My personal curiosities of Saint Germain en Laye !!!

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I like to tell you further about a lovely town I like a lot and lucky enough to lived next to it for 9 + years. The wonderful Royal town of Saint-Germain-en-Laye in the department 78 Yvelines, region of Île de France of my belle France. Many memories with the family here on its castle museum and especially the open market with a nice quant city center, I like to tell you more of my personal curiosities of Saint Germain en Laye !!! Hope you enjoy the post as I,

The market is second only to Versailles in the region in my opinion, very nice at the Place du Marché Neuf ,on Tuesdays and Fridays from 8h30-13h – Sundays from 8h30-13h30. The plaza is gorgeous and many nice shops around its quant nice City center.  You can,also, shop in over 850 stores in city center, one of the largest choices in the whole region, even better than Versailles. In 1776, the Old Market was moved along the Rue de Poissy to a large square created on the old cemetery: Place du Marché-Neuf. We have come here for this flea market still going strong and very lively, My ocassion was to trade my travel post cards which still have about a 1000 from many countries ; at the time here had over 4K from 76 countries ! The 31ème édition de la Brocante de Fourqueux was held this past Sunday June 4 from 8h30 to 18h at the espace Pierre Delanoe, 2 place Victor Hugo.  Also, last Saturday/Sunday June 3-4 at the parc Eglise Saint-Léger, 20 rue de la Maison Verte.

SGL marche boys PF jun06

Saint-Germain-en-Laye is one of the most interesting historic towns around Paris. It has retained its old urban fabric, inherited from the Middle Ages, its curved streets and dead ends dating back to times prior to the 17C, Indeed a walker paradise of history and architecture ! One of the most quant streets is the Rue au Pain !! Here with visiting friends from Florida USA, and my dear late wife Martine.

SGL rue au pain visit juan y reynol with MF et PF apr10

The main thing here and one have not given enough credit me think so here is a bit more, The museum to the glory of the famous composer Claude Debussy at 38 rue au Pain, The native home of Claude-Debussy was closed for renovations on October 31, 2021. It planned to reopened for 2023 on the occasion of European Heritage Days (this is by Sept 17-19 2023). A unique place, bringing together all the objects associated with the famous French composer in the house where he was born It was in this 17C house, owned by the city, that Claude Debussy was born on August 22, 1862 and spent his early childhood. His father indeed had a business of earthenware on the ground floor , It very quickly became at his death in 1918 the main meeting place for all his admirers

Also, some stores remember had patronise were the Boulangerie Rue Au Pain at no 77 ,Father and Sons at no 1, Patisserie Grandin at no, 13, who has been creating wonders evoking the region and its history since 1822, Nicolsen Chocotalier at no, 19, Pharmacie du Château at no 35, and Armand Thiery at no 58.

The City of Saint-Germain-en-Laye on its heritage : https://www.saintgermainenlaye.fr/140/visiter-saint-germain-en-laye.htm

The local Seine St Germain tourist office on St Germain en Laye : https://www.seine-saintgermain.fr/en/?s=St+GErmain+en+laye

There you go folks, a beautiful majestic city of Saint Germain en Laye. A wonderful backyard to have for many years of joy, and wonderful memories forever. We love it and always looking forward to be back ,eventually, Again, hope you enjoy the post as I

And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!

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I am a lover of travels to Europe , Americas , Africa and Asia as well ,who like to share my experiences of the last 53 years with the world, visiting so far 81 countries; living in 6, working in 5, and Citizen of 4, speaking fluently 4 languages. I can deal with sports especially football/soccer and love music, arts, wine collector/drinker, and go out to restaurants, and just visit the world. My background comes all the way from Candelaria and Pajara in Tenerife, Spain where my grandparents came from ;not knowing each other then, to Punta Brava, west of Havana, Cuba. There , my parents born in Cuba met and later on I was born there too. 100% guanche (annexed Tenerife to Spain on April 10 ,1496). I left Cuba as many have to Madrid, Spain where I lived for 4 years. Then, move to Perth Amboy ,New Jersey USA (living there 13 yrs) ; where I completed high school, became a US Citizen, learned to drive a car, and learned English. Afterward, went to the university in Florida, ERAU, and upon graduation decided to moved there to Ormond by the Sea, near Daytona Beach, finally moving North Miami, then Hialeah, then another moved to Silver Lakes division in Miramar, Broward county, Florida; in Florida I lived a total of 18 years. Finally , moved to France in 2003 ,Versailles call me for its royalty, and working in Paris was great. It was time to seek frontiers again and moved to Brech near Auray, Morbihan in Brittany , and later move to not too far Pluvigner. Total so far in France has been 20 years, and counting. Moving average a home every 5.5 years hopefully this will be my last. Cheers All rights reserved. No part of this blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holder, me. No part of this work may be modified, without the written permission of the holder, me.No part of this work may be exposed to public view in any form or by any means, without identifying the holder as the author, and with the before mentioned permission.

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