On Nov 6, 10:42 am, pltrgyst wrote:
> On Mon, 05 Nov 2007 22:15:34 -0800, je wrote:
> >On 5 Nov., 14:15, acdtraveler wrote:
> >< I'm going to Paris and Provence in May. Should I start in Paris and
> >< travel south, or vice versa?
>
> >Might be reasons for visiting Provende first and then
> >Paris, but I would opt for Paris first and add Provence
> >for a more relaxing vacation
>
> Hmmm -- our preference is the opposite. We go for three weeks every year. We
> spend the first two weeks driving around our regions of choice, and always spend
> the last week in Paris. Paris seems very relaxing without the pressures of
> wanting to drive to another town.
We're somewhat the same. Spend the first week traveling and then
the last 5 or so days in one spot, usually a large city.
> Doing so also means you spend the first night or two, while you're still
> acclimating, in a quieter and cheaper city than Paris -- Lille, Dijon, etc.
This becomes very specific to the particular travel plans, but
yeah I've begun to believe that one ought to just keep moving that
first day and get to a final destination late in the afternoon. The
hotel will be ready, and you'll only have to try to stay awake a few
hours before you can go to bed. Otherwise one has to "fight"
jet lag that whole first day.
> And it means that you don't have long travel to gauge properly in making it to
> CDG for a return flight at the end of your stay.
I agree. There are numerous exceptions of course, but having to
travel
TO the departure city tends to make for a very long day. Far better
to be AT the departure city. Even at that though, the airports can
be so far out of the central part of town that it is a long travel
just to get to the airport.
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