When and where
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Travel/Events/Hotel
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Details
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Fri 11 October
En route to Paris
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Air France flight: AF321
Departs Boston's Logan Int'l (BOS) at 8:05PM
Arriving Charles De Gaulle (CDG) 8:50AM Saturday (Paris time)
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Time difference: Time in France is six hours later than
the eastern United States. Example: noon in Boston is six PM in
France.
To track our flight in progress:
routesinternational.com/tracker.html
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Sat 12 October
Paris to Avignon
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TGV high-speed train from Paris to Avignon.
Leave CDG Airport 11:24 am; arr. Avignon 2:21 pm.
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See a map of the TGV route here:
www.beyond.fr/map/tgv_france.html
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Sat 12 October
Avignon to Bonnieux
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Pickup rental car at EuropCar desk, Avignon TGV rail station approx.
3:00 PM
Drive to Bonnieux, a village in the Luberon area of Provence
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Renault Espace 7-passenger minivan (or equivalent) with manual
transmission.
Bonnieux is about 30 miles east of Avignon
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Sat 12 through Wed 16 October
In Provence (Bonnieux)
See detailed itinerary
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Le Clos du Buis
Monsieur et Madame MAURIN
rue Victor Hugo
84480 Bonnieux
Tel: 011 (33) 4 90 75 88 48
Fax: 011 (33) 4 90 75 88 57
Mob: 06 08 63 64 7
Email: le-clos-du-buis@wanadoo.fr
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Bed and breakfast in the hilltop town of Bonnieux, overlooking
the beautiful Luberon valley.
For information about our hotel in Bonnieux:
see
the Karen Brown web site, or
www.luberon-news.com/le-clos-du-buis
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Thu 17 through Fri 18 October
In Burgundy (Beaune)
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Chateau de Challanges
rue des Templiers route de Challanges
21200 Beaune
Tel: 011 (33) 3 80 26 32 62
Fax: 011 (33) 3 80 26 32 52
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Bonnieux to Beaune is about 250 miles, mostly on Autoroute du
Soleil. Our inn is east of Beaune (which is south of Dijon) in the
heart of the Burgundy wine country.
For more information, see:
http://www.chateaudechallanges.com/
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Sat 19 October
To Paris
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Drop off luggage at Paris hotel, then return rental car to EuropCar
office, 5 Avenue d'Italie, before 3:00 PM. Take Metro (subway) back
to hotel.
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Distance Beaune to Paris approx. 186 miles, most of
it on Autoroute A6 |
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Sat 19 through Fri 25 October
In Paris
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Hotel des Grandes Ecoles
75, rue du Cardinal Lemoine
75005 PARIS
Tel: 011 (33) 1 43 26 79 23
Fax: 011 (33) 1 43 25 28 15
Nearest Métro stops: Cardinal Lemoine -- Monge -- Jussieu
Email: Hotel.Grandes.Ecoles@wanadoo.fr
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Hotel is in the "Latin Quarter" just south of the river
Seine. This is the area where Paris's great university (the Sorbonne)
is located.
For information about the hotel, please see:
http://www.hotel-grandes-ecoles.com
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Sat 26 October
Aults depart for Boston
Prices and Girards to Normandy
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Aults return home on Air France flight AF322
Departing Charles De Gaulle (CDG) at 3:55PM (Paris time)
Arriving Boston Logan Int'l (BOS) at 05:35PM (Boston time)
Girards, Prices pick up rental car at EuropCar office, 5 Avenue
d'Italie, and drive northeast from Paris to town of Bayeux in Normandy
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Renault 5-passenger Scenic Wagon with automatic transmission
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Sat 26 through Tue 29 October
Girards, Prices in Normandy |
Hotel du Lion d'Or
71, rue Saint Jean
14400 Bayeux
Tel: 011 (33) 2 31 92 06 90
Fax: 011 (33) 2 31 22 15 64
E-mail: lion-d-or.bayeux@wanadoo.fr
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Bayeux is in the heart of coastal Normandy, where the Allied landings
of June 1944 took place. It is also home to the famous tapestry
depicting the Norman conquest of England in 1066 AD.
For information about the hotel, please see:
membres.lycos.fr/liondorbayeux/indexANGLAIS.html
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Wed 30 October
Prices and Girards return to Paris, fly home to Boston
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Drop off rental car at Charles De Gaulle airport
Return home on Air France flight AF322
Departing Charles De Gaulle (CDG) at 3:55PM (Paris time)
Arriving Boston Logan Int'l (BOS) at 5:35PM (Boston time)
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