The Green Hell

[96vwVR6]

going to see this tonight.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3985516/

has anyone seen it yet? looks pretty interesting.

[witchcraftz]

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Nope, looks cool though! I hope they have a Lemans one since I'll be going there during my France trip in 3 weeks!

[fbatwork]

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Were are you staying / planning on doing... I'm going to be there as well with my wife - Did a post on suggestions of things to do but didn't get a response...

[witchcraftz]

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I don't remember your post, but it all depends on the area you are going to.
The France portion is a mix of the Castle country and some stuff I am interested in.

I am going to Paris, rent car, then over the next 7 days:
(Spending most nights in various cheap hotels aka: ibis budget, f1 which are $40-$50/night and one $120 night in a luxury castle, all accomodation outside of downtown cities is cheap in France)
Versailles
Chartres
Lemans
Tours
Chenonceaux
Davinci's house
Chambord
Bourges
Clermond Ferrand

Lyon:
Start Place Saint-Jean
les jardins du Rosaire
Vieux Lyon & Traboules
rue Mercière
la rue du Boeuf
Map: https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer...000000004&z=16
Lunch in a local bouchon
Quai Saint Antoine
Get some famous lyon sausage
Go to Presqu’île
rue de la République
rue Victor Hugo
le musée des Beaux-Arts, l’Opéra, l’Hôtel Dieu
place Bellecour
segway ride:
Berges du Rhône
le parc de la Tête d’Or
statue Louis XIV
La Fourvière using "la ficelle"

Dijon:
Local cheese specialty l’Epoisses
Parcours de la chouette (owls trail buy the map and follow the tour)
Place Darcy
Porte Guillaume
Palais des Ducs
Rue Vaillant
Eglise St-Michel
Eglise Notre-Dame
Cathédrale St-Bégnine
Le Pavillon de l'Arquebuse
Le Pavillon du Raines
Le Jardin botanique
Chartreuse de Champmol

Troyes
Paris Aquaboulevard
Return car.


Then train to Brussels in Belgium (staying here in AirBnb)
4 days to do:

Day 1
Grand Place
visit The mannekin pis
From the Rue des Bouchers, head into Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert
Chocolate at Leonidas
Parc de Bruxelles for a stroll
Royal Palace
Chocolate Museum

Day 2
Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military history
Halles St Gery
Comic book museum
Buy waffles
Royal Greenhouses
Atomium

Day 3
Go to the Tourism Board to get a pass with discounts
Gravensteen Castle
St. Michael’s Bridge to see all 3 Medieval towers in one shot, St. Nicholas’ Church, the UNESCO recognized Belfry and St. Bavo’s Cathedral.
Visit Saint Bavo’s Cathedral, admire the city from the top of the belfry.


Then train to Amsterdam Netherlands (staying here in AirBnb)
4.5 days to do:

Amsterdam
Zaanse Schans
The Jordaan distric
Anne Frank House
Nieuwe Spiegelstraat
Iamsterdam sign

Canals area
take a canal cruise
shop in The Nine Streets
stroll through the Red Light District

The Hague
Binnenhof
Lange Voorhout
Escher in the Palace Museum (Escher in Het Paleis)
ice cream at Madurodam
Scheveningen Beach
Peace Palace (Vredespaleis)

Rotterdam
Kinderdijk
Port + land of the future
Delfshaven district
Erasmusbrug bridge
Euromast

Flight back to Vancouver.

It sounds like a lot but I have actually allotted a quite a bit of buffer time between each item. It's also easy to cut out something if you're tired, it's closed, or whatever.
It's easier to cut stuff out than to spend hours roaming around without a goal or idea what to see so I usually overplan, put a lot of buffer time between things, and then enjoy whatever I can! Last time I actually was able to see pretty much everything on my list!

[syncrovan]

Re: The Green Hell

Then train to Brussels in Belgium (staying here in AirBnb)
4 days to do:

Day 1
Grand Place
visit The mannekin pis
From the Rue des Bouchers, head into Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert
Chocolate at Leonidas
Parc de Bruxelles for a stroll
Royal Palace
Chocolate Museum

Day 2
Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military history
Halles St Gery
Comic book museum
Buy waffles
Royal Greenhouses
Atomium

Day 3
Go to the Tourism Board to get a pass with discounts
Gravensteen Castle
St. Michael’s Bridge to see all 3 Medieval towers in one shot, St. Nicholas’ Church, the UNESCO recognized Belfry and St. Bavo’s Cathedral.
Visit Saint Bavo’s Cathedral, admire the city from the top of the belfry.

All that time in France and Belgium and no mention of beer drinking? You should know water isn't safe down there.....

[witchcraftz]

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I don't drink, so no beer haha.

[fbatwork]

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All that time in France and Belgium and no mention of beer drinking? You should know water isn't safe down there.....

Now that is a detailed itinerary! I like it.

We are staying in Angers for Le Man and using the train, then doing a rental car with a little wandering. We have some key things that we didn't see last time in France like Mont Saint Michel.

We will be a little more static so that we can enjoy Wine country!

Thanks for the list, I'll definitely be looking at it to see if there is anything we've missed.





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[witchcraftz]

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Mont St Michel is amazing. Also go see the menhirs in Caen.

I added some more details above.

[fbatwork]

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Mont St Michel is amazing. Also go see the menhirs in Caen.

I added some more details above.

Thanks for the suggestion - we were planning on heading through Caen for sure!

[fbatwork]

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going to see this tonight.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3985516/

has anyone seen it yet? looks pretty interesting.

Apologies for the thread jack... How was the show?

[BolideVW]

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While you're in Belgium, you should try to visit Ghent or Bruge both super cool day trips!

[witchcraftz]

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Yeah, Ghent is on the list! But it's not here because it's the extra day and I'm not 100% sure to squeeze it in.