France, send em
a gift via a web site that delivers in France

http://www.uk.chateauonline.com/page...=71&currency=2

for example

Keith

Jim

Just got back - had a great room at Brighton Hotel on Rue de Rivoli - view
of Louvre, D'Orsay and Eiffel Tower. Friendly staff.
www.benotel.net/france/paris/brighton

Jim


"Larry" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > Hi everyone,
    > I am planning to travel solo in Europe at the end of the month for the
first
    > time. I am looking for a nice hostel or cheap hotel in Paris. I read
through
    > the reviews on Tripadvisor and other websites, and searched the archives
of
    > this group and for every place that is recommended there is a bad review
of
    > that place by someone else.
    > I don't need anything fancy just a small basic room, all I really need is
    > something clean and safe. The reviews are full of horror stories about
cock
    > roaches and other stuff:
    > If anyone knows a good place let me know
    > Thanks

Larry

"Keith Willshaw" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > "Haidi Nguyen" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    > news:[email protected]...
    > > Hi Larry,
    > >
    > > I have a proposal to make:
    > >
    > > I need a friend or someone who can carry 2 bottles of CA
    > > wine to Paris for a friend who lives in Paris as a present
    > > because US postal no longer accept alcohol in their mail
    > > ( flammable, they said ) and in return, if you live in the
    > > SF bay area ( I'm in Santa Clara ) and if you need a ride to
    > > the airport, I'll be happy to do so thus I have a metro map
    > > of Paris so can can look at in advance and plan your day
    > > trips.
    > >
    > > This is no spam. Please let me know what you think?
    > >
    > I think anyone who carries goods for a stranger is
    > out of his tiny mind.
I agree, nd anyway im not from America so I would not be able to do it.

Larry

"Jim" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > Just got back - had a great room at Brighton Hotel on Rue de Rivoli - view
    > of Louvre, D'Orsay and Eiffel Tower. Friendly staff.
    > www.benotel.net/france/paris/brighton
    > Jim
Thanks for the suggestions everyone ill have a look at those places.

David Gee

"Larry" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > "Keith Willshaw" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    > news:[email protected]...
    > >
    > > "Haidi Nguyen" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    > > news:[email protected]...
    > > > Hi Larry,
    > > >
    > > > I have a proposal to make:
    > > >
    > > > I need a friend or someone who can carry 2 bottles of CA
    > > > wine to Paris for a friend who lives in Paris as a present
    > > > because US postal no longer accept alcohol in their mail
    > > > ( flammable, they said ) and in return, if you live in the
    > > > SF bay area ( I'm in Santa Clara ) and if you need a ride to
    > > > the airport, I'll be happy to do so thus I have a metro map
    > > > of Paris so can can look at in advance and plan your day
    > > > trips.
    > > >
    > > > This is no spam. Please let me know what you think?
    > > >
    > >
    > > I think anyone who carries goods for a stranger is
    > > out of his tiny mind.
    > >
    > I agree, nd anyway im not from America so I would not be able to do
it.
    > >

Doesn't anyone remember the bombing of an Air India flight, made
possible by the airlines' policy of allowing 'unaccompanied" luggage
onto the plane?

Or the Australian TV series, starring Nicole Kidman as the innocent who
carried her boyfriend's suitcase -- containing a bag of heroin -- onto a
plane, and got life imprisonment for her naivete?

Do NOT carry anything you didn't pack yourself!

Poss

Let us sit upon the ground and tell sad stories of "Larry"
<[email protected]> :

    >Hi everyone,
    >I am planning to travel solo in Europe at the end of the month for the first
    >time. I am looking for a nice hostel or cheap hotel in Paris. I read through
    >the reviews on Tripadvisor and other websites, and searched the archives of
    >this group and for every place that is recommended there is a bad review of
    >that place by someone else.
    >I don't need anything fancy just a small basic room, all I really need is
    >something clean and safe. The reviews are full of horror stories about cock
    >roaches and other stuff:
    >If anyone knows a good place let me know
    >Thanks

So I'm not the only one who's confused themselves by reading too much
Tripadvisor? I'm in the same boat - a single looking for somewhere
nice that won't break the bank.

Mark Fagan

Any site with consumer reviews will have mixed results, it's just the nature
of the thing. I just look at the comments and if more people liked it than
disliked it. Also if they REALLY liked it and the negative comments were
not very serious, or the other way around.

<Poss> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
    > Let us sit upon the ground and tell sad stories of "Larry"
    > <[email protected]> :
    > >Hi everyone,
    > >
    > >I am planning to travel solo in Europe at the end of the month for the
first
    > >time. I am looking for a nice hostel or cheap hotel in Paris. I read
through
    > >the reviews on Tripadvisor and other websites, and searched the archives
of
    > >this group and for every place that is recommended there is a bad review
of
    > >that place by someone else.
    > >
    > >I don't need anything fancy just a small basic room, all I really need is
    > >something clean and safe. The reviews are full of horror stories about
cock
    > >roaches and other stuff:
    > >
    > >If anyone knows a good place let me know
    > >Thanks
    > >
    > So I'm not the only one who's confused themselves by reading too much
    > Tripadvisor? I'm in the same boat - a single looking for somewhere
    > nice that won't break the bank.

Joan McGalliard

David Gee <[email protected]> wrote:

    > Do NOT carry anything you didn't pack yourself!

Well, this is easy to do, if anyone wants to take up the offer: the two
people involved can stop at a wine shop on the way to the airport and
buy the two bottles - presuming it's easily available.

joan
--
Joan McGalliard, UK http://www.mcgalliard.org

J J Mio

We arrived at CDG around 1:30pm and located the information booth for
travelers. Just feet from the booth I was approached by a man asking if we
wanted a ride into Paris. He had delivered a passenger and was looking for a
return fare. We agreed to a €45 ride to our hotel ($55). His name was
Jacques Misery. Email: [email protected], and he chatted with us
on the 50 minute ride into town. He also stopped at a money exchange for
Gordie and John where they obtained exchange rates considerably lower than
offered at the airport. The difference in rates was enough to pay for the
ride.
Our hotel was the Hotel Royal Phare, 40, Avenue de la Motte-Picquet 75007
Paris, [email protected]. We paid for one night, €99 ($120),
and were shown to our room. Only two people could take the elevator at the
same time. The room was not what was expected. Two singles and a fold up and I
had specifically requested 3 singles. There was little room to move when all
three beds were open. To get out of the middle bed required that person (me)
to scoot to the lower end before standing. So we left our bags in the room and
began searching for another hotel. The first was on the same street but had no
triples. The second, La Serre, on the street rue Cler, asked €130 but had a
bad aroma of old smoke. The third, La Grand Leveque asked €116 for a very
nice room looking down on the market street. I continued to look for the hotel
Rick Steves calls "his favorite", the Hotel Champ du Mars, and eventually found
it to learn they had no triples. We stopped for beer at the corner café,
watched the Parisians stroll the street and unanimously voted for the Grand
Hotel Leveque, 29 rue Cler, 75007 Paris Tel: 01 47 05 49 15
[email protected] www.hotel-leveque.com

Sun 11/9 We rose late and walked around the corner to rue Cler for a
breakfast of an omelet with toast and small powerful cups of coffee before
moving to our new hotel. The room was not ready so we stored our suitcases
behind the receptionist area and walked several blocks to the Rodin Museum. We
saw all the "biggies"- the Thinker, the Kiss, the Gates of Hell, the Burghers
of Calais and many other works of art. Great indoor and outdoor collection.
From Rodin we walked to the nearby Hotel de Invalides and Englise du Dome and
stopped in their cafeteria. Gordie and John said, "Lets get some coffee." And
then showed up with two beers. Gordie saw that I was devastated and returned
to the counter and bought one for me.
We took a turn or two to locate the entrance that allowed us to look down on
the tomb of Napoleon - a massive structure of 7 coffins, one inside the other.
Surrounding his memorial were those to Napoleon II and III and other great
generals of France. We ended the visit with a trip to a huge armory and a
memorial to the Jews deported and killed in WWII.
When we returned to the hotel we bundled up our dirty clothing and walked to
the laundromat around the corner. We waited for a large machine (10km) and
paid €6.20 for the wash cycle. Gordie headed to the internet café, I went
for a shower and John watched the clothes. When I returned John and I enlisted
the help of a young Irish woman on correctly using the dryer.
That night we ate at the Auberge du Champ de Mars, by coincident it was the
same restaurant Mary, Megan and I enjoyed in 1999. I had red wine, escargot,
delicious duck and ice cream desert. Gordie had beer, salad, Dover sole, and
cream broulee. John had beer, salad, salmon and cream broulee. John said the
cream broulee was the best he ever tasted.

Mon 11/10 I was awakened at an early hour by merchants opening their
stores on the street below our room. Then I looked at my watch and realized it
was 7:30-not early at all.

Jack (California)