We are traveling to Paris what kind of adapter is needed for cell phone and palm pilot? Can prepaid cell phones be bought somewhere?
My adult daughter is concerned about luggage. Does someone recomend a type of backpack for 10 days of travel. We are traveling with a group of people is it proper to request a seperate check? I tend to avoid this in my country but is this frowned upon in France?
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Unless you are backpacking I would suggest a rolling suitcase rather than a backpack. I just returned from 10 days in Paris, Florence and Rome and was able to pack everything in a carryon. Don%26#39;t take more than you need. 4 skirts, 11 tops, 2 pairs of carpis and three different pairs of sandals to avoid blisters worked just fine--I even came home with clean clothes. We travelled with two couples and all restaurants were more than happy to split the check in half and put it on 2 credit cards. Enjoy!
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The adaptor is one with 2 round prongs (for %26quot;continental Europe%26quot;).
http://www.jr.com/JRProductPage.process?Product_Id=9803%26amp;JRSource=google.datafeed.FRN+NW1C
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I haven%26#39;t traveled in a group, but my understanding is that it is not customary for a waiter to issue separate checks to EACH person in the party. I believe it is more customary to %26#39;split%26#39; the bill, ie. each person contributes about equally to the total.
Maybe someone who lives in France can comment.
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To mabards:
What size of a carryon did you take to carry...what seems to be...a lot of clothes? I am always concerned they would make me check a carryon they think would be too big. Although, I am always amazed at what people bring into the plane. Just curious.
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I%26#39;ve found that waiters are totally baffled (or exasperated) by a two-credit card-transaction and much gnashing of teeth ensues.
A %26quot;continental%26quot; adaptor works fine in France, often in Switzerland, and usually in Italy. That%26#39;s as consistant as it gets. The two pins on the %26quot;euro-plug%26quot; are basically the same across Europe but it%26#39;s the third pin (ground pin) that%26#39;s different between countries. If you have a device that requires 3 pins, you%26#39;ll need to buy the Euro-version of the adaptor from PALM, or worst-case, buy the adaptor at BHV when you get to Paris.
In any case, if your PC or PALM power adaptor has a %26quot;3 pin%26quot; plug, you%26#39;ll have a tough time finding an adaptor in a travel shop or at BHV (if the manufacturer doesn%26#39;t sell one).
Literally every time a friend from the states shows up with a 3-pin, US plug, we end up breaking-off the third pin so it will work with a 2-pin adaptor.
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OH! And as mabards suggests, a ROLLING suitcase as opposed to a backpack is absolutely the way to go. The wider apart the wheels are, the better when navigating cobblestons streets without corner-cuts. Those narrow, rigid %26quot;suitcases%26quot; that have wheels only 5 inches apart end up being carried more than rolled.
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It is not customary to issue individual bills for evryone on the same table. They will issue one bill with the detail of everything, and then you can either pay for what you had, or divide. I don%26#39;t find it is a problem to have several credit cards paying at the same table, the waiters are getting used to people paying their own share.
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Regarding what type of carryon I used...Just a regulation carry-on (Ricardo I think), fits straight in the overhead bins. I too get totally annoyed with people overstepping bounds on carryon rules.
No one complained about the 2 credit card transactions for us, they seemed to think it was normal and appeared to do it quite easily.
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