please help w/itinerary

We fly in Tues late morning (NEXT WEEK! ) and are staying @ champs-elysee (mom, dad and 2 teens). We leave Fri late morning to go to Germany for world cup. My daughter%26#39;s been to Paris before so we aren%26#39;t trying to see everything! But I%26#39;d like to visit Notre Dame, St.Chapelle, Sacre Cour , Arc Triumph, either Louvre or d%26#39; Orsay and of wander champs-elysee. And I%26#39;d love to ride bikes @ Vernon /Giverney and think the kids would too.

Is this doable? If so, how should we plan it out-and what kind of tickets should we get (metro etc)? If not, what should we drop/swap? Thanks so much!!

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If you will only be in Paris for 21/2 days---and a portion of one of these days will be on a day-trip out to Giverny---then you may best be served by simply purchasing CARNETs (booklets of 10 reduced price tickets--10,70 €) for your public transportation needs within Paris.

For the day trip out to Giverny, you would simply go to Gare Saint Lazare and purchase tickets to VERNON (the nearest train station to Giverny--r.t. 2nd Class 22,80 €). If you decide to go out to visit Monet%26#39;s Home %26amp; Gardens, it%26#39;s usually best to take the early morning train out (08:16 AM) which gets you to Giverny early....and hopefully before the escorted tour buses arrive.

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I would offer:

Tuesday - check into hotel, get settled in, rest .... go out and go up to the top of the Arc de T. and enjoy view over Paris.... have dinner and go to bed at reasonable hour so you can recoup

Wednesday - Walk down the Champs (there%26#39;s not that much to %26#39;wander%26#39; for, unless you duck into Sephora or FNAC for some shopping), through the Tuileries and into the Louvre* for a couple of hours... then over to Notre Dame and St Chapelle (best seen if it is a nice sunny or at least only partly cloudy day)...

Thursday - take train to Vernon, rent bikes, see Giverny.... in the late afternoon, go up to Sacre Coeur - don%26#39;t just stay there, wander some of the small streets around the vineyard, or by the Abbesses.

* or cross over via bridge to visit Musee d%26#39;Orsay before continuing on to Notre Dame

You won%26#39;t need more than a couple %26#39;carnet%26#39; of single tickets for the occasional metro ride

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Thanks so much! We%26#39;d better start packing ; )

From Paris we go to Switzerland then to Germany for the word cup. Can%26#39;t Wait!

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