Notre Dame – Francois et Moi https://francoisetmoi.com Making a Handmade Modern Home one DIY project at a time. Sat, 03 Jan 2015 01:12:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://i0.wp.com/francoisetmoi.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Untitled-2-2.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Notre Dame – Francois et Moi https://francoisetmoi.com 32 32 76357554 5 Days in Paris: DAY THREE https://francoisetmoi.com/uncategorized/5-days-in-paris-day-three/ Tue, 03 Jun 2014 15:57:19 +0000 http://francoisetmoi.com/?p=5507 Biking is something Ken and I love to do at home, so we thought renting bikes in Paris would be a fun way to see the City! Paris has a bike sharing system similar to Minneapolis’ Nice Ride Program called Le Velib where you can basically rent bikes by the day or week. There are hundreds of bike stations throughout Paris where you can rent bikes, get where you need to go, then park them at any nearby bike station. We picked up bikes on the right bank of the Seine River at Boulevard Henri IV, biked down to the Bastille and then over to the Promenade Plantee, a beautiful elevated linear park built on top of an old railway structure. The original plan was to bike the Promenade Plantee as I could have sworn I read that it was a great bike ride, but when we arrived we realized bikes were quite frowned upon due to the narrowness of the walking paths. The name Promenade Plantee really should have been my first clue, but what can I say? Luckily, the bikes have built in bike locks, so we locked them up, and climbed the steps to this cool elevated green space. The […]

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