Yep Yojimbo, excellent thinking. I doubt we could go wrong on a Literary pub crawl. Kind of troubling that it lasts one hour 50 minutes and they want $250…either it’s a misprint or it includes a round-trip ticket to the US
Hey Manny – you got a working name for this proposed gig yet ?
Anyone like the ‘In Seine Fest’ ?..leave me alone…it’s a work in progress…ouch !
Last time I was in Paris was <large number deleted> years ago. And it rained all the bloody time, too! If I’d wanted to go up a tall pointy metal structure and look out at an endless sea of grey wet stuff, I’d have gone to flippin’ Blackpool…
So, that makes me another one of those definite maybes…
$250 !!! That has to be wrong. It’s IRP£6(€7.62 gotta get use to these Euros) here.
Ya never know with the French though 
now i’m depressed. thanks manny. i don’t think i’ll have the cash to go, but it’s been too long since i’ve been there as well. if i can raise the cash i’ll be there
Mid to late January? I should be able to do that. I’ve not been to Paris but it is a city on my list.
I am for sure a maybe. At this point anytime after January 15 should work for me. I have to get thru year end before I can travel anywhere.
Well, heck! Lookit the responses!
In that case, let me talk to my travel agent about hotel bookings. I’ll review this thread in a couple days to see what dates work best for the most people and see about getting a block of rooms.
Vive Le Cecil!
ryanair.com has Dublin to Paris Beauvais for 19 Irish pounds return (out on thur 24, back on mon 28 jan 2002).
If you need any advice, locally, let me know. Oh, most of the museums are closed for a strike, but should be sorted out by then.
Good luck
Those dates work perfectly for me, FWIW.
Me too 
Don’t you just love Ryan Air. No ice in drinks but who cares.
If you plan to take Ryan Air to Paris…from Dublin, let me know. It’s a bit of a nightmare logistically, which they do NOT tell you when they sell you the cheapie tix.
Annie
Again, here I am outside Paris…would love to see a Dopefest…if hubby will let me! I also have a daughter, 16mos, so if you have kids, bring’em!
Logistical nightmare, how? You just get off the plane and into the coach, which drops you off in Paris city centre right in front of the …
James Joyce Pub.
Easy-peasy! 
Not really, given that IMO the JJ is the worst damn pub in the whole city. And three years ago they were charging 45 francs for a half of Guiness. Although admittedly that’s not too out of line for Paris.
Oh yes - worst except for that Scottish one (the name escapes me - was it the Auld Alliance?). Now there’s a shit pub.
For sheer comedy value I like the Bowler - possibly the worst attempt at an “English” theme pub on the planet!
pan
ruadh…
logistical nightmare in that if you are only coming for a weekend…you spend 1/2 your time waiting for the bus, riding or the bus, or waiting to take the bus back…you have to be there 2/5 hrs early to take the bus from JJ pub to the airport…then wait at the airport…ugh…glad I’m here in Paris…
btw…my hubby is Irish, where are you from? He’s from Dublin.
Ya think? I liked it, but then again I was there the night before Bordeaux-Celtic, so the atmosphere might have been somewhat different to normal.
Maman, points well taken but those of us (we’re all based in Dublin BTW) used to travelling on Ryan Air know that that’s par for the course with them, since they tend to fly into smaller, more out-of-the-way airports.
And I’m always happy to avoid CDG anyway.
We’ll be moving back there, in hmmmm…a few years, if the house prices get lower than the GDP of some small countries.
Who is the “we all” that you mention…who are the Irish Dopers?
Irish dopers:
Me
TwistofFate
hibernicus
ruadh (from the States, living here but we love her anyway )
Damhna
manwithaplan
micilin
pergau
bryanmaguire (I think)
irishgirl
and probably a couple more that I’ve forgotten.
Nice to meet ya…John misses the craic terribly, as the Frogs lack craic…hey that rhymes…but you couldn’t find a more dour bunch than your average frog-leg-eatin’, wine-guzzlin’, LeMonde-readin’ Frenchie! That’s why I’m here, to get a bit of a laugh!
You’ll certainly find some amusement here. Welcome.
Hey and it could be worse you could be German
I’M NOT FRENCH!!!
aRRRRRGGHHHHHhhhhh
We are here for John’s post-doc…we originally were going to Amsterdam, then Crete and wound up here. Not complainin’ but Crete…ahhhh…the sun, the sand…