Отель "Formule 1" в Париже - приют убогого странника. Hotel "Formule 1" in Paris - a shelter for a wretched wanderer.

Anything can happen in life... Maybe you, like me, will happen to stay in one of the Formula 1 hotels, of which there are many in Western Europe. Three nights we stayed in one of these hotels during our trip to Paris. The hotel is transit, located 7 km from the city center (Marne la Vallee). The main contingent of guests are truckers, handymen and families of color with children (stopping here, apparently, on their way to Disneyland, which is only 20 km away). Actually, this hotel can be called rather a "working youth hostel": two-, three-bed rooms with bunk beds, a toilet and a shower in the corridor (several separate single cabins). I was very "pleased" with the parting speech of the group leader before checking in: "girls should not go out of the shower with a towel on their heads... go to the toilet in pairs . . there have been incidents with the call of the police" : ) The room has a wash basin, a TV and a corner table. In general, hotel rooms are like compartments in a spaceship or a submarine (in my opinion). Some of the tourists, after taking a shower, remembered a phrase from a movie they loved as a child: "Stand in a circle, grab the handrails... " : ) In short, people suffering from claustrophobia and especially squeamish will have a hard time in this place; ) So, if you see hotel "Formule 1" in the information sheet, take appropriate measures: pack rubber slippers for going to the shower, disinfectants, disposable toilet seats. . . Knife, machine gun, gas cartridge (just kidding; )) parking. Perhaps you are "lucky" just like us, and your window will look exactly at it : ) The doors to the rooms are closed in a tricky way: through a special 6-digit combination of numbers. A piece of paper with a code will be issued at the reception. You need to memorize the code, and eat the piece of paper after reading (joke): P If, God forbid, you forget the code or a piece of paper with the code in the room (and you are on the back of the door) - kapets! A new code will be issued for a fee: ( All this "magnificence" costs 35 euros per room per day... Eh! Would you know how many times in the evening I sadly recalled a Romanian hotel in the center of Brasov, with a private bathroom and oak paneling for the same money. . . Or even a room in a private hotel in Bulgarian Nessebar for 25 euros in the high season. . . BUT! Paris! Paris! : ))) In principle, not everything is as scary as it seems at first glance. The corridor and the room are clean, the bedding is fresh, in the restrooms and in the shower, near the reception, even the light works in all the booths! : ) In general, the hotel is quite suitable as a "spend the night" : )
There are many stories about French breakfast. In "Formula 1" a buffet was announced for breakfast, they immediately warned that "nothing can be taken out. " It would be something to take out! : ))) The "Swedish table" in French looks like this: a lot of coffee, a lot of orange juice, a lot of jam in bags, a lot of portioned butter, a little applesauce (dispersed instantly), milk, muesli, bread. ALL. I, in principle, have breakfast at home with a bun with coffee, but I was wondering how simple French MEN living in a hotel in a huge number treat such a breakfast. the answer to this question followed immediately: two guys in paint-stained overalls went down to the dining room, took two large glasses of coffee, sat down in a corner, drained them to the bottom and were like that. They didn’t even have a bun! : ) Here’s the breakfast of a simple French worker! : ) Well, the French don’t like to have breakfast... But you can’t take away dinner from them!; ) In general, treat everything with humor, do not pay attention to small shortcomings, think about Paris (after all, you are not going to distant lands for the sake of staying in a hotel; )) and. . . I wish you all pleasant travels and vivid impressions!: )