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Date Schedule / Activities
Tuesday 23 Dec

Lv Boston 4:20 pm Mon 22 Dec Lufthansa Flt 423
Arr Frankfurt 5:30 am Tue
Lv Frankfurt 7:30 am Flt 4210
Arr Paris/DeGaulle 8:40 am

Take Airport Connection shuttle to
Hotel Mercure Ronceray Opera
10 Boul. Montmartre ph: 011-33 142 471 345

Buy Carte Orange weekly Metro pass (good Mon - Sun)
 

Visit Musée Jacquemart André
158, bd Haussmann 75008. Metro: Saint-Philippe du Roule.
Lunch in museum cafe.
Note: MJA is not on museum pass. Purchase 5-day pass today for use remainder of week.

 

Afternoon - Christmas displays at Au Printemps and Galeries Lafayette (bd Haussmann).
Christmas market (MAISON DE L'ALSACE 39, Champs-Elysées).
"Designer Christmas Trees" (HOTEL DASSAULT 7, rond-point des Champs-Elysées).

Dinner that evening at Chartier (7, rue du Faubourg Montmartre; does not accept reservations).
Wed 24 Dec Musée d'Orsay - be there no later than 9:45 (museum opens at 10).
 

Walk around St. Germain area, 6th arr.
  Dinner: Christmas Eve, book ahead. Reservation confirmed at Le Grand Cafe (4, bd des Capucines, near hotel).

Thu 25 Dec
Christmas Day

 Open museums include:
Musée National d’Art Moderne
Place Georges Pompidou, Paris 4. Open: 11:00 – 21:00.
Musée de l’Institut du monde arabe
1, rue des Fossés-Saint-Bernard, Paris 5 Open: 10:00 – 18:00
Jeu de Paume (not on museum pass)
1, Place de la Concorde Paris VIII M° Concorde (lignes 1, 8 et 12)
  Walk through Marais (Jewish section; possibly more open on Christmas)
Fri 26 Dec Visit the Louvre (Opens at 9 am)
  Lunch at A Priori Thé in the Galerie Vivienne
  Visit BHV (Bazar de l'Hôtel de Ville)
52, rue de Rivoli 75004

 

Sat 27 Dec

Sun 28 Dec

Weekend unscheduled -- walks in Montmartre, Rue Cler, Montorgueil, Luxembourg Gardens, Parc Monceau

Other museum possibilities:
Musée des Arts et Métiers
  60, rue Réaumur 75003 Métro: Arts et Métiers, Réaumur-Sébastopol
Carnavalet
  23, rue de Sévigné 75003 Metro: Saint-Paul, Chemin vert  
Musée de la Vie Romantique
  16, rue Chaptal 75009 M° St Georges, Blanche, Pigalle
Picasso Museum
  Hôtel Salé 5, rue de Thorigny 75003


Mon 29 Dec Lv Paris 8:45 am Lufthansa Flt 5733
Arr Munich 10:25 am
Lv Munich 11:30 am Flt 424
Arr Boston 2:00 pm

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