MS&LR Manchester Shefield and Lincolnshire Railway, (money spent and lost as share holders called it)

later the Great central railway. He changed the name when he decide to branch out :-) with a line from Sheffield to London, teminating at Marylebone Station. When he go to Annesley in Nottinghamshire he made Paris his goal at this point he changed the loading gauge, so all the bridges and tunnels etc after Annesley tunnel were to the continental gauge. So to the point,

The private station of Hollinwell and Annesley

was in efect the first station on the first channel tunnel rail link.

I do realize that fact is rather boring,

but this is a blog, so!!!

anway have fun son

I am french and I live just near Paris.

The post from Yogi was already quite exaustive for an eleven days business trip...

It you want a place with young people and nice pubs you could go to St-Michel and Bastille.

Catacombs are not really exciting...

Look for the Champs de Mars, l'avenue des Champs Elysée, et cetera.

There is no metro after 0h30 but you can take a taxi !

WARNING : to morrow there will be lot of problem with the metro because of drivers who won't work for social reasons.

If you have spare time and want to share a beer in a pub, just tell me ;)

Have a nice trip,

Gaston

Pesonally, I would avoid La Defense. The Grande Arch is impressive, but it is the only thing there worth seeing.

For seeing the Eiffel Tower, I'd recommend taking the Metro to the Trocadero station and finding the view from the Chaillot Palace (Palace d'Artes, forgive my rotten French). Do it at night. Best view of the tower available.

Also see if the fountains at Versailles will be running on Sunday. If they are, head out. It's fantastic.

The one thing I never got to see was the catacombs.

My favorite Paris tip is to use the RER within the city. It's a regional train line with several stops within Paris, and the Metro passes also cover the RER within the city. It's like a secondary express Metro. It can cut a trip across town in half!

I have to agree - the kiosk app looks really good - nice, clean UI and very non-Notes! Enjoy your trip.

tq

Jeff. Filling in here on the blog? I'm hoping to have plenty of time on the internet while I'm there and so I'll still be blogging.

Love the "clean" look and feel of the app and the fact that every pixel isn't crammed with something.

-- Mike

Enjoy!!

BTW, who is filling in for you?

amuse toi bien et ne bois pas trop de vin rouge :-)

enjoy yourself but don't drink too much red wine :-)

phi

Two more things :

- Here is the metro map : {Link} (userful -- here is the printable version : {Link} )

- I can be back sunday 9 around 7:30pm (st lazare train station), so if you're still there, we might have that beer, finally :)

Places to see also in Paris :

- Montmartre: {Link}

- Notre Dame de Paris : {Link}

- The Panthéon : {Link}

- The Père Lachaise cemetary : {Link}

- Haussman boulevard (galeries Lafayette, Printemps -- near St Lazare train station)

- Concorde : {Link}

- Catacombs : {Link}

- Arc de Triomphe : {Link}

and don't forget the rule : basically there's no more metros after 0:30 am

"j'aime le music pop"

and

"je joue le football"

Always handy in a pinch.

Nick. If I did anything like that I think I'd better stay in Paris too.

YoGi. it's a same we couldn't meet. I've got lots of things in my mind that I want to do/see. Eiffel Tower by night, the Pompidou centre, Louvre pyramid, that square glass arch and such. Probably enough to keep me busy.

i'm not at Paris (where i actually live) next week-end, too bad we could have had a beer !

I see too many applications where people want to mimic the notes look and feel on the web. Don't do that. You didn't, and the result is just outstanding!

The use of colours remind me of Workplace a bit...