SEPTEMBER 05 TO 17

The Barden family and Kathy Perlberg traveling with Audrey as their driver/guide to France on their customized vacation from September 05 to September 17. Places visited: Paris, Champagne region, Giverny, Chartres, Loire Valley, Burgundy region, Lyon and the Rhone Valley wine area of Cote Rotie. • 4 nights in Paris, Hotel Saint Dominique • 1 night in Chartres, Hotel Best Western Grand Monarques • 2 nights in the Loire Valley, Domaine de la Tortiniere (chateau) • 1 night in Vezelay, Hotel de la Poste et du Lion d'Or • 2 nights in Lyon, Hotel Villa Florentine

Day 1 Eiffel tower and dinner in one of my favorite "bistrot" Le Casse Noix

Welcome dinner at one of my favorite bistrot in Paris. Appetizer: Tomatoe soup, cucumber and red pepper with an arugula and balsamic sorbet

Main course: Grilled hake fish with hummus and Lebanese tabouleh

Second main course: Roasted beef chuck served in its own gravy, tomatoes, olives and zucchini

Dessert: Strawberries and rhubarb tart with ice cream made with white tea flour, coconut and blueberry

Guided tour with Claire of the Louvre and Sainte Chapelle

On our walking tour on a glorious day in Paris with our local expert guide Claire starting with the Louvre followed by the Sainte Chappelle and the afternoon ar Fontainebleau. The Pont Alexandre III is a deck arch bridge that spans the Seine in Paris. It connects the Champs-Élysées quarter with those of the Invalides and Eiffel Tower. The bridge is widely regarded as the most ornate, extravagant bridge in the city. It is classified as a French monument historique since 1975

LOUVRE MUSEUM

Louvre Museum, French Musée du Louvre, official name Great Louvre, French Grand Louvre, national museum and art gallery of France, housed in part of a large palace in Paris that was built on the right-bank site of the 12th-century fortress of Philip Augustus. It is the world’s most-visited art museum, with a collection that spans work from ancient civilizations to the mid-19th century.

The Louvre Pyramid in Paris, designed by Pei

Buying art along the Seine

My clients and I on our walking tour in Paris. This would be the 2nd time i have the pleasure of guiding them in Europe

Château de Fontainebleau

Adventure on public transportation: metro, train and bus for the private tour at Chateau Fontainebleau! The metro in Paris The Paris Métro (short for Métropolitain; French: Métro de Paris) is a rapid transit system in the Paris metropolitan area, France with 300 stations and 16 lines. It is the second-busiest metro system in Europe, after the Moscow Metro, as well as the tenth-busiest in the world.