The European destination of IV — first day, step on the journey and to Paris

2007 March 10 fine Saturday

March 9 at 6 p.m., son put us to the Huanggang, under the flyover has specialized sent visitors direct access to the public in Hong Kong Airport, 150 Yuan RMB.

China Customs, people want to get into the examination hall filled exit table clearance checks baggage without belt. Hong Kong Customs and get off when you don't have to sit in the car to the person's passport and drivers prior to the person who filled out an entry pass Customs officers check the seal of the table.

In Hong Kong Customs when a bit of a traffic jam, fortunately, relatively abundant in our time, feeling not too worried.

About 9 points to get to the airport, very smoothly run checked baggage and check-in. 12: 45 aircraft take off on time. As the propeller starts, our European tour has officially begun!

5 am to Seoul Incheon Airport.

The airport has many signs of Chinese characters, you can easily find us to take the flight of the boarding gate. Many gift shop also deliberately played welcomes Chinese guests presence of banner, visible in recent years, as China's economic development, to Korea Tourism increasing of Chinese tourists, shops will make such a reaction.

Flights to Paris from 1: 15 a.m, we would like to stay at the Incheon Airport 7 hours because we didn't do Korea visa is not out of the airport.

There are a lot of time trying to find a quiet place to rest. Go in a circle, because it's still early airport people, found close to the glass wall of the rows of benches that have two or three foreign tourists is lying there heads sleep. Think it is, in most of the sleep on the plane. We decided to home school. Lay a 2 hour dreamy, although there is no foreign girls sleep sweet (us to sleep in until she is already there, we go up, she hasn't really trapped very visible), but it will feel the spirit. His wife was not so lucky because I couldn't sleep simply sit up, through the glass wall is a slight drizzle, enjoy a variety of aircraft.

1 pm, drove to Paris on board the aircraft took off at 1: 15.

As the flight time is longer, has been distributed among two meals, also distributes several drinks. Korea food not tasty, but Korea air hostesses to our impressions are very good, very polite and smile to bow. Arrived in Paris from another hour, stewardess to illegal nationality tourists distributed entry table, as we wore glasses against the English entry table headaches, straight regret not taking it in bilingual form, before we begin, a Chinese hostess initiative came to our table was filled. Really considerate!

Local time 17: 50, de Gaulle aircraft safely.

Along with the crowd to export queued, everything went smoothly. Check the customs officer simply asked for a sentence of "CHINA?", so simple I'll answer it. The most funny is that the Customs officers checked his wife because there is another colleague come over and talk to him, was not in the passport stamp will let him pass. Fortunately, his colleagues reminded, otherwise we paste mixed coloured no seal to its territory, subsequent to exit when treated us as illegal immigrants may be in trouble.

We take the luggage, through the gate of the fence has seen daughter waiting for us.

From airport take RER train go Metro to the daughter's prior booked apartment.

Paris Metro no now Metropolitan Subway's advanced and automated. Metro roundabout, fork in the road a lot. It is like we dig the revolution of the vault, the difference is all stuck on the wall about 5MM X 15MM specifications of white porcelain, I always found it a bit like "didaozhan" in the road. Many places no escalator, to walk on the ten-cent level of stairs, and then to 10-8-level of the stairs. We dragged the two heavy suitcases, touch up and down floor level, had to be his daughter and his wife carrying the rebound. However there have been two or three times, in the rush of the crowd walked there are warm-hearted person who helped us a hand.

We provide apartment in 10 RUE PASTEUR, is located in a very quiet little street of the 7-storey building.

We rent is 6/f, 7/f, actually, because European computing floor is from second-tier side. As a landlord to give our password, door is automatically opened. The face is a classical tiehua handrails on wood spiral and staircase, although not luxurious but the whole building is quiet and clean (I later learned the stairs behind the patio with three large trash, residents will be very consciously put the garbage classification into it), but the two suitcases upstairs has enough hard, who told her daughter when the online reservation did not ask the House has no elevator.

(Apartment stairs)

Each floor has three units of the unit, we about 30 square meters, a bedroom, a bathroom with bath/shower, open kitchen.

Rooms with one bed, stool, pillows and bedding, kitchen utensils. Cupboard and some spaghetti like food and condiments, may be the previous tenant left behind food, landlord account can be used. However we due out before doing health and we have used all of the sheets bedding cloth is placed in the washing machine on detergent, Riga started washing machine, let her come all moved when you can drop by drying. Is self-service.

(Apartment kitchen)

Daughter is a morning in Paris, has to go to China town supermarket buying food and daily necessities.

Hands-on cooking, meal is cooked beef balls vegetables. Tanghe powder

France travel accommodation knowledge

To France travel, how often is the hotel accommodation, young people can live youth hostel, China people there are many Chinese family hotel, on the other side is also very popular in Europe as a tourist apartment, following on the way several accommodation features

And the advantages and disadvantages.

The hotel is the most common tourist accommodation, France since tourism is developed, so the hotel quality are generally better than other European countries, from no-star to sixingjiudian, according to their own personal wallet weight.

France does not have five-star hotel, the most advanced is a luxurious 4-star, 4 STAR LUXE or PALACE. In addition to directly on hotel's Web site, there are many comprehensive reservation Web site, such as booking.com, etc, and you can also see other residents of the hotel. In addition more famous cheap hotel chain including ETAPE HOTEL (belonging to the ACCOR hotels group), KYRIAD, FORMULE 1 (usually in the outskirts of the city, suitable for driving), chain hotel in all major cities, the price is moderate, and accommodation standards are guaranteed. General if not in the tourist season, lazy person can find the hotel on arrival, but I think it's important to advance better, province the arrival time spent looking for a hotel, and on the Internet in advance and sometimes certain concessions. Of course, even live cheap hotels, accommodation is usually in the many ways the most expensive one. But if only one place to live for a day or two, selected this way is good, and select multiple.

France still has many youth hostel, not necessarily only young talents can be accommodated.

Youth Hostel is a room with several beds, and a common kitchen and toilet. The advantage is you can communicate with other young travellers, and generally a beds approximately 10 to 20 euros cheaper. Disadvantage, of course, is that no individual rooms, and he is very popular with tourists, and many youth hostel in the city centre, the transportation is convenient and relatively less.

Chinese family hotel and youth hostel, only Chinese boss, came to a foreign land can live to the Chinese opening of hotel or full cordial, but some Chinese hotel also provides Chinese food.

The price is also generally considered as beds. But the Chinese have a lot of hotels in Paris, to other provinces is not so much.

Tourist apartments, is Europe's very popular tourist accommodation, suitable for a place to stay for more than a week of many people with visitors.

Depending on the size and number of rooms, you can find 1 to 8 people and even more people live in apartments, apartment all domestic facilities are available, you can cook by yourself, there's also a washing machine, very handy. General rent for a week is more cost-effective than can also be rented for longer periods of time. For example, you can stay in Paris a four person apartment 30 m 2, can be found in the off-season 400 euros a week, not per person per day to 15 euros. This kind of tourist apartments there are various towns in France.

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