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Paris Diary

(For my original tentative schedule please scroll down to “My Tentative Schedule”)

Below is a map that shows places that I visited.

Christopher Greaves ParisMAPVisited.png

In most case “Visited” means that I hopped off the train, and spent two or more hours walking around, making purchases, asking directions and so on.

While waiting for a change of trains, in one case I had time enough to buy a coffee across the street and chat with the waiter, and then chat with the lady in the station wicket; in another case I spent twenty minutes in conversation on the platform with a SNCF team leader.

Date	Visited
Sunday September 14, 2014	(pack and travel)
Monday September 15, 2014	Montrouge
Tuesday September 16, 2014	Montrouge, Place des Fetes
Wednesday September 17, 2014	Fontenay Aux Roses, Le Bras de Fer
Thursday September 18, 2014	Rambouillet
Friday September 19, 2014	Persan, Beaumont
Saturday September 20, 2014	Maule, Mantes La Jolie
Sunday September 21, 2014	Maisons Laffitte, Marne La Valee
Monday September 22, 2014	Etampes, Bretigny, Dourdan
Tuesday September 23, 2014	Meulun, Montereau
Wednesday September 24, 2014	Saint-Remy-les-Chevreuse, Bures sur Yvette, Orsay-Ville
Thursday September 25, 2014	Provins, Fontenay aux Roses
Friday September 26, 2014	Coulommieres, Chessy
Saturday September 27, 2014	(Paris city)
Sunday September 28, 2014	Maisons Alfort, Pontoise
Monday September 29, 2014	(pack and travel)
Tuesday, September 30, 2014	(reflection)

There you go; twenty-five towns in twelve days. About twelve hundred images; many good memories tucked away in my head!

My Tentative Schedule

It is not as hectic as it seems. On days when I am hogging the Transilien network, I’ll be working my way through places I knew. For example, I might travel to Fontenay Aux Rose on foot from Montrouge and return by train, or I might travel to Robinson and Fontenay by train then walk back to tour Montrouge on foot.

I suspect too that most days I’ll return to Paris mid-afternoon, leaving me time to explore various sectors of the city which I once wandered.

	Preamble
SUN 14-Sep	Depart Toronto.
MON 15-Sep	Arrive 3pm, purchase Navigo, travel to hotel. Eat
TUE 16-Sep	1 RER B2 (Chatelet Les Halles) Robinson & Fontenay Aux Roses
WED 17-Sep	Hotel Regina; Montrouge,Porte d’Orelans
THU 18-Sep	2 RER D4 (Gare de Lyon) Le Bras de Fer, Boutigny, La Ferte Alais
FRI 19-Sep	3 SNCF (Montparnasse) Rambouillet, Le Perray, Les Essarts.
SAT 20-Sep	4 SNCF (Montparnasse) Maule, Mareil, Baynes
SUN 21-Sep	Rue St Denis/St Georges Church; Boulevarde Montparnasse
MON 22-Sep	5 SNCF (Austerlitz) Etampes, Etrechy
TUE 23-Sep	Buttes Chaumont, Pre St Gervais, Place des Fetes
WED 24-Sep	6 SNCF (Gare du Nord) Bruyeres, Persan
THU 25-Sep	Courcelles, Port de Clichy, Place de Clichy, Porte de Clignacourt
FRI 26-Sep	7 SNCF (Gare de Lyon) Montereau, Champagne
SAT 27-Sep	Place Clichy, Courcelles, St Germain des Pres
SUN 28-Sep	8 SNCF (Gare de Lyon) Souppes, Nemours
MON 29-Sep	Pack, Eat; travel to CDG; meet Ian Pearson? fly out ...