Wow! I've accomplished alot of planning this week for my San Sebastian/Paris trip in the spring.
I've created my personal guide for San Sebastian and the Basque Country based on what I've read in the Cadogan Bilbao and Basque Country guidebook and Maribel's guide to the Basque Country. It's still a work in progress and it's mostly restaurant recommendations and a few sightseeing "must do's". Once I get the Rick Steves Spain guide I'll read through that and I'll feel set with my Basque Country logistics. Since most of the time in San Sebastian will be with the tour I'm not "over planning" that portion of the trip. Paris on the other hand is another story.
The Paris portion of the trip is independent travel and I'm having a ball planning each day. I'm reading the Fodor's 2010 Paris guide right now and starting to put together a daily itinerary of things to see and do. During my research I've come across a few really interesting opportunities and decided to take the chance to enjoy some more of the "out of the main stream" tourist activities.
For instance one morning I've booked a cooking class in the the Montemartre neighborhood with Cookn' With Class. There is no more than 6 people in the class and we meet at the local market, buy fresh ingredients and then cook a 3 course lunch with professional chefs.
Another day I've booked a private half day photography tour of the famous Paris Passages. These are shopping galleries from the 19th century, some have been renovated to show their former splendor and I think it would be a great place to explore with a camera.
I also got a lead on a funny one man show done in English called "How to Become Parisian in One Hour". It sounds like a hoot and I even managed to manuveur the booking website in French...let's hope the tickets are waiting at the box office for me!
And last but certainly not least I was able to book Prems (discount) TGV tickets for a day trip to Reims. What a savings, by using the TGV.com website instead of RailEurope I was able to get 2 roundtrip TGV tickets for €48. And I love the idea of being whisked away to Reims (and the champagne houses there!) in just 45 minutes!
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sounds great! I do something similar with planning - I write a document with the things I want to see and do. Your planned activities sounds fabulous.
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