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    Practical Info,  Transportation

    Fixed Taxi Fare Between Paris and Airports – Strike Tips

    November 9, 2019 /

    Strikes getting the best of you? Book a taxi on the G7 Book a Taxi page in advance to get to the airports. Usually you can either step outside and into a taxi or book the same day. With the strikes, you want to reserve a taxi, with G7 whether going to the airport or into Paris. Taxi stands are outside the airport and do not usually have to be booked in advance. Rates vary between Rossy-Charles de Gaulle (CDG) and Orly (ORY). After an expensive experience pre-fixed rates, I had a rude surprise. Being stuck in traffic to the airport Roissy-Charles de Gaulle one day, an anxious feeling came over…

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    Roms waiting for the next ATM victim

    For the Paris Police Dial 17

    July 17, 2017
    Chinese New Year 2011 Lion Dance at shops along rue Sedaine in the Bastille, Paris

    Chinese New Year along rue Sedaine in Paris

    February 8, 2011
    Chantilly Gallery of Paintings

    Castles (Châteaux) Around Paris

    June 10, 2011
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    Shopping

    Paris Spring and Shopping in January

    May 22, 2012 /

    The full moon is scheduled for January 19 in case you are out and about for a stroll. Spring must be on the way! Today, a television reporter spoke of the acacia plants and flowers with the yellow puffy mimosas. The ones you usually sees months before the other flowers to lift your gray spirits and anticipate Spring. He was reporting from Rungis in south Paris. Rungis took the place of Les Halles when it closed in the 1970s. Did you know that “…there are over 1200 species of mimosas in the world. The majority are native to Australia. The mimosa was introduced along the Côte d’Azur around 1850.” —Philippe…

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    Printemps Christmas Store

    Department Store Tips

    October 5, 2011
    David Downie's latest book comes out September 26, 2017

    David Downie’s Parisian Love Affair with Food

    September 25, 2017
    Please do not touch the lettuce written on a blackboard

    Paris Food Markets

    November 10, 2011
  • Children playing in the water Jardin d'Acclimatation Bois de Boulogne children's amusement park with a zoo, the Exploradôme museum, and other attractions
    Children and Teens,  Let's Explore

    Child’s Paradise in the Parisian Woods

    July 5, 2011 /

    Children Rule the Roost! Many activities are available when you bring children to Paris. Part of the material in this article comes from a Paris Tourist Office article. “The Parisian Woods are a Children’s Paradise. Children of all ages can race and cycle along the paths in complete safety and make the most of the playgrounds scattered amidst the meadows and trees and equipped with swings, slides, sandpits and merry-go-rounds. They will enjoy canoeing with their parents on one of the lakes; boats can be rented several months of the year at the Bois de Vincennes as well as the Bois de Boulogne. Given a choice, little children would unhesitatingly…

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    Beauford Delaney exhibition in Paris - groupings of some of his works. Exhibit in 2016 Wells International Foundation

    Artist, Beauford Delaney Exhibit in Paris

    January 27, 2016
    Sacre Coeur in the sunset near Barbes in front of Luxor Cinema

    Sacre Coeur in the Sunset

    September 25, 2014
    Handout Exhibition Brochure cover Madame de Maintenon

    The Extraordinary Madame de Maintenon at Versailles

    May 22, 2019
  • Hermes takes over the Lutetia pool Paris
    Events and Trade Shows

    What’s On in Paris – March

    March 3, 2011 /

    FREE INVITATIONS! Our mailbox often contains invitations to food fairs. At the fairs, we buy something such as wine, cassoulet, foie gras, walnuts, hazelnuts, or other items produced regionally. The producer takes our name and address and sends us an invitation for the next exhibition. Instead of paying five euros to enter the fair, télécharger (download) a FREE INVITATION. You probably will not leave hungry from these exhibitions. The point is to taste the products and hopefully buy what you like. Visit the Web sites below for dates, times, addresses and directions: Salon Mer & Vigne et Gastronomie (13th Sea and Wine Fair and Food) – Download the Mer &…

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    Visitors have the chance to choose the next color of the stairwell walls #l'Institute Suédois

    Hôtel de Marle’s Hidden Rooms at l’Institute Suédois

    September 27, 2019

    Dining Out in Paris – Book Review

    July 8, 2014

    Lydie Solomon: From Chopin to Cuba Concert

    January 22, 2014
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    Transportation

    Seeing Green In The Metro? It Is The RATP!

    August 4, 2010 /

    The RATP has a tourist welcoming program until August 31. The program works in conjunction with the Paris Tourist office and the City of Paris. If you need “Information”, one of the 200 green-jacketed, multi-lingual individuals in either select metro or the RER stations can help you. It will take a few mouse clicks to get the Tourist Web page. Visit the RATP Web site, click on the big words “Touristes, nos gilets…”, which opens to a French page (in case all tourists speak French, I guess). Scroll down below the video (which is also in French! What is RATP thinking!?). Be sure to check out their Tourist information page…

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    Musée des Arts Forains poster for Le Festival du Merveilleux 2013

    Arts Forains Another Marvelous Festival for Christmas 2013

    December 31, 2013
    Les Pestacles-Festival for kids June to September

    June in Paris – Events, Festivals, Music, Sports

    May 28, 2010
    Garry Winogrand, Jeu de Paume exhibit, catalog cover, English version

    Garry Winogrand – Jeu de Paume – Retrospective

    October 29, 2014

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