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25/10/2013
Musée National du Moyen-Age: Thermes et Hôtel de Cluny

Musée National du Moyen-Age: Thermes et Hôtel de Cluny

Unusual Paris Museums and Galleries: Museum of the Middle Ages: Small but eminently important, the Musée National du Moyen-Age (National Museum of the Middle Ages), has a range of medieval sculptures and artifacts dedicated to the everyday life, the art and history of France during the Middles Ages.

20/10/2013
Maison de Victor Hugo – Victor Hugo’s Apartment in Paris

Maison de Victor Hugo – Victor Hugo’s Apartment in Paris

The Maison de Victor Hugo Shows the Boundless Creative Talent of this Writer: Located in the south-eastern corner of Place des Vosges is the Maison de Victor Hugo, the apartment that Victor Hugo rented and lived in with his family for sixteen years. Although the richly decorated rooms that you see h

10/10/2013
Musée de la Poupée – Paris Dolls Museum

Musée de la Poupée – Paris Dolls Museum

Musée de la Poupée – A Paris Museum Sure to Delight Kids: An unusual Paris museum that is a good bet for children is the Musée de la Poupée, a private museum in the heart of the historic toy district in Paris 3rd arrondissement. With a permanent collection of some 600 dolls made between 1800 […]The

04/10/2013
Rue Mouffetard – A Lively and Busy Food Street

Rue Mouffetard – A Lively and Busy Food Street

Rue Mouffetard is both Bohemian and Multicultural: Like rue Cler and rue Montorgueil, rue Mouffetard , in the 5th arrondissement, is another of the famous food and market streets in Paris. In fact this lively and busy pedestrian-only street is one of the oldest, having been built during Roman times.

29/09/2013
Shakespeare and Company – A Legendary Bookshop

Shakespeare and Company – A Legendary Bookshop

Shakespeare Bookshop’s Reputation Far Exceeds the Size of its Shop: Shakespeare and Company is an independent English-language bookshop in the Latin Quarter that falls under the “legendary bookshop” category. When you have literary luminaries visiting Shakespeare and Company and when film-makers fea

27/09/2013
Rue Cler – A Famous Food Street in the 7th Arrondissement

Rue Cler – A Famous Food Street in the 7th Arrondissement

Rue Cler, in Paris 7th Arrondissement, is Famous as a Market Street: Rue Cler is a street in the 7th arrondissement that begins in the north at rue Saint-Dominique and ends in the south at Avenue de la Motte Picquet. For the many visitors who come in search of rue Cler, the interesting part of […]Th

25/09/2013
Marché Président Wilson – A Paris Market with Great Food

Marché Président Wilson – A Paris Market with Great Food

Marché Président Wilson is Noted for its Quality Food: If you love food, you’ll most certainly love the markets in Paris. Of the food markets that we visited in Paris, the Marché Président Wilson on Avenue du Président Wilson is my favourite. This large market in the 16th arrondissement has beautifu

22/09/2013
Cimetière du Montparnasse – A Famous Paris Cemetery

Cimetière du Montparnasse – A Famous Paris Cemetery

Montparnasse Cemetery – The final resting place of many Legendary Artists and Intellectuals: Spread over an area of 19 hectares, Cimetière du Montparnasse is the second largest cemetery in Paris after Père Lachaise. Like Père Lachaise, it is the final resting place of many of France’s intellectual a

21/09/2013
Deyrolle – A Unique Taxidermy Shop in the Heart of Paris

Deyrolle – A Unique Taxidermy Shop in the Heart of Paris

Deyrolle Feels More like a Natural History Museum: When it comes to the unusual, Deyrolle is perhaps one of the more idiosyncratic shops in Paris. If you’re shopping for a gift that’s a little more unique than what you can find in Galeries Lafayette or the other Paris grand magasins, the shop has st

18/09/2013
Marché des Enfants Rouges – A Paris Market in Le Marais

Marché des Enfants Rouges – A Paris Market in Le Marais

Marché des Enfants Rouges – One of the Oldest Covered Markets in Paris: Marché des Enfants Rouges is said to be one of the oldest covered markets in Paris. But when you visit this traditional food market in the 3rd arrondissement, you’ll find nothing old about it. It has the season’s fruit and veget

17/09/2013
Espace Dalí – The Surreal World of Dalí in Montmartre

Espace Dalí – The Surreal World of Dalí in Montmartre

Espace Dalí has the largest collection of Dalí sculptures in France: Fans of Dalí will not want to miss a visit to Espace Dalí in Montmartre. In this small, but very well presented gallery is a magnificent collection of Dalí’s most important works including sculptures, lithographs, illustrations, en

15/09/2013
Musée des Egouts de Paris (Paris Sewers Museum)

Musée des Egouts de Paris (Paris Sewers Museum)

Unusual Paris Museums and Galleries: Musée des Egouts – the Paris Sewers Museum: For anyone looking for an off-the-beaten track experience in Paris, you couldn’t get more off-beat than a visit underground to the Musée des Egouts (Paris Sewer Museum). Yes, there really is a Museum of the Sewers in Pa

12/09/2013
Archives Nationales Paris – Housing the History of France

Archives Nationales Paris – Housing the History of France

Archives Nationales – A National Archives Created During the French Revolution: One of the most important sites in Paris, and perhaps one that is relatively unknown to visitors, is the Archives Nationales in the Marais District. Created during the French Revolution under the orders of Napoleon, the

11/09/2013
Les Catacombes de Paris – “An Empire of Death”

Les Catacombes de Paris – “An Empire of Death”

Unusual Paris Museums and Galleries: Catacombes In spite of the somewhat forbidding sign over a stone portal to the ossuary which warns: “Arrête! C’est ici l’empire de la mort” (“Stop! This is the empire of death”), the Catacombes is one of the very popular attractions in Paris. Each year thousands

28/07/2013
The Promenade Plantée – A Secret Paris Garden

The Promenade Plantée – A Secret Paris Garden

A Relaxing Stroll in the Promenade Plantée, an Unusual Paris Garden: The Jardin des Tuileries, Luxemburg Gardens and Bois de Vincennes are all historical Paris parks and gardens that tourists are familiar with. One relatively new Paris Coulée Verte or green space that is somewhat of a secret garden

27/07/2013
Eurostar Check-in at Gare du Nord

Eurostar Check-in at Gare du Nord

The Eurostar Check in Procedure at Paris Gare du Nord is Easy and Painless: Our recent trip to Europe was an interesting one from a luggage perspective. Apart from our mobile office and camera equipment, we had clothing and shoes for the cold weather in Paris, smart clothing for our two-week boutiqu

25/07/2013
Wine Tasting in Paris at O’Chateau

Wine Tasting in Paris at O’Chateau

Enjoy French Wine-Tasting in the Heart of Paris at O’Chateau : For anyone interested in tasting French wines during their holiday in Paris, O’Chateau is a wine-tasting company that offers visitors the opportunity to learn about French wines and engage in wine-tasting in the heart of Paris. O’Chateau

29/06/2013
The Paris Pass – Is it Value for Money?

The Paris Pass – Is it Value for Money?

The Paris Pass Has Benefits that’s Worth its Weight in Gold: For our month in Paris we needed to cover as many attractions and museums as possible and there was no question that we needed to get the Paris Pass for our visits. Sometimes people ask if the Paris Pass is value for money? Although [...]T

24/06/2013
Living Like a Local in our Paris Apartment

Living Like a Local in our Paris Apartment

Renting a Paris Apartment was a New Experience that Worked out Well: After many hours of searching for a Paris apartment, I finally settled on booking Olivier’s apartment through the VRBO network. When you haven’t rented apartments directly from strangers in the past, you get a bit uncertain about m

24/06/2013
Booking your Paris Apartment

Booking your Paris Apartment

Booking your Paris Apartment Requires Some Work if You Want the Right Apartment: Over the past years, our visits to Paris have always been short trips of no more than a week and like the majority of visitors, we have always used hotels for our Paris accommodation. But for this trip, where we will be

22/06/2013
Le Temps des Cerises – A Popular Marais Bistrot

Le Temps des Cerises – A Popular Marais Bistrot

Le Temps des Cerises is a Marais Restaurant with Interesting and Good Food: Le Temps des Cerises is another of our neighbourhood Marais bistrot-wine bar and one that is very popular with locals and tourists alike. No matter what time of day, morning, lunch or dinner, there are always customers hangi

21/06/2013
Père-Lachaise – The World’s Most Visited Cemetery

Père-Lachaise – The World’s Most Visited Cemetery

A Visit to Père-Lachaise, the World’s Most Famous Cemetery: With more than two million visitors a year, Père-Lachaise is said to be one of the most visited cemeteries in the world and this afternoon, as the rain storm cleared away, we made our way to 20th arrondissement in the east of Paris. The mai

17/06/2013
An Outstanding Airport Transfer by Paris-Shuttle

An Outstanding Airport Transfer by Paris-Shuttle

Charles de Gaulle – Paris Airport Shuttle: For our arrival in Paris, I wanted to book a shuttle from Charles de Gaulle Airport to our apartment in the Marais district. It’s been a few years since we’ve travelled to Paris and the Viator shuttle that we would normally use only delivers passengers to h

17/06/2013
A Fascinating Visit to the Paris Chocolate Museum

A Fascinating Visit to the Paris Chocolate Museum

The Musée Gourmand du Chocolat Has 4,000 Years of Cocoa History: We normally wouldn’t have gone to a chocolate museum like the Musée Gourmand du Chocolat as on the surface, it seems like something that’s been set up just for tourists. However, it was one of the free attractions in our Paris Pass an

16/06/2013
Paris by Arrondissement – 2e Arrondissement

Paris by Arrondissement – 2e Arrondissement

Paris 2nd Arrondissement is Home to the Historic Paris Bourse and the Banking Sector: Located on the right bank of the Seine River, the 2e arrondissement or 2nd arrondissement is home to the historic Paris Bourse and a large number of bank and airlines head offices, making this Paris district primar

15/06/2013
Chic Outlet Shopping at La Vallée Village

Chic Outlet Shopping at La Vallée Village

Bargain-Hunting for Designer Fashion at La Vallée Village: Tuesday was shopping day for us and the plan was to head for one of the shopping outlets in Paris. We’ve heard a lot about Chic Outlet’s La Vallée Village and thought that it was time for us to check out the bargains for designer fashion at

12/06/2013
Calle 24 – A Cuban Bistrot in the Heart of the Marais

Calle 24 – A Cuban Bistrot in the Heart of the Marais

For a Taste of Cuban, Calle 24 is a Bistrot that Serves Tapas: When Tony suggested a casual tapas dinner at Calle 24, I was all for it. Just the mention of tapas was enough to secure my buy-in as we both love tapas, and it’s a nice change from French cuisine. Calle 24, at [...]The post Calle 24 – A

09/06/2013
Dinner at the Vins des Pyrénées, a Marais Restaurant

Dinner at the Vins des Pyrénées, a Marais Restaurant

Vins des Pyrénées – A Traditional Bistrot in the Heart of the Marais: Vins des Pyrénées is a bistrot that’s just three minutes walk from our Marais apartment. Olivier, the owner of our apartment recommended this bistrot to us, saying that the wine is very good and that he often dines here when he is

08/06/2013
The Ladurée Macaroon Craze

The Ladurée Macaroon Craze

Are Ladurée Macaroons the Best of French Macaroons: Ladurée is a patisserie that is famous the world over for its macaroons. For a long time, we never did understand the craze for these colourful French macaroons. On previous visits to Paris, when we’ve seen queues of people lining up to get into th

07/06/2013
Le Bulot or Whelk – A Specialty Sea Snail

Le Bulot or Whelk – A Specialty Sea Snail

Le Bulot is Popular in Paris Markets: Le Bulot or Whelk is a popular shellfish that is common in the markets of Paris. This crustacean is usually cooked with garlic butter or spices and is served in seafood platters. The fishermen who farm these shellfish have a less fancy way of cooking them, boil

07/06/2013
Paris: Practical Information

Paris: Practical Information

Useful information for your stay in Paris City of Paris Language Time Electricity Weights & Measures Money, Banks etc. Public Holidays Emergencies Events, performances, etc. Telephone, fax Post Taxis Language: French, and it’s always a big help to know a few phrases in the local lingo… Bonjour! Lear

07/06/2013
Marché aux Fleurs et aux Oiseaux Cité

Marché aux Fleurs et aux Oiseaux Cité

Paris Markets: Flower Market and Bird City: An interesting Paris market to visit in the 4th arrondissement is the Marché aux Fleurs et aux Oiseaux Cité. This Flower Market and Bird City have been operating at the Place Louis Lépine on the Ile de la Ile de la Cité since 1808. As the name indicates, [

07/06/2013
Rue Montorgueil – A Foodie’s Paradise

Rue Montorgueil – A Foodie’s Paradise

Rue Montorgueil Is a Must-Visit for Anyone Who Loves Food: One of the more interesting and vibrant streets in the 1st and 2nd arrondissements of Paris is Rue Montorgueil. The bustling nature of this pedestrian street was captured by Monet in his 1878 painting. Today rue Montorgueil is famous for its

07/06/2013
The Asparagus – A Royal Spring Vegetable and Delicacy

The Asparagus – A Royal Spring Vegetable and Delicacy

With the Onset of Spring Comes the Asparagus Season: At Verger Saint Paul, the greengrocer at 97/99 rue Saint Antoine in the Marais district, we saw stacks of asparagus, both green and white. Asparagus is a spring vegetable, yet we’re into June and there are plentiful supplies of asparagus in the s

07/06/2013
Paris Shopping – Les Grands Magasins of Paris

Paris Shopping – Les Grands Magasins of Paris

At the Grand Department Stores in Paris You Can Shop till you Drop: If shopping is your passion, a visit to les Grands Magasins (the grand department stores) of Paris is a must. Parisians are très chic and the department stores here carry all the latest in the fashion scene. The big stores stock mos

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