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After dropping off our luggage at Novotel Suites, 335 Rue de la Belle Étoile (near Charles de Gaulle Airport), we ordered an UberX to downtown Paris (Sainte-Chapelle).. . . . We were picked up by an English Jaguar (right-hand steering wheel) and taken to Sainte-Chapelle on the Île de Paris. We purchased tickets (20 euros for 2 adults and 1 teenager) and explored the beautiful…

After a two-hour drive from Baden-Baden, Germany, we finally arrived at Metz, France, at around 9:30 pm.. . . I had made Airbnb reservations with Nelly Clesse in Metz for a single room. Metz is conveniently located halfway between Baden-Baden and Brussels, and it would make a nice stop (to avoid a non-stop 5-hour drive). . . . When we arrived in Metz, we found…

After a delicious breakfast in Honfleur, we visited Etretat - a beautiful French seaside village with a unique natural arch. . . . . The drive from Honfleur to Etretat took just 35 minutes. We parked our car on the outskirts and walked onto the pebble beach. The weather was beautiful, with hardly any wind. . . . . . . . The downtown was…

Friday, June 4, 2010 . . . For the French portion of our England-France European trip, we began our journey in Le Havre (after crossing the English Channel from Portsmouth on the LD Lines ferry). . . . . . . . We departed Portsmouth, England, aboard LD Lines (Louis Dreyfus) on June 4, 2010, at 08:30 and arrived in Le Havre at 12:45 (a…