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Welcome to Colleen's Paris !

Please feel free to use my website to obtain information for your voyage and write to me if you would like advice or have general Paris questions.

Watch the Colleen's Paris blog evolve with up-to-date information of events and other tidbits.

Current posts include:

 

The Eiffel Tower gets a paint job

Since its opening on May 15, 1889, the Eiffel Tower has had 243,760,000 visitors (6.9 million in 2008). If their timing has been right some have visited during the Tower’s repainting campaign.

The nineteenth painting campaign is currently underway. The tower is entirely repainted every seven years. The work takes 18 months and the tower remains open the entire time.... (Read more)

Metro and RER tickets-how much?

Prices for Paris transportation change quicker than the price of a baguette!

At your fingertips on the RATP and the SNCF websites, you can find ticket alternatives and prices for one ticket, one day, weekly, and several days as well as travel alternatives for the airports.... (Read more)

 

Paris theater tickets at a discount

If you are the type of person who likes to have your Paris visit well ordered; yous can order your theater tickets ahead of time. Theater in Paris is extremely popular and plays play to full houses even during the week. So why not go and go at a discounted price?! ... (Read more)

 

Springtime in Paris, replanting the flowers

When Spring time was a week away; it was a grey Saturday and time to shop for the new plants. The 2008-2009 winter in Paris had been a cold one.

It gave the impression of being the snowiest and coldest in memory. Metéo France , however, listed it as only third coldest winter in the last 20 years (2005-2006 and 1990-1991 were colder)...(Read more).

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The city is still beautiful and the food? Look at these oysters on a Sunday chez moi!!!

The photo above is from the exterior of the Café de l'Homme restaurant and the one on the left is the interior. Make a reservation or for lunch, get there as they open the doors! (Click here for a view of past photos)

Enjoy! and à bientôt!      Colleen

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