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One of my daughters has become obsessed with running marathons and last summer, she (along with several members of her running group) decided to try to get in to the Paris Marathon in April. Unbelievably they all received bib numbers so they started making all the necessary arrangements. At a family gathering shortly after they found out they had made it in to the race, it was decided five of us needed to go along and cheer for her – hey, any excuse to go to Paris, right??
So we booked a tiny apartment (6th floor with a lift - it had a partial Eiffel Tower view from the loft skylight and from our bedroom window) near Place Victor Hugo in the 16th arrondissement for April 4th through the 14th. Our daughter chose this area because it was hopefully within easy walking distance of the marathon's start/finish lines and because her running group was staying at a nearby hotel. My wife and I decided to extend for 5 days in Provence after the kids went home. The kids booked relatively cheap flights from ATL in and out of CDG on US Airways with a connection in Philadelphia each way. My wife and I booked our flights (direct in to CDG then out of MRS to ATL with a connection at CDG) and a hotel in Saint Remy (Hotel Sous les figuiers). We also bought/printed 1st class TGV tickets (45€ each) from Gare Lyon to Avignon and reserved a rental car at Europcar through AutoEurope to pick up at the TGV station in Avignon.
This was the 8th trip my wife and I had taken to Europe (3rd to France) and it was going to be a LOT different than our usual style – we were going to try to be frugal – something we are not used to while we are on vacation. The apartment the six of us (2 kids, 2 grandkids plus the two of us) were going to stay in was a 2 bedroom plus pullout sofa/1 bath for only 150€ per day through airbnb. The deposit was only one night's cost with the balance payable in cash upon arrival. I can't believe I had willingly agreed to stay in a one bath apartment with 5 women – I only hoped Paris would not run out of red wine while we were there. I also could not believe I had agreed to stay in an airbnb apartment with virtually no online reviews and nothing in writing except a string of emails. What was I thinking???? When asked before our trip what her goals for the trip were, my wife said she only hoped we would not all hate each other after the 10 days.
The good news is we had an absolutely incredible time. And for all but the first day the weather was simply gorgeous – better than we have had on either of our two previous trips that were in June. Even though it was our 3rd trip to Paris, my wife and I did a lot of new things as well as a lot of the usual touristy things. We really liked the neighborhood we were in and as my daughter hoped, it really was very convenient for getting to and from the marathon start/finish. There was a little grocery store, a pastry shop, several decent restaurants and a couple of metro stops very close to the apartment.
The kitchen and dining table/chairs were fine but the couch and the queen bed were not comfortable at all. The second bedroom was a loft area reached by climbing some crazy stair system built in to the side of a cubby hole/bookcase thing. You could not stand up in the loft (mattress was on the floor) but it worked fine for some of our younger family members. I only ventured up there one time. We kept telling ourselves how Parisian we felt. Honestly the entire apartment was not much bigger than our master bathroom area at home. That just could be one of the craziest (for several reasons and on several different levels) statements I have ever been able to make.
We somehow figured out a bathroom rotation routine and only having one bathroom was not an issue (other than the fact the toilet was squeezed in between the sink cabinet and the glass shower partition in the bathtub - you were pretty much wedged in once seated). We joked we might need and an extraction team for me – it was a TIGHT fit. And the ring would just about fit a tiny 5 year old butt. It's amazing what one can tolerate if given enough red wine. Enough about the bathroom - sorry if that is TMI.
Another thing different about this trip was the fact I did not write one thing in my journal. I usually keep up pretty well even if I have to catch up a couple of days later but somehow on this trip it didn't happen. We were on the go every day from early to late and the lack of comfortable seating in our apartment didn't help. I really like to have a journal so I'll have to look at pictures and talk to my family to try to fill it in. Once I do that I hope to add a little more here.
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Springtime in Paris and Provence – April 2015
One of my daughters has become obsessed with running marathons and last summer, she (along with several members of her running group) decided to try to get in to the Paris Marathon in April. Unbelievably they all received bib numbers so they started making all the necessary arrangements. At a family gathering shortly after they found out they had made it in to the race, it was decided five of us needed to go along and cheer for her – hey, any excuse to go to Paris, right??
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Keep going, sounds like an interesting time!
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Sounds like a great trip. Did you feel that the photos on AirBnB were misleading?
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livetoroam - thanks - it was interesting and fun.
thursdaysd - the photos were not misleading at all. It was a cute, tiny apartment and the airbnb description and pictures were accurate. What we could not tell from the airbnb pics was how incredibly hard and uncomfortable the cushions on the couch were and how the mattress on the bed was shaped like a V - rolling us to the middle of the bed. Even with these things, we got along very well in the apartment (did I mention there were copious quantities of red wine involved? LOL!!). It was all a part of our adventure. Every one of us stepped up and did what was necessary to make it work - it turns out we have a really fun family.
I just tried to pull the apartment up to look at it on the internet but the link we had is no longer working. I tried searching for it on the airbnb site and it is not there anymore. Wow - I'm feeling pretty lucky right now that it worked out so well for us.
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Interesting. I wonder if it was taken off because of the Paris crackdown on illegal listings. The cushion and mattress problems are the kind of thing you can only learn from reviews, not photos.
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Sounds like a fun trip, especially the wine part.
I'm interested in the area that you stayed in as we have been thinking about changing from our usual stay on Ile St. Louis for a different experience. We were afraid it might be too residential so glad to hear about the grocery store & restaurants.
I'll be following along glass of wine in hand---ooops, it's only 8:30am. I better read, glass of wine in hand, later in the day.
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I'm in. More soon, please!
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I look forward to reading about your days in Paris & Provence, John!
Years ago, DH & I ventured into the 16th arr when we visited the Marmottan Museum. I recall charming neighbourhood streets and walking through a pretty park on the way to the museum. Glad you enjoyed your stay there.
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Interesting start -- and you really were lucky with the weather because now that May has begun it is rainy and cold here! I may even turn on the heat again this evening, even though I have had it off for 3 weeks.
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thursdaysd - Not being able to find any online reviews made me nervous but we gambled - and overall I think we won.
TPAYT - It is never too early for wine. LOL! We stayed on a small street (Rue Yvon Villarceau) and it was very residential but there were lots of places close by. Our first day in Paris we dropped off our luggage at the apartment while the cleaning crew finished up and went to a nearby place for coffee. It was about 11 AM and I decided it was late enough for a glass of wine but did not see wine on the menu. I asked our server if they served wine and could I get a glass if they did. With mock seriousness he said "Sir, this is France - every place serves wine. I even have wine with my breakfast. Of course I can serve you wine - but I cannot serve you food, the kitchen doesn't open until noon." Too funny!
TDudette - more to come hopefully soon.
2010 - I'll talk about the 16th arr more later but wanted to let you know we liked the Hotel Sous les figuiers a lot.
kerouac - I couldn't believe how nice the weather was. The forecast for the days we were going to be there was for highs in the 50s and lows in the 30s but except for the first day, it was about 20 degrees warmer than that - which was perfect for me. Sorry to hear it is turning cold - my wife's sister leaves today for 10 days in Paris and some other friends leave Tuesday for a week in Paris.
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<< ... wanted to let you know we liked the Hotel Sous Les Figures a lot.>>
That's wonderful! Now I am REALLY anxious to read about your trip!
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2010 - The grounds were gorgeous - there was a huge lilac in full bloom as well as tons of other flowers. We had the private cottage in the back - it was not luxurious but it was very nice. And it was so peaceful in our little garden area. We had Kups bring us breakfast there one morning. Katherine, Kups and Giselle were all great. So was the dinner we had there one night. I can't remember the cook's name but she served a very nice intimate dinner upstairs. It was an easy walk to restaurants. We enjoyed our time there a lot.
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Two days before departure – A big change in plans
Our oldest granddaughter had just graduated from college and had been offered and accepted her first job (she was really happy and excited about it) a few weeks before we were due to leave. Her company was OK with her travel plans and we were all set. Two days before we were supposed to leave, an unfortunate situation occurred with one of her employees at her job. It was serious enough that she felt she needed to cancel her trip to deal with it. After much discussion, everyone except my wife and I agreed with her decision but we all supported her and we were all very sad she was not coming.
Paris Day 1:
Because the girl's flight had a connection in Philadelphia they left much earlier than we did so my wife drove them to the airport. I worked in the morning, came home in time to finish some last minute packing then we had a quick and easy limo ride to the airport. Easy to get through security and we had some time to kill before our flight. Even though ATL has a new international terminal F, our last 2 flights to Europe left from the old terminal E so we were able to go to One Flew South for some wine and sandwiches. This time we were leaving from terminal F and decided to go to Ecco. It was pretty good (we had mussels, some kind of fried cheese and wine) but it isn't One Flew South.
An uneventful flight and a few hours of ambien-aided sleep later, we were at CDG. Our flight was scheduled to arrive within a few minutes of the kid's flight and I had arranged for Victor's Cabs to meet us at the airport. It took longer than expected to get through the long lines where they checked our passports but as my wife and I walked out of baggage claim we saw the guy holding an iPad with my name on it and he led us to his Mercedes van. Rather than have the kids try to find their way from their terminal to our terminal, we had arranged that my wife and I would be picked up first then we would drive to their terminal to pick up the kids. The driver told us to text the kids exactly where we would meet them and it worked out well. Even though we wanted to be sort of frugal on this trip, one thing we always splurge on is finding the easiest way to get from the airport to where we are staying. After a long flight we think it is worth it - we want to start things as hassle free as possible.
It was a nice ride to the apartment near Place Victor Hugo and we were dropped off at the apartment door. Now was the time of maximum stress for me – to see if the apartment actually existed (our apartment fiasco in Rome last June had me very worried). We had been given a relatively complex set of instructions we needed to follow. We entered the combination we were given at the outside door and it worked. We then entered another combination we were given to the mail box – and it also worked thank goodness. Inside was the apartment key with a fob that we used to get through two more security doors and we found the tiny elevator was actually up a half flight of very narrow winding stairs. We sent my wife up first with two bags and our granddaughter ran up the 6 flights of steps to meet her and help – which was a good thing because the elevator stopped a half flight below our apartment and there was no landing. The elevator door opened on to the narrowest winding part of the steps making it difficult to get out of, even without luggage. The apartment door key actually did open the door – and the place looked exactly as advertised – YAY!!!
The cleaning crew was still there so we just dropped off our luggage and went for a walk to check out the neighborhood – and we liked it a lot. We found a nice place and stopped for a coffee. It was about 11 AM and I decided it was late enough for a glass of wine but did not see wine on the menu. I asked our server if they served wine and could I get a glass if they did. With mock seriousness he said "Sir, this is France - every place serves wine. I even have wine with my breakfast. Of course I can serve you wine - but I cannot serve you food, the kitchen doesn't open until noon." Too funny!
After that we walked to the Trocadero to have a look at the Eiffel Tower. We knew we were going back to it later in the week so we just took a few pics and headed back towards our apartment and stopped for a nice lunch of croque-monsieur and madame sandwiches, French onion soup, cheese trays and one of us had lasagna. Then back to the apartment, unpacked and figured out the sleeping arrangements. We took what seems like a few hundred thousand pictures of the apartment and the Eiffel Tower from our windows. The view of all the rooftops from the loft's skylight was beautiful too. We then went to the grocery store (La Ferme d'Hugo) to pick up some supplies. It had everything we needed and even had a little outdoor fruit/vegetable stand. The store also had a nice selection of Bordeaux wines for about 6€ a bottle that turned out to quite good. It was my favorite kind of wine – really cheap, really good and red.
After a while we had a nice dinner at a nearby restaurant. It was at this restaurant that we found they served our granddaughter's favorite drink (Pschitt sparkling lemonade) in a Pschitt glass. My wife and I went back to this place later in the week and were able to talk them in to selling us three unopened bottles and a glass to give to our granddaughter as a surprise. The people at the restaurant were very nice to us when we told them what we wanted to do. As has been the case every time we have been in Paris, the people everywhere were just incredibly nice and helpful. Anyway, our granddaughter was very happy when we gave them to her and she decided to give one of the bottles to her French teacher.
We went back to the apartment and watched the Eiffel Tower light show from our windows/skylight. I think we took another few hundred thousand pictures of the flashing lights. It was especially gorgeous watching the full moon rise over the rooftops. After sampling some of the Bordeaux we finally went to bed – an excellent first day in Paris!
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John183 - I'm enjoying your trip report! I was in Paris for 10 days and left for home the day before the Paris marathon. I could not believe the fabulous weather!
Looking forward to the rest of your adventure.
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Great report. I hope your daughter had a good race.
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powhatangal - thanks - It was fabulous. Any chance you will write a trip report?
CarolA - I can't believe I left this out. Several months before the race, one of the women in my daughter's running group found out she could not go to Paris and my other daughter agreed (or maybe she was coerced - I'm not sure how it happened) in to taking her race number. So it turns out both daughters ran in the marathon - and they both finished close to the times they were hoping for. We were proud of both of them.
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Hi John:
From your description & the Sous Les Figuiers website, it looks as if there have been some changes to the property since we were there! It continues to be a pretty, peaceful retreat and nice to hear that Kups & Giselle are doing well. The evening dining option is new. I wonder if that is for hotel guests only?
But let's not get ahead of ourselves. There's still your time in Paris to hear more about!
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Excellent day one. Really good, red and cheap works for me!
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Wine yes---food no! Too funny!
The French have the right idea.
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Any photos of that full moon over The Eiffel?
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2010 - It was very nice and I think the evening dining option is just for guests. We had dinner there one night and there was only one other couple in the restaurant. We did not see anyone eating there on any of our other 4 nights - but April was pretty early in the season and I think only 3 other rooms were occupied.
TDudette - thanks - I was out of town last week and hope to get back to this soon. We've tried a few different bottles of Bordeaux since we've been back but they don't seem to be nearly as good and they for sure are much more expensive. Maybe our taste buds were excited to be in France and they thought the wines there tasted better than they really were.
TPAYT - Yep the French have the right idea alright. Unfortunately none of the pics of the moon over the rooftops turned out well - and we weren't in the right position to see it over the Eiffel Tower. I've never been able to get a good shot of the moon.
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We are still going through way too many Paris pics but were able to pick out a few of our favorite Provence pics. As you can see, our weather was perfect and it was beautiful.
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Wonderful shots, thanks. At a long ago wine tasting class, our teacher (a Maryland vintner) suggested that the best French wines stayed in France--do you suppose that was a true statement?
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Lovely experience to share with your family, John. Looking forward to more.
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Thanks for taking the time to post these photos! Looking through them reminds me of our trips to Provence where we enjoyed the beauty of the region and suffered the high July temperatures! You were there at the perfect time!
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TDudette - thanks. I have no idea about the best wines staying in France but what we had there was good.
Adelaidean - It was a lot of fun - and the 10 days went by so quick.
2010 - I think we were very lucky with the weather - I agree with you - it was perfect.
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Paris Day 2: Easter Sunday
Because we were able to stay up pretty late the night before, we all had a good night's sleep and woke up refreshed and ready to go. After my granddaughter opened her Easter presents, she and I headed out to the nearby La Petite Marquise boulangerie/pattiserie for breakfast pastry and a baguette while the others took turns in the bathroom. As we approached the shop, we could see it was closed. Oh no – breakfast croissants, pastry and a baguette are not optional for us in Paris. Like morning coffee for my wife, they are mandatory. So we went in to the grocery store next door to see if they had any pastry but no luck. With a combination of pointing at the closed pastry shop and our very limited French, we tried to ask a clerk if there was another pastry shop nearby. He tried to help us but we did not understand each other so he called to the cashier to help translate, which she began to do. A very nice person in line jumped in to help and between the three of them, we figured out another pastry shop was a couple of blocks away. Like I said above, everyone was super friendly and helpful everywhere we went in Paris. Using their excellent directions, we easily found the shop (Boulangerie Bechu on Avenue Victor Hugo) and there was a long line of people out the door. Again with lots of pointing and some bad French on my part, we left with a fine assortment of items for breakfast. What a fun adventure we had finding our first breakfast – and it was delicious.
We had three generations of family on this trip. Everyone had a few must do's that covered a wide variety of things and made for some interesting days. This was one if those days. We planned to go to the Picasso Museum, Pere Lachaise cemetery and the Promenade Plantee today - all things that were not near the top of my list. But it turned out to be a good day. Before the trip, we all agreed that we did not have to do everything together (and no one would be offended by it), but it was just so much fun being with the family that we only split up twice in the 10 days.
We hopped on the metro to Saint-Paul and walked through the Marais toward the Picasso Museum. What a surprise! I had never been to the Marais (for some reason I did not think I would like it) but it was great. We walked down some neat streets and liked it a lot. Our first trip to Paris was in 2004 and the research I did then did not give me any kind of warm and fuzzy about the area. Either I was wrong or it has changed because it was very interesting. I think I will try to stay here on my next trip to Paris.
Anyway we found the Picasso Museum and remembered it was free museum Sunday. The line was kind of long but we wanted to go in so we gradually moved forward until we were inside. Some of us enjoyed the art more than others but we all agreed Pablo was a rather disturbed person - he created some very bizarre stuff. I saw where one of his paintings just sold for $1.79 million – unbelievable!!! We had an enjoyable lunch/snack/wine break on the second floor outside terrace.
We then took the metro to Pere Lachaise Cemetery. Going here to see Jim Morrison's grave was at the very top of the "must do" list for one of our daughters. I have to admit we all really enjoyed the visit. The weather was great, the trees were blooming, the tombstones were impressive and our daughter had her picture taken in front of his grave. And it is huge! We only saw a small part of the cemetery but it was interesting. We then went across the street and in to what we were sure was going to be a tourist trap place (Le Pere Lachaise Café/Bar) to grab some more lunch/snacks/wine. We were the only ones there and we ended up having some reasonably good food as well as a fun time with the server. The place had a whole wall of Jim Morrison posters.
Next we rode the metro to the Promenade Plantee and took a short enjoyable walk on it. It was interesting enough where we walked but it didn't wow us like I thought it might. I'm sure the fact we were getting pretty tired had something to do with it too. After an hour or so, we took the metro to The Hotel de Ville. The setting sun shining on the front of it was spectacular – we took lots of pics. We then walked across the bridge to Notre Dame and again, the sun shining on the front of it was just gorgeous. After more pics we walked across the bridge to the left bank and started looking for a place to have dinner. Somehow we decided on a tiny Italian place (Ristorante Gallo Romano). I guess we are easy to please because we had a very enjoyable time here. I looked it up on tripadvisor and the reviews are not very good – but we liked it a lot. At one point a little Beagle dog came walking through the restaurant and went in to the kitchen. It had a little bed just inside the kitchen door where it promptly laid down and took a nap. Some folks might be put off by a dog sleeping in the restaurant's kitchen but our dog-crazy group loved it.
After the meal, we found a metro stop and figured out a way to get home. We knew we would be going close to the Eiffel Tower but were surprised when we went across the river above ground and had a nice view of the lit up Tower from the train window. When we got to the apartment, my wife and I squeezed in to the elevator and it was so slow that we did not beat the girls up to our floor. Thank goodness they were good sports – they always walked up the 6 flights and let us ride in the elevator. After a small nightcap of that good, cheap Bordeaux, we went to bed – an excellent second day in Paris!
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Oops - I was reading through this and see I should have said the Picasso painting sold for $179 million - not $1.79 million. Sorry.
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I'm going to try posting pics a day at a time. Day 1:
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You sure packed in a lot in one day! For us, Pere Lachaise Cemetery was our main event one day and we spent a lovely Sunday walking along the Promenade Plantee. You did both and more!
If you walked along Rue Galande past Gallo Romano, you would have passed by the front door of our apartment building! (We stayed here in September 2014.) We walked by the restaurant almost daily and I remember the beagle out in front! Glad you had an enjoyable time.
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Really enjoying your trip report and now your great photos. The fountain surrounded by lions is in the Place Daumesnil. It was originally in the Place Château d'Eau (now the Place de la République) and was moved to its current site at some point. It's one of my favorite fountains in Paris.
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2010 - it was those darn kids - LOL!! They really did keep us on the go but we loved every minute of it. I looked up your apartment from your trip report - it looks like a great apartment and a great location.
MaineGG - thanks - and thanks for the info on the fountain - it was one of our favorites too. I wish the water would have been turned on. Several water features did not have the water running yet when we were there. The Trocadero did not have any water on our first day but it did later in the week. It's so much nicer with water.
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Continued "wonderful"!
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TDudette - thanks.
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Paris Day 2: Easter Monday
Up early and my granddaughter and I headed for La Petite Marquise to get our breakfast pastry but it was closed again. No problem, from yesterday's adventure we already knew where Boulangerie Bechu was so we headed for it. Uh oh – it was closed too. Someone said Easter Monday is as big a holiday as Easter Sunday. We had passed an open Starbucks on the way to Bechu so very reluctantly we went back to it to buy some pastry and a baguette. Thank goodness La Petite Marquise was open every other morning so this was the only day we had to settle for Starbucks.
After breakfast, we walked outside to a glorious and sunny day. We wanted to see the inside and climb to the top of Notre Dame today so we took the metro to the Hotel de Ville again. Somehow we took a wrong turn trying to leave the station and ended up in Le BHV/Marais department store. As we found our way out, we passed a display of padlocks. Those of you who hate the padlock on a bridge craze need to skip ahead because there was no way I was talking my daughter and granddaughter out of doing it. They had already planned with their friends back home what they were going to write on their padlocks. So we bought two bright green ones and left the store to go to Notre Dame. While we waited in line, I found the little red kiosk on Parvis Notre-dame – Pl. Jean-Paul II that sells museum passes and bought six day passes for the four adults (our granddaughter was young enough to get in free everywhere). It was quick (no one in line) and easy (they take most credit cards) to buy the passes at this kiosk. The line to get in moved fairly quickly and once inside we saw a Mass was going on. We walked around for a while and went outside to get in line to climb to the top. Well the line was crazy long so we decided to come back to do this early the next day and we headed towards the bridge with the padlocks. We stopped in the courtyard behind Notre Dame – it was perfect weather and we sat down to write on the padlocks.
We did not have any kind of sharpie so it took a while to write the inscriptions they wanted with regular ink pens. My granddaughter put 5SoS Crew (in honor of her favorite band – 5 Seconds of Summer) on hers. My daughter put A Team + (in honor of her running group) on hers. We put the locks on the bridge (and did NOT throw the keys in the water – we brought them back home) and walked along the book stalls on the left bank before walking towards the Pompidou Center. The view of Notre Dame from this side of the river is still my favorite.
The line out front to get in to the Pompidou Center was unbelievably long and slow moving. I left our group and went in search of the museum pass line. I finally found it around back under the escalator and there was no one in line. I went back to get our group (who had barely moved forward at all) and we walked right in through the museum pass line. I'm a believer in the museum pass even if you don't save money. The escalator to the top was interesting but we were very disappointed to find that one of the two floors where the art is displayed was closed. What we were able to see was OK but I'll take the Louvre, the Orsay or the Orangerie over the Pompidou any time – even if the other floor would have been open. Different tastes for different folks. We were also disappointed to find that there was no water in the water feature with the neat, colorful sculptures but we took a few pics anyway.
We then found a place nearby for a late lunch. We were all a little bummed by our "not as good as we hoped it would be" experience at the Pompidou museum so lunch was not memorable in any way. I don't remember where we ate or what we had. After lunch the girls headed out on their own and we headed towards Sainte-Chappelle. My wife and I had tickets to the 7 PM concert and it was too late to go back home to get refreshed and make it back in time so we just wandered around a bit. We eventually sat outside at a café and had a glass of wine while doing some people watching (my favorite Parisian activity). And the people did not disappoint – it was quite a show.
We then went through security at Sainte-Chappelle and stood in a couple of lines for quite a while before they let us in to the church itself. We were there earlier than we would have normally been but we wanted to get there in time to get decent seats. Tickets are sold for three sections (front, middle and back) and it is first come-first serve seating in whatever class of ticket you buy. We were able to sit in the second row of the middle section. It was still daylight and the interior was magnificent as always. Even though we were really looking forward to this concert, I have to say it did not live up to our expectations. Maybe we picked the wrong performance but it was just OK. We had read how it could be very cold inside so even though it was a warm day outside we dressed in clothes we thought would be warm enough, but they weren't. It was freezing (especially the floor) – the cold came right through our shoes. Like I say, the concert was OK but not something we will do again.
After the concert we went across the street to a little café to get some desserts and coffee to warn us up. That did the trick and we eventually made it back to the apartment. We found out that while we were at the concert, the girls had a good time while they walked up the Champs Elysees and around our neighborhood. We watched the light show on the Eiffel Tower from our window for a few minutes and went to bed – a just OK third day in Paris!
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Great shots (such awful men's shoes!) of your OK day. We never did go to a St. Chappelle concert--knowing that it was so cold is minor consolation though.
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An okay day in Paris is still a day in Paris!
Waiting patiently for more!
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TDudette - Luckily I wasn't tempted to buy any shoes there.
2010- Yep any day in Paris is a good day.
Here are some pics from day 4. Hopefully I can get day 4 written up this weekend. It was an excellent day!
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I can hardly believe it has been over 4 months since I posted anything to this trip report. My Mom passed away several weeks ago. It was unexpected and it has been a very tough last few weeks. It helps to think about the happy reunion she had with my Dad who she has missed terribly for the last eight years after 55 years of marriage. Right now it's very hard to be positive and cheerful but she loved hearing all about our travels so it's time to finish this report and figure out our next trip.
Paris Day 4:
Up early and my granddaughter and I went to La Petite Marquise (which was finally open) for our breakfast pastry. We also went to La Ferme d'Hugo for some fruit and cheese. One of the cheeses was extremely stinky but tasted fantastic on top of a slice of baguette with blackberry jam. The cheese was so stinky that every time we opened the refrigerator door it smelled up the whole kitchen – but it was worth it.
After breakfast we took the Metro back to Notre Dame so we could climb to the top. Even though we were in line a lot earlier than we were yesterday, it was still kind of long. While we waited in line, we took turns going across the street to get crepes from the Creperie du Cloitre. On both of our previous trips to Paris with our granddaughters they both loved the crepes from this place. Instead of using a round crepe maker where the batter is poured by hand, they have a rectangular one and the batter is dispensed from a container that glides on rails over the top of the griddle releasing the perfect amount. At least that's what we believe and we do LOVE the crepes. After eating the crepes, the line had still not moved much so I decided to have a glass of wine. I went in to the café part of the Creperie du Cloitre and enjoyed a nice glass of red until our group was near the front of the line.
I'm not sure why but the climb to the top was not bad. We plugged along and before we knew it we were there. It was another spectacularly beautiful, sunny day. We spent a lot of time on this level and took a lot of pictures. The views were simply incredible. I knew we were going to have to do it so I didn't even resist when we climbed the rest of the way to the very top – and again it was not a hard climb. It was even more spectacular from the top and you could walk all the way around to see the view in every direction. We then headed down and had a couple of very annoying kids behind us whose father for some strange reason would not let them pass us even though we pulled to the side and tried to get them to do it. So they followed right on our heels making nasty comments that their father who was behind them could not hear. My very pacifist oldest daughter said later she was ready to turn around and punch the stupid father for not just passing us when we asked them to. Anyway, we made it down with no assault charges being filed.
We then walked along the Seine towards Sainte-Chappelle and had a nice lunch at the same café my wife and I had warmed up in last night. We then got in line to go in and before long we were inside. This was my 4th time inside Sainte-Chappelle but I had never been inside when it was this sunny outside. The light shining through the stained glass was incredible. It gave everything a pinkish hue from all the red glass. I had not noticed this before but it looked like there was a really thick coating of dust on some of the higher up woodwork. I don't know, maybe it was something else.
After we left, our youngest daughter and our granddaughter took off to meet up with some people from her running group. We made plans to meet later on top of the Arch de Triomphe to watch the sun set. We eventually made our way there and I found the elevator but no one was around to take us up. I asked one of the girls sitting in the little office where the operator was and she said she could take us up. It lets you out at a gift shop and there are some stairs to get up to the terrace. We walked around the top for a while and then the sun began to set. This may have been the most spectacular sunset I have ever seen – at least it's in the top 5. Wow! We took way too many pictures of it and of the lit up Eiffel Tower but we couldn't help it. Just when we thought it couldn't get any prettier, it did. Wow again!
When we were ready to go down there was no one to ask to take us down in the elevator so we decided to walk. My group headed toward the stairs when all of a sudden the elevator door open and people got off. The elevator operator was the same person that brought us up and when I asked if she could take us down, she said yes so I quickly gathered up my group and we rode it down. It was just pure luck the door opened when it did. Even though everyone in my group is physically able to do the stairs, we were very happy to save our legs for other Parisian walking and climbing.
After leaving the Arch de Triomphe we stopped at a café for some late night wine and desserts. We then went back to the apartment and had a small nightcap of that really good, really cheap red wine before going to bed. An excellent 4th day in Paris!
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I'm sorry for your loss. Finishing your trip report while thinking of your dear mother is a great thing to do - we Fodorites love hearing about your travels almost as much as she did!
I hope you'll post photos of that beautiful sunset.
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I am so sorry that your mother passed away, John. It is lovely that you are choosing to come back & share the rest of your journey with us.
I look forward to reading about other 'wow' moments your experienced in France.
Take care.
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Watching the coverage of the terrible attacks in Paris made me think about our three visits to that wonderful city. Emotions range from incredibly sad to totally infuriated but one thing is for sure - WE WILL BE BACK! Terrorists will not win.
I have posted the first four days and I hope to eventually finish the writeup of our trip but wanted to at least get the last few days of pictures posted of our fun times and the great memories we made in this fantastic city last April. Like I said, we will be back.
Day 5: https://john183italy2014.shutterfly.com/pictures/841
Day 6: https://john183italy2014.shutterfly.com/pictures/869
Day 7: https://john183italy2014.shutterfly.com/pictures/922
Day 8: https://john183italy2014.shutterfly.com/pictures/945
Day 9: https://john183italy2014.shutterfly.com/pictures/970
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Nice to see photos of happy times in Paris, John.
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I never seem to get tired of banana cake. Banana plays so well with any other flavors you might want in a cake…nuts, chocolate, rum, caramel, coconut. Bananas lend their sweetness and moisture to baked goods, making it easier to cut back on extra fat and sugar without compromising taste or texture. Whenever I see overripe bananas on sale at the market, I buy a big package and put it in the freezer. On a cold, snowy day, it's nice to know I have everything on hand to bake something delicious on a whim.
This banana cake somehow manages to be both comforting and fancy, a little naughty, plenty nice. The warm caramelized banana topping seeps into a tender layer of banana cake, subtly spiced with a hint of rum. Multigrain flour (you can buy it or mix up your own) lends some complexity of flavor, while cake flour insures a lighter texture. Don't wait for another snowy day to try it!
Bananas Foster Upside-Down Cake
6 Tbsp. butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
2 ripe bananas, sliced on the bias
1/2 cup toasted walnuts, chopped
1 cup cake flour
1/2 cup multigrain flour
1/2 cup sugar
3/4 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 cup sour cream
1 cup mashed banana (about 2 large)
1 tsp. vanilla
1/3 cup melted butter
2 large eggs
2 Tbsp. dark rum
Heat oven to 350 degrees. In a 9″ square cake pan (a 10″ springform pan would also work), add the butter, brown sugar and salt for the topping. Put in the oven to melt while the oven is heating. When the butter and sugar have melted, remove the pan from the oven and whisk the mixture together. Arrange the banana slices on top of the caramel mixture and scatter the walnuts among the bananas. Set the pan aside.
In a large bowl, whisk together both flours, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon. In a medium bowl, mix together the sour cream, mashed banana, vanilla, melted butter, eggs and rum. Stir the wet ingredients into the dry, just until completely incorporated. Pour the batter onto the filling and gently spread it to the edges of the pan, trying not to disturb the banana slices. Bake for 40 minutes, or until a cake tester inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.
Cool slightly on a wire rack, and then with a thin knife or spatula, loosen the sides of the cake from the pan and turn it out onto a plate. Serve warm or at room temperature, with vanilla ice cream as an accompaniment.
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The conferring of academic and honorary degrees takes place during Encaenia, a ceremony rooted in the traditions of Oxford. Encaenia is a Greek word meaning "beginning, commencement," and the term has been used since the founding of King's in 1789. The King's graduation ceremony has not changed greatly over the years apart from the conferring of honorary degrees (although the use of Latin has given way to English).
Since 1989, the venue for Encaenia has been the Cathedral Church of All Saints, a building that provides a dignified setting as well as beautiful acoustics.
Bachelors of Arts, Science and Music are conferred by the president of Dalhousie University, while Bachelors in Journalism and honorary degrees are conferred by the chancellor of the University of King's College. Combined honours degrees in Contemporary studies, Early Modern studies, and History of Science and Technology are conferred together by the presidents of Dalhousie and King's.
The president of Dalhousie and the chancellor of King's confer the degrees of Master of Journalism and Master of Fine Arts in Creative Nonfiction. Graduands are presented alphabetically by degree and come forward individually to be conferred; kneeling to receive the degree is optional. A rehearsal is held the afternoon before the ceremony itself.
The academic gowns and hoods of faculty and graduands, the procession led by the Apparator carrying the University Mace, symbol of authority, the music and the majesty of the setting make King's Encaenia a happy, splendid, and memorable event.
2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Rehearsal for Encaenia ceremony at the Cathedral Church of All Saints, 1330 Cathedral Lane, Halifax, NS, Canada.
5:45 p.m. Pre-Dinner Reception in the Wardroom
7:00 p.m. President's Dinner in Prince Hall
10:30 a.m. – Baccalaureate Service in the College Chapel
11:30 a.m. – Journalism graduate reception
12:45 p.m. – Journalism class photo on A&A steps
1:00 p.m. – Class Photo on the Library Steps
1:15 p.m. – Procession of Graduating Students from the Quad to the Cathedral Church
2:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. – Encaenia ceremony at the Cathedral Church of All Saints, 1330 Cathedral Lane, Halifax, NS, Canada.
5:00 p.m. – Encaenia Reception in Prince Hall
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. – Coffee with the President in the President's Lodge, 6360 Coburg Road
Tickets for each of the President's Dinner, Coffee with the President, and Encaenia must be picked up by May 23.
Please notify the Registrar's Office of your intention to graduate by December 1, 2016. There is a late fee of $50 for those who apply to graduate after this date.
If you do not plan to attend the graduation ceremony, you must notify the Registrar's Office. They will also require a mailing address so that your parchment can be mailed to you.
If you are a potential graduate, information will be sent to you from the President's Office via mail and e-mail regarding your graduation week. Make sure the Registrar's Office has your valid local address and e-mail address on file so that you receive this important information. You may change your address through Dal Online or by emailing firstname.lastname@example.com.
As a reminder, you are encouraged to check your student account balance. Students with an outstanding debt to the College (tuition, fees, library fines, etc.) will not receive their parchments at the Encaenia ceremony. You will instead receive an empty folder. Please consult the payments guide or visit the Student Accounts Office if you have questions. Please note that online payments can take up to 2 to 3 business days to appear on your account.
The rehearsal for the ceremony will be held on Wednesday afternoon, May 24, at 2:30 pm in the Cathedral. It is very helpful for everyone concerned that all graduands attend this rehearsal. It usually lasts about an hour.
As of March 20, tickets for the President's Dinner are available in the Bursar's Office from Tami Kendell or Sharlene Salter. Cash, cheque, debit or credit are accepted. Graduates may receive a maximum of four tickets (one for the graduate and three for guests). There is no charge for the graduate's ticket. The cost for guests is $30 per ticket. Please note tickets are limited, even for graduates.
Each graduate is entitled to receive three guest tickets to the ceremony. They may be picked up from Stephanie Boudreau, at the reception desk in the A & A Building, beginning March 20, 2017. There is no charge for these tickets.
If you require additional tickets please ask Stephanie (firstname.lastname@example.com) to add your name to a waitlist. If there are additional tickets for the ceremony, they will be distributed in mid-May. Students who have indicated that they will not be attending Encaenia will not be entitled to receive tickets.
Tickets for Coffee with the President are available in the Bursar's Office from Tami Kendell or Sharlene Salter. There is no charge for these tickets. They are available beginning March 20, 2017.
If you are graduating you must wear a gown and hood.
Gowns and hoods may be obtained from the Haliburton Room on the 1st floor of the King's A & A Building on Wednesday, May 24 from 12:00 noon to 2:30 p.m. and Thursday, May 25 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. A deposit of $250 (cash or cheque only) is required when the gown and hood are issued. The deposit will be refunded in full upon return of the gown and hood to the Haliburton Room immediately after the Encaenia ceremonies.
Important: If the gown and hood are not returned on Thursday, May 25, 2017, by 6:00pm the deposit will be forfeited.
The King's Alumni Association provides you the opportunity to pre-order a King's degree frame to help mark this special occasion. The pre-ordered frame will be available for pickup in the lobby of the A & A Building immediately following the graduation ceremonies.
The monies raised from the sale of these frames will be used to support the Alumni Association's priority of providing financial assistance to students through scholarships and bursaries.
Taking its name from the "laurel" wreaths worn by graduates in the middle ages, the King's Baccalaureate service is an Anglican service of Choral Matins held in the Chapel at 10:30 a.m. on Encaenia day. The graduands who wish to attend assemble in their gowns and hoods at 10:15 a.m. in the Board Room and process into the chapel and sit together as a class. Attendance is optional, but graduands are strongly encouraged to participate in this traditional college service led by the Chaplain and Chapel Choir. The service lasts for one hour, and includes a brief address given by one of the honorary degree recipients. The service includes contributions from a number of faith traditions and is meant to be inclusive for all. Family and friends are welcome to attend. There are no tickets required for this service.
The full ceremony will be livestreamed online, beginning at 2:00pm. A programme will be available online to follow along.
We encourage your family and friends to take photographs at the ceremony. We ask that they move to the front of the Cathedral shortly before you will be conferred. Once they have taken their photographs, we ask that they return to their seat to make room for others.
It is likely that you will be photographed by the official photographer at the moment you are conferred with your degree (capped).
PLEASE NOTE: The photographer will be standing on your left. If your hair is long, and whether you stand or kneel to be capped, the action of bowing your head will swing your hair forward which will partly obscure your face. It would provide a better photograph if you could push your hair back behind your left ear. When you are handed your parchment by the president, it would be helpful if you could remember to turn slightly to your left—otherwise the photographer is faced with the back of your head. These photographs will be available on the Encaenia archive page the week following the ceremony.
There will be an official videographer at the event to record the ceremony. Please check back to this web page for further information on the video.
Congratulations and welcome to the oldest Alumni Association in Canada!
As a new graduate, you are automatically a member of the University of King's College Alumni Association. Along with maintaining and creating connections with your fellow King's men and women, the Alumni Association can become a vital resource in helping you as you go forward into the next phase of your life.
Where are you going? What are you up to? Please share your news with us by writing to email@example.com or update your contact information, especially your email address, so we can stay in touch. We'll keep you posted on King's news and events on the King's website, with our alumni magazine, Tidings, as well as with regular alumni e-newsletters.


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England defender Stephen Warnock has been hit with an injury blow after limping out of training on Thursday.
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England defender Stephen Warnock has been hit with an injury blow after limping out of training on Thursday.
The 28-year-old suffered a twisted ankle in Austria and he will need to be assessed to see whether he can train on Friday.
Warnock was hoping to play a part in England's final friendly match before the World Cup, which takes place on Sunday when they take on Japan in Graz.
Following Leighton Baines' mediocre display at left-back against Mexico on Monday, Warnock is still regarded as having an outside chance of making Fabio Capello's final 23-man squad for South Africa.
Either Baines or Warnock could be back-up for first-choice Ashley Cole, but the Aston Villa man's chance to impress has possibly been damaged by this latest setback.
Meanwhile, Sunderland striker Darren Bent has shrugged off the hamstring problem that prevented him from facing the Mexicans and is in contention for the weekend.
Capello has already confirmed Ledley King will not take part, whilst the Chelsea contingent of John Terry, Frank Lampard and Ashley Cole will play, while Joe Cole is also available.


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"If bad things happen, it isn't because you're unlucky. It's because you're normal!" says the Rev. John Schmidtke ('68 alumnus).
He has written a humorous book called "Look Back and Laugh!" to recount the crazy things that have happened to him and his family.
"The wonderful thing is that the longer ago it was and the worse it got, the funnier it gets," he said. "I'm talking about the silly stuff that usually ruins your day – the mistakes, misstatements, accidents, misfortunes, problems. Don't let them ruin your life!"
He suggests in the book that the past, the downs and ups, can be a real blessing and that maintaining a sense of humor is the key.
"If you can laugh at it, you can live with it," Schmidtke said.
The book is available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Books-a-Million. It can also be downloaded on Kindred, iTunes, Nook and other distributors, as well as nearly 4,000 retail bookstores.
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Overlanding the Silk Road
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120 days and 18.000 km following the ancient Silk Road. Full of breathtaking landscapes, welcoming people and old traditions. Crossing China, Mongolia, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, the Caspian sea, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey.
The buzzling markets, the endless green steppes where Genghis Khan once roamed, the feared Taklamakan dessert and the never ending great wall. The unparalleled beauty of the Madrassas of Uzbekistan and the simplicity of life in the yurts of Mongolia. The Tibetan monks of Xiahe and the muslim priests of Kyrgyzstan.
This kaleidoscope of images still anchored on the most important route of trade in history, both of goods and ideas, slowly melts together and you can see the gradual changes in traditions, landscapes and even people´s faces as we slowly move overland from the far corners of China to the edge of Europe, finishing our Silk Road adventure in Istanbul.
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Secure Credential Manager. Claes Nilsson - Sony Ericsson 2009-12-15. Content of presentation. A proposal for a "Secure Credential Manager" for web applications using "Fine Granularity Policy Based Device Access Security". Secure Credential Manager. Motivations:
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Delta Air Lines Inc. banned a traveler who disturbed a flight by hollering statements for President-elect Donald Trump.
"This individual displayed behavior that was loud, rude and disrespectful to his fellow customers," Delta Chief Executive Officer Ed Bastian said in a letter to employees. "He will never again be allowed on a Delta plane."
The man on Flight 248 from Atlanta to Allentown, Pennsylvania, yelled and applauded "Donald Trump, child," before telling his fellow passengers "He's your president" and "If you don't like it, too bad." He likewise swore at them, as indicated by a video that drew across the board consideration via web-based networking media.
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Discussion in 'Star Trek Movies: Kelvin Universe' started by WarpFactorZ, May 1, 2013.
Well, on-screen proof contradicts what the people who put their stamp on it say.
Starmike I suggest you look up the term confirmation bias.
Nothing you have given as evidence is new to this thread, we have seen it all before, you can think of the ship as whatever size you want but the designers and creators have told us how big it is.
Do you honestly think that you know better than they do.
Then explain how you get two decks on the outer ring of the TOS Enterprise primary hull, and yet the nuEnt has two decks in the same space but the overall size is twice as large?
Have you seen Beyond? That primary hull is *NOT* proportionately as large as a 700+ meter ship would be.
You are quite clearly beyond help.
I don't need to convince you or argue with you, you don't like the size and think you can convince the world it is other than what it actually is, you are not the first to try nor will you be the last I suspect.
Your inability to accept reality is your problem not mine.
You will receive the same from the rest but they will just be more polite about it than me.
"Accept reality"?
First off, it's a fictional ship. So let's get THAT out of the way.
Second, there's a ton of visual evidence to show the ship CANNOT be 725m long.
That means Kirk/Chekov slid down half the length of the primary hull in Beyond. 1/10 of a mile?
One. Tenth. Of. A. Mile.
Think about that for a second. That's half the height of the Empire State Building.
I am not going to hold your hand through the explanation, read the last week or twos posts that should be enough.
Or better yet read through the last 6 years of posts.
You sound like you think you are some kind of authority, that the world owes you an explanation.
It doesn't.
Perhaps one of the others will go through it with you, they have far more patience than me.
When did I say that? I'm just adding my voice to the people that support the E being 325m long.
Just because filmmakers say something doesn't mean they use visual evidence to back it up. Y'know, like "Greedo shot first".
The filmmakers don't say it, the individuals who designed and created the cgi ship for the new films told us they made it that size.
No perhaps, no maybe about it.
Do you really think you know better than they do.
You can be on Team325 if you like but it's a very small team, I prefer to listen to the true authority on the ship in the new timeline which is the designers.
This discussion has been done to death over the last six years, we are way past the discussion and explanation stage now.
Read back through the posts and you will see what I mean, it's all there if you look.
Saying "do you think you know better?" is silly. Filmmakers have made many mistakes over the years. All I can say is that the visual evidence debunks whoever it was that said the ship is 700+ meters long. Watch trailer 2, you can see the proportion of Kirk/Chekov against the hull. They're definitely NOT tiny compared to what the larger size would be.
Again, saying the primary hull is the height of the Empire State Building is preposterous. Why can't YOU accept that maybe it was a mistake to say the ship is larger than 700m long?
You see, I work off visual evidence. Until someone in the movie runs up with a meterstick and measures it on-screen, I'm going with what I see.
You see only what you want to see that confirms your own beliefs, it makes no difference to me to be honest.
My understanding of the size of the ship is based on the evidence given by many people with differing points of view over the last 6 years it's the only way to be sure of avoiding confirmation bias.
I personally don't mind what size the ship is, I have seen all the evidence from both sides over the years and I am satisfied that the ship is indeed a big one.
You believe what you like.
I will, thanks.
As do the rest of us:
I didn't miss it. It's full of errors.
Such as?
It skips the denial deck and delusion cells.
"Bridge would take up entire dome". Based on what? You're showing a lateral view, not a top view.
"Deck heights do not match window rows". Irrelevant. Look at the blueprints from the 70s. Not all decks are the same height.
"Main engine too wide". Did you measure it?
"40' shuttles won't fit". I don't see the shuttles being 40' long. In STID they looked more like 18' long.
That big central plaza pretty much nails it, irrefutably, unless Starfleet literally built a forced perspective deck structure for midgets to work at the bottom.
Curiously it's the one you omit.
Dear Gods. Have you even seen these films? It's a bloody big ship. Massively big. According to all facts provided on the ship from on screen evidence - including a perfect scaling of little men in the windows - to actual documentation to even Star Trek Online, around 725 meters of bloody big.
This is like reading Ex Astra.
Yes, I saw the films. Many times. I own both in 4K. Sorry, the proportions don't work.
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