Paris in August?

[obinjatoo]

Just wondering if there are any other pilgrims out there that may be arriving or already be in Paris on or near the 13th of August. Would love to connect for moral support. I am a fairly experienced traveller. However, I find arriving in big cities after an overnight flight can be a bit overwhelming and disorienting.
Ultreia!

 

[mspath]

obinjatoo,

Be sure to check out these earlier Forum threads for more about pilgrim sites in Paris and the camino in Paris.

Visit the Tour Saint Jacques and perhaps dine nearby at the Auberge de Nicolas Flamel , 51 rue de Monmorency, a restored medieval house in the marais built by and named for a man who donated much of his wealth to help pilgrims.

When on the parvis or place facing the Notre Dame cathedral below you underground lie Roman ruins and visible to your right across the Seine begins the medieval rue Saint Jacques which pilgrims followed to leave the city; walk it a bit and ponder history.

Take a deep breath, relax and just enjoy it! As an American who has lived close to 35 years in France both in Paris and Champagne even after all those years for me as Thomas Jefferson wrote “a walk about Paris will provide lessons in history, beauty, and in the point of life.”

Bon Chemin and Buen Camino,

Margaret Meredith

 

[OzAnnie]

Margaret, I didn't know about the ruins last year
I will be sure to visit later this year. Thank you.
I agree, beautiful city to wander and think!

 

[obinjatoo]

obinjatoo,

Be sure to check out these earlier Forum threads for more about pilgrim sites in Paris and the camino in Paris.

Visit the Tour Saint Jacques and perhaps dine nearby at the Auberge de Nicolas Flamel , 51 rue de Monmorency, a restored medieval house in the marais built by and named for a man who donated much of his wealth to help pilgrims.

When on the parvis or place facing the Notre Dame cathedral below you underground lie Roman ruins and visible to your right across the Seine begins the medieval rue Saint Jacques which pilgrims followed to leave the city; walk it a bit and ponder history.

Take a deep breath, relax and just enjoy it! As an American who has lived close to 35 years in France both in Paris and Champagne even after all those years for me as Thomas Jefferson wrote “a walk about Paris will provide lessons in history, beauty, and in the point of life.”

Bon Chemin and Buen Camino,

Margaret Meredith

Thanks again for the awesome info. I'll try to see the Roman ruins. I looked up Auberge N. Flamel and eating there is waaaaaay out of my price range. I am going to keep my feelers out there for any pilgrims that may be there, show up or decide at the last minute to walk 8 or 9 hundred miles. You never know. I suppose I have heard such unkind things about Parisians and how they treat visitors to their fair city that I'm a little intimidated. Although out of 2 1/2 million residents of the city proper and another 10 million in the "burbs", they can't be ALL bad can they? I also speak exactly 6 words of French ("I don't speak French well") which does not help. My Spanish is excellent however.
I will spend a few days, taking in the Louvre, Notre Dam and trying to get lost in the labyrinth of the smaller streets. In the old days I would have picked up a book of matches from the "hotel" cause you can always show that to a taxi driver. Not that I stay in hotels much as a budget traveler. Nobody uses matches anymore but I do have a very old Smart Phone. Matches, Smart phone... same thing. Thanks again.