This is my latest from my belle France ; as we are in Summer !! sunny 23C or about 73F. However, is that time again to tell you my latest rants about some news from France. An eventful post in my blog that I have enjoyed together with you for the last 12+ years , And for those non Roman CCCLXXXIX is 389 ! ,with another dandy round of news of my belle France, of course, chosen by me; there are many others. We have finish the work in the house and now relax for Summer woes ! Hope you enjoy the post as I.
The Durfort mammoth once again visible at the Natural History Museum! Since 1898, successive generations of visitors have encountered this remarkable specimen. After a much-needed major restoration project, the Durfort mammoth is back in the paleontology gallery of the Natural History Museum in Paris. Acquired by the Museum in 1872, 3 years after its discovery in a village in Gard, the skeleton of the southern mammoth is one of the largest fossils of the species ever assembled in the world. Webpage: https://www.mnhn.fr/en/grande-galerie-de-l-evolution-gallery-of-evolution
Work has started at the Porte de Vanves crossroads, one of the strategic axes of the green corridor marking the border between the southern suburbs and Paris and used by more than 3 million bicycles in five years.The Porte-de-Vanves crossroads at the corner of Julia-Bertet and Garamond streets is being developed to slow down traffic by creating an almost right angle, Since last week, large concrete blocks have been installed on the roadway at the corners. A little before this angle, the cycle path along the railway line descending from rue Vercingétorix has been lowered from the sidewalk, in order to accentuate the curvature for motorists coming from Paris and heading towards the inner ring road there are also works planned. at the level of the INSEE tower, thus obtaining the installation of M12 panels (give way for cyclists) and a differentiated phasing of traffic lights according to users.
Created in 2019, the Grand Prix de la Pâtisserie de la Ville de Paris rewards the know-how of artisan bakers-pastry chefs, pastry chefs and pastry chefs in the capital. The new edition has as its theme the “values of sport” back on November 27, 2023 with, Olympic and Paralympic Games oblige, an edition placed under the values of sport The pastry must be made with at least one cultivated ingredient or made in Paris (aromatic herbs, fruits, honey, chocolate, coffee, edible flowers, etc.). It must also be “unpublished”, that is to say made especially for the competition, realizable and marketable in the physical shop of the winner . Applications are already open until October 18, 2023 at 2 p.m. City of Paris webpage : https://www.paris.fr/pages/grand-prix-de-la-patisserie-de-paris-a-vos-fourneaux-24027
Three months before the competition organized in France, the Rugby World Championships , with matches at the Stade de France in particular, professionals want to adapt their welcome to the expectations of oval ball fans. A guide, entitled “Do you speak tourist? », is distributed to them to accompany them. Paris teaching how to greet tourists ! Webpage : https://pro.visitparisregion.com/brochures/do-you-speak-touriste
The T10 tramway put into service between Clamart and Antony, the tramway linking the two cities of Hauts-de-Seine (92) was put into service this Saturday at 11h30, The T10 trains will run along the 6.8 km of rails, punctuated by thirteen stations, between Antony and Clamart via Le Plessis-Robinson and Châtenay-Malabry in Hauts-de-Seine.
The development of the 11 routes of the “VIF” network (formerly RER-Vélo) the first sections of the 750 km of cycle paths emerge from the ground, Still with old name webpage : https://rerv.fr/
Around sixty stations and train stations in Île-de-France will finally be equipped with a drinking water fountain, as required by law since 2022. The installation plan will be completed after the summer of 2023. With the exception of “pilot” equipment tested for a few weeks at the Gare de l’Est, there is no fountain available to travelers in all RATP and Transilien SNCF stations !. At least for now.
On the original poster for the Dieppe comic book festival (Seine-Maritime 76), which is to take place on July 22 and 23, 2023, a young woman with long brown hair poses in front of the Saint-Jacques Church, her arms resting on stacks of books. And as it is obviously summer, she wears a red bustier with thin straps, revealing a slight neckline. The poster is signed Jim, a renowned designer living in Montpellier, guest of honor for this edition. And the character is one of his heroines, Marie, who we find in his series “A Night in Rome”. Webpage: https://www.anbd.fr/festival-2023/les-lieux-et-comment-venir/
The largest Lego® exhibition in the world lays its bricks in the Pink City of Toulouse, Until the end of summer 2023, Espace EDF Bazacle in Toulouse presents the exhibition “The Art of the Brick”, which has already goes around the world. Original sculptures and famous paintings revisited.Original sculptures and famous paintings are revisited from Lego bricks. Michelangelo’s David is thus reconstructed with 16,349 pieces, Van Gogh’s Starry Night with 3,493 bricks and Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa brings together 4,573 Legos. Six-meter-long tyrannosaurus rex skeleton built with over 80,000 Lego Webpage : https://www.edf.fr/groupe-edf/agir-en-entreprise-responsable/fondation-et-mecenat-patrimoine-sport/espaces-edf-bazacle/presentation
The Winnoland amusement park ,you can fly 32 meters high with the Pteranodon Inaugurated this Friday, June 23,2023, this tower that makes you take off and spin is a unique creation for the park located in Saint-Pierre-du-Perray (Essonne 91) . It plunges visitors into the world of dinosaurs. Webpage : https://winnoland.fr/parc/attractions/le-pteranodon
A three-star hotel will soon open at the foot of the slopes of the Meaux-Esbly aerodrome. The establishment, supported by the ErkanPark group, will open in September 2023. In the 48 spacious rooms, the managers intend to welcome the pilots but also the visitors of Disneyland Paris, the tourists and the business clientele, betting on the proximity to Paris. It will be called the Run Way. Which means take-off runway, is right next to the Meaux-Esbly airfield, located in Isles-lès-Villenoy (Seine-et-Marne 77 ), with a breathtaking view of the grass runways. We see the aircraft take off or land from the balconies of the rooms. The Meaux Esbly aerodrome for now webpage : https://www.parisaeroport.fr/entreprises/aviation-d-affaires/presentation-aerodromes-aviation-generale/meaux
Paris 2024 Olympic Games: here are the cities where the Olympic flame will pass in Yvelines, the flame will stop in eight cities in Yvelines on Tuesday July 23, 2024. Among them, Versailles, of course, but also Mantes-la-Ville, Les Mureaux or the little Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse. The flame and its bearers will stop at two sites that will host the Olympic competitions: the National Golf Course in Guyancourt and the Palace of Versailles. This last place will serve as an open-air theater for the equestrian events (and modern pentathlon). At the end of the Grand Canal, on a plot of land baptized Etoile Royale or Royal Star under Louis XIV, it is there that an ephemeral stadium will be erected during the two weeks that can accommodate up to 40,000 spectators. His day will end in the majestic park of the Domaine de Madame Élisabeth, which faces the Palace of Versailles, at the other end of Avenue de Paris. Before that, the flame will be passed from hand to hand by the 100 bearers (who will each run 200 meters in six other towns: Rambouillet, Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse, Mantes-la-Ville, Les Mureaux, Poissy and Saint-Germain. -en-Laye. With 24 days of competition spread over 5 different sites, to which must be added the road races of the marathon (elite and for all) and cycling races, the Yvelines department 78 will face a large influx of visitors throughout the duration of the season. ‘event. Up to 100,000 spectators are expected each day.
In Paris, it will stop at several emblematic places on July 14 and 15, 2024, before returning on the 26th for the opening ceremony. The Place de la Concorde where this parade usually ends will be under construction. Infrastructure will be being installed to host events in new urban sports disciplines such as skateboarding. The French troops should therefore parade either on Avenue Foch or on the Cours de Vincennes from Place de la Nation. Updated route announce by the city of Paris: The National Day July 14 will be mainly devoted to “all places of national and local govts”, ending with a kind of vigil at the Hôtel de Ville, where the flame will spend the night. The route will begin with the Champs-Élysées before stopping at various places such as the National Assembly, the Senate, the Institute of the Arab World, Notre-Dame, the Carnavalet Museum, the Place de la Bastille, the Bataclan, République, the Olympia, the rue de Rivoli or even the Louvre. On July 15, the flame will continue its journey in the arrondissements or districts of Paris, After its night at the Hôtel de Ville, the flame will therefore begin its journey at the Institut national du sport, expertise and performance (Insep), in the Bois de Vincennes, It will then join the Porte de la Chapelle, where a brand new Arena, under construction, will host several Olympic events. The route will continue through the Goutte-d’Or district, in the 18éme, then by that of Montmartre, before going through the statues of the Mulatto Solitude and Alexandre Dumas in the 17éme. It will follow the Arc de Triomphe, the Bois de Boulogne, Roland-Garros, the memorial garden of the Children of the Vél d’Hiv, the place of Catalonia, the Butte aux cailles, the Buttes-Chaumont, Belleville… to end its route of the Place de la République. The flame will then travel through the various departments of Île-de-France region, before returning to set the Olympic cauldron ablaze for more than two weeks during the opening ceremony on 26 July 2024,
On July 20, 2024, the torch symbolizing the Olympic Games will travel across the department from south to north and from east to west. It will leave the imperial city of Fontainebleau in the morning, arriving in that of Bossuet or Meaux at the end of the day. It has already passed before the Winter Games of Grenoble 1968 and those of Albertville 1992. Next year, it will therefore be the first times for Summer Games. It will pass through eleven Seine-et-Marnaise towns. The torch, of which we do not yet know the identity of the bearers who will take turns over the course of the day, will begin its journey in Fontainebleau, the city with the most Olympic history in the department. It is indeed the only one to have already hosted Games events, those of Paris in 1924, in modern pentathlon. They had taken place at the equestrian stadium of the Grand Parquet. The lair of the famous Bataillon de Joinville, official supplier of champions for the various French teams, should also become the rear base of the South Korean delegation next summer. As for the Irish athletics team, it will train at the Philippe-Mahut stadium. Leaving the imperial city, the torch will take the direction of Melun, where it should pass Place des Saints-Pères, in front of the prefecture and the departmental council. Then the flame will take the direction of Lagny-sur-Marne, Saint-Thibault-des-Vignes, Torcy, Vaires-sur-Marne, Brou-sur-Chantereine and Chelles. Then head south-east, with a detour via Provins, Then towards Pontault-Combault, Finally, the tour of Seine-et-Marne (dept 77) will reach the day’s stopover town in Meaux, the most populated Before setting fire to the cauldron on the site from the Tauziet stadium, the Olympic flame will meet the Meldois (local folks of Meaux) through the streets.
Official 2024 Paris Olympics Games: https://www.paris2024.org/fr/dates-jeux-olympiques-paris-2024/
The moves by Ile-de-France residents to other regions jumped by 25% !!! I told you so,,,, The French, and even more particularly Ile-de-France residents, have decided to pack their bags to get out of cities that are too densely populated, The Occitanie, Brittany, Center-Val-de- Loire and Hauts-de-France are the most popular regions for Ile-de-France residents. By age category, it is the 20-25 year olds who move the most, and most often to the most urbanized areas. The 26-40 year olds also move more frequently, and more often “to the suburbs” of the cities. The over 55s are less mobile, without any particular change since 2019, while the 55-64 year olds are “slightly less under-represented for residential migrations from urban to rural areas, which can occur at the time of retirement. From a study by INSEE statiscal office of France.
The Spring-Summer 2024 fashion week of Paris just ended on June 25,2023 The City of Light remains the undisputed place of unbridled creativity. Paris has ramped up, as proven again by the spring-summer 2024 season. After the show of force of the Vuitton show on the first day of fashion week, the level has not dropped. The power of the French capital lies in its ability to bring together young talents and historic houses, to alternate blockbusters and confidential fashion shows and, above all, to offer a plural vision of fashion, from the very classic to the very conceptual. For Kim Jones’ fifth birthday at Dior The huge raised gray box in the gardens of the Ecole Militaire presented no a priori any singularity, until trapdoors hidden in the tiled floor opened and mannequins, each on a small mobile platform, emerging from the depths , There is Hermès, adept at understated luxury. In the vast colonnaded hall of the Palais d’Iéna, which houses the Economic, Social and Environmental Council, the saddler has installed a metal mesh for all decoration, reminiscent of the construction of clothing: the show opens with transparent, checkered shirts white lines, which barely veil the skin. Models show off their legs, with short leather elasticated waist shorts paired with perforated nubuck calfskin jackets. Pants in crisp cotton poplin are wide, leaving the ankles exposed, while puff-collar shirts in washed silk gape on the chest, Sublime Paris ! Webpage: https://www.fhcm.paris/en/paris-fashion-week
The 3rd edition of the Cinescale festival is coming to Square Marcel-Bleustein-Blanchet in Montmartre. From August 22 to 23, 2023, 2 films will be selected and then screened outdoors for free upon registration. An opportunity for filmmakers to show their short films in broad daylight. Participants will have the choice of making a short film on one of these two themes: intergenerational relationships or cultural exchanges through travel. The project should not exceed 15 minutes including the credits. Webpage : https://associnescale.wixsite.com/website/page-vierge
The Une Toile sous les Étoiles festival at the Château de Vincennes invites you to discover its program from August 24 to 26 2023. In a fairy tale setting, comfortably installed on deckchairs on the green grass, we watch nuggets of cinema projected on a giant screen, free of charge! In English : A Canvas under the Stars, Château de Vincennes, Avenue de Paris ,Vincennes (94), From August 24 to 26, 2023, Webpage : https://www.tourisme-valdemarne.com/agenda-perennes/cinema-en-plein-air-une-toile-sous-les-etoiles/
It’s the Ritz’s turn to take to the luxury outdoor cinema. The hotel invites us to the new edition of the Ciné Festival in its Grand Jardin the next day, all in original version with subtitles. And what would a luxury cinema be without food? Savory bites, creations by the pastry chef, custom cocktails… One thing is certain, you are going to enjoy it. Ciné Festival du Ritz 15, place Vendôme , 1ére From July 11 to 13 2023 from 20h 150€ per screening, Webpage : https://www.ritzparis.com/fr-FR/Le-Cin%C3%A9-Festival-Du-Ritz-Paris
On July 20 and 21, 2023, Monnaie de Paris opens wide the doors of its Cour d’honneur for two movie nights under the stars. On the program: two great cinema classics, the moving Slumdog Millionaire by Danny Boyle and Madness of Grandeur by Gérard Oury, featuring Louis de Funès in a completely crazy role. Why these two films? Because they talk about money. Logical, when you are at the Monnaie de Paris. Also, bear in mind the institution gives you free access to its exhibition Money in Art from 19h to 21h Open-air cinema at the Monnaie de Paris 11, Quai de Conti 6éme 3€ in presale until the end of June 5€ after the month of June, Webpage : https://billetterie.monnaiedeparis.fr/content
The Ciné Tarmac celebrates its 4th anniversary this year! Every summer since 2020, the Air and Space Museum has shown films on an airplane, and more specifically on the fuselage of a Boeing 747. On the program? Three soaring sessions on the tarmac at Le Bourget on July 7, 8 and 9, 2023 to propel you into space. For the curious, many workshops are available before the screenings to learn more about the world of aviation, rockets, or even probes and satellites. Ciné Tarmac – Air and Space Museum, Paris-Le Bourget Airport – Le Bourget (93) From July 7 to 9, 2023, Access from 19h, Price: 16€ Webpage :https://www.museeairespace.fr/actualites/cine-tarmac-2022/
At Annette K, you can play sports, have a coffee, take a dip in the pool, bask in the pill, eat lunch and dinner or eat delicious pastries, have a drink, party… In short, it’s is a real place to live In the 15éme arrondissement on the Seine river, for the arrival of fine weather, First, we find the equipped gym, to do your session with a magnificent view on the Seine. Rowing machine, weights, treadmill, bodybuilding… you can find all the equipment you need on site, but also group lessons of all kinds: cycling, yoga, bootcamp, or even pilates. On the roof of the houseboat, there is an open-air swimming pool, where you can swim in the sun or come and rest on the deckchairs to sunbathe and chill by the water. There is even a sauna area to relax after a sports session and a care center with osteopaths, physiotherapists, midwives and monitoring of top athletes. at the coffee shop, where you can come and have a coffee and eat homemade pastries, all in a calm and relaxing setting. From Tuesday to Saturday evening, from 18h, the evening begins gently on the quays. We watch the sunset and enjoy a few cocktails on the terrace. After dark, watch the Eiffel Tower light up in the moonlight and enjoy a dancefloor in the boat. At Port de Javel Bas, 15éme, Open every day, Webpage : https://www.annettek.fr/
The La Tour d’Argent restaurant reopens its doors enriched with three new spaces Closed for more than a year for a major renovation, accompanied by the creation of two bars and an apartment, the institution of the left bank will make its return in August 2023. The renovation is the most important that the restaurant on the left bank, born in 1582, has known since 1936, when it moved to the 6th floor to benefit from an exceptional view of the Seine and Notre-Dame. It has created three new spaces, from the ground floor to the roof of the building: the Bar des Maillets d’Argent, open from breakfast; the Roof of the Tower, on the 7th floor, for a drink at the top; the Apartment, to stay in this mythical place, Webpage : https://tourdargent.com/en/
The Victor Hugo’s house-museum houses a charming tree-lined courtyard, where Fabien Rouillard’s pastry-caterer Mulot has been officiating for two years. Café Mulot, open to all, features around fifty covers on hibiscus-coloured garden furniture, in the shade of tall chestnut trees. The order is made at the counter, inside, but it is served at the table, in real dishes. Webpage : https://www.cafe-mulot.com/en/
The Grand Départ of the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country Spain will be the second after that of San Sebastian in 1992 and the 25th from abroad. After three stages beyond the Pyrenees, the Tour will then continue entirely in France. 6 Regions and 23 departments will be visited. The Tour de France starts Saturday July 1st and ends on Sunday July 23rd 2023, There will be 21 stages: 8 plain stages, 4 hilly stages, 8 mountain stages with 4 altitude finishes (Cauterets-Cambasque, Puy de Dôme, Grand Colombier and Saint-Gervais Mont-Blanc). 1 individual time trial stage and 2 rest days, Out of a total of 40, 12 new sites or stage towns will appear on the Tour map in 2023 : Bilbao (start and finish of the 1st stage), Amorebieta-Etxano (start of the 2nd stage), Nogaro (finish of the 4th stage), Vulcania (start of the 10th stage), Moulins (finish of the 11th stage), Belleville-en-Beaujolais (finish of the 12th stage), Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne (start of the 13th stage), Les Gets Les Portes du Soleil (stage 15 start), Passy (stage 16 start), Combloux (stage 16 finish), Poligny (stage 19 finish) and Le Markstein Fellering (stage 20 finish), The mountains will be covered with five massifs of France will be visited. In order, the Pyrenees, the Massif Central, the Jura, the Alps and the Vosges. Three new features: the Côte de Vivero (Basque Country), the Col de la Croix Rosier (Massif Central) and the Col du Feu (Alps). A big comeback after thirty-five years of absence: the Puy de Dôme which had not appeared on the Tour map since 1988. and The Col de la Loze (2,304 meters) will be the roof of the Tour de France 2023, A total of 2.3 million Euros will be awarded and put into play for teams and riders, including 500,000 Euros for the winner of the final individual general classification. The 21 stages are : BILBAO > BILBAO 182 KM VITORIA-GASTEIZ > SAN SEBASTIEN 209 km AMOREBIETA-ETXANO > BAYONNE 193.5 km DAX > NOGARO 182 km PAU > LARUNS 163 km TARBES > CAUTERETS-CAMBASQUE 145 km MONT-DE-MARSAN > BORDEAUX 170km LIBOURNE > LIMOGES 201 km SAINT-LÉONARD-DE-NOBLAT > PUY DE DÔME 182.5 km CLERMONT-FERRAND Rest CLERMONT-FERRAND > MOULINS 180 km ROANNE > BELLEVILLE-EN-BEAUJOLAIS 169 km CHÂTILLON-SUR-CHALARONNE > GRAND COLOMBIER 138 km ANNEMASSE > MORZINE THE PORTES DU SOLEIL 152 km LES GETS THE PORTES DU SOLEIL > SAINT-GERVAIS MONT-BLANC 179 km SAINT-GERVAIS MONT-BLANC Rest PASSY > COMBLOUX 22.4 km SAINT-GERVAIS MONT-BLANC > COURCHEVEL 166 km MOÛTIERS > BOURG-EN-BRESSE 185 km MOIRANS-EN-MONTAGNE > POLIGNY 173 km BELFORT > LE MARKSTEIN FELLERING 133.5 km, SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES > PARIS CHAMPS-ÉLYSÉE 115.5 km, The official Tour de France webpage : https://www.letour.fr/en/overall-route
There you go folks, another round of my some news from France coming to you freely by the road warrior travel guy . Hope you enjoy this post and do take care ,enjoy we are just about in Summer, great, sunny days ahead,
And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!
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