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tenlittlebullets) wrote2010-05-28 06:03 pm
tenlittlebullets) wrote2010-05-28 06:03 pm
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Belated planning for Barricade Day
Sketching out plans for how I'm going to do the Les Mis tour on Barricade Day. Tell me which sounds better to you? (Even if you're not coming, I could use some feedback.)
Immutable facts:
- The Procope reservation is for Sunday afternoon lunch
- All the good restaurants in the Marais are closed on Saturday
Planned segments of the tour:
- The Marais, between the barricade and the Place de la Bastille, including 2 museums (at LEAST 4 hours total)
- Latin quarter, close to the Procope, includes the burger joint where the Café Musain used to be (probably a couple hours if people have time to go exploring)
- Saint-Marcel/Place d'Italie/Gobelins (one hour tops, I should say)
Things the plan needs to accomplish, in order of importance:
- Not making people late for the show
- Not exhausting everyone
- At least leaving time for lunch and dinner
- Preferably either eating somewhere along the way, or letting people loose in a neighborhood with plenty of restaurants
- Not wasting people's Metro/bus tickets, grouping things that are within walking distance
Plan 1:
- Isolated trips (Rue Plumet, etc.) Saturday morning. Marais Saturday afternoon after lunchtime. Completely ignore the fact that, by going to the Marais on Saturday, we are missing the best falafel in Paris, and just do the whole thing starting from Bastille and dump everyone in Les Halles at dinnertime to partake of the, er, numerous and varied food options there. Les Halles = close to the theatre, so we are golden.
- Saint-Marcel on Sunday morning, lunch at Procope, Latin Quarter in the afternoon, dinner at the Quality Burger Restaurant of Revolutionary French Fries.
Plan 2:
- Latin Quarter on Saturday morning. Lunch at Quality Burger Restaurant. Split up Marais trip; do Carnavalet, Rue de l'Homme-Armé, Rue de la Verrerie, Saint-Merry, and the barricade on Saturday afternoon, and end in Les Halles.
- Saint-Marcel and/or isolated trips on Sunday morning, lunch at Procope, second half of Marais trip in afternoon: Rue des Filles-du-Calvaire (optional), Bastille, Victor Hugo museum, Eglise Saint-Paul, absinthe shop, La Force, then have delicious delicious falafel for dinner in the Rue des Rosiers.
Of course there are many other possible combinations, but most of them completely screw us over for time and/or leave us with nowhere to eat.
So far I am liking Plan 2 better; it will waste a hell of a lot more Metro/bus tickets, but splitting up the Marais section might be a good idea since there are two museums in there and it's a long damn way. And the Rue des Rosiers can accomodate almost any dietary restriction imaginable: kosher, vegetarian, food allergies, etc.
Fortunately there is no need to specifically schedule in the site of Javert's final jump, since the theatre is practically SITTING on the Pont au Change and you can go walk around there at intermission if you want.
Immutable facts:
- The Procope reservation is for Sunday afternoon lunch
- All the good restaurants in the Marais are closed on Saturday
Planned segments of the tour:
- The Marais, between the barricade and the Place de la Bastille, including 2 museums (at LEAST 4 hours total)
- Latin quarter, close to the Procope, includes the burger joint where the Café Musain used to be (probably a couple hours if people have time to go exploring)
- Saint-Marcel/Place d'Italie/Gobelins (one hour tops, I should say)
Things the plan needs to accomplish, in order of importance:
- Not making people late for the show
- Not exhausting everyone
- At least leaving time for lunch and dinner
- Preferably either eating somewhere along the way, or letting people loose in a neighborhood with plenty of restaurants
- Not wasting people's Metro/bus tickets, grouping things that are within walking distance
Plan 1:
- Isolated trips (Rue Plumet, etc.) Saturday morning. Marais Saturday afternoon after lunchtime. Completely ignore the fact that, by going to the Marais on Saturday, we are missing the best falafel in Paris, and just do the whole thing starting from Bastille and dump everyone in Les Halles at dinnertime to partake of the, er, numerous and varied food options there. Les Halles = close to the theatre, so we are golden.
- Saint-Marcel on Sunday morning, lunch at Procope, Latin Quarter in the afternoon, dinner at the Quality Burger Restaurant of Revolutionary French Fries.
Plan 2:
- Latin Quarter on Saturday morning. Lunch at Quality Burger Restaurant. Split up Marais trip; do Carnavalet, Rue de l'Homme-Armé, Rue de la Verrerie, Saint-Merry, and the barricade on Saturday afternoon, and end in Les Halles.
- Saint-Marcel and/or isolated trips on Sunday morning, lunch at Procope, second half of Marais trip in afternoon: Rue des Filles-du-Calvaire (optional), Bastille, Victor Hugo museum, Eglise Saint-Paul, absinthe shop, La Force, then have delicious delicious falafel for dinner in the Rue des Rosiers.
Of course there are many other possible combinations, but most of them completely screw us over for time and/or leave us with nowhere to eat.
So far I am liking Plan 2 better; it will waste a hell of a lot more Metro/bus tickets, but splitting up the Marais section might be a good idea since there are two museums in there and it's a long damn way. And the Rue des Rosiers can accomodate almost any dietary restriction imaginable: kosher, vegetarian, food allergies, etc.
Fortunately there is no need to specifically schedule in the site of Javert's final jump, since the theatre is practically SITTING on the Pont au Change and you can go walk around there at intermission if you want.