In my new life as retiree my blog is my biggest entertainement and before anything else, I like to thank everyone of my readers and followers to stay with me over the years since November 26 2010 !!! Thank you !!! I decided to trim some of my older posts in my series Some news from France and condense them as not to lose the most important parts, me think, of them, Therefore, this is my new work, the condense news of my belle France, Hope you enjoy it as I.
Some news from France CXLVI November 3, 2016
And yes folks, Paris is losing tourists ,due to the last world events , do not understand why ,but that is the tricky world of travel. So now the city is trying to bring folks back and how. One thing the city is doing is creating a huge space of welcome at the foot of the Tour Eiffel on a Villa Médicis of the gastronomy . This is due to the fact the city lost 11% visitors in 2016 so far and even if they think of finishing the year with 23-24 millions visitors , the big loss is remarkable. The idea is to keep the city as the first world destination it has been with a plan that has 59 points of improvement to accomplish this push by 2% each year to 2022. This will be accomplish with the creation of 7 new tourist districts such as the canals of Paris, Theaters and Cabarets, Street Art, Chinatown, Paris and its faubourgs, etc etc. As well as the know how in artists and a green tourism emphasizing its wooded areas.
Something wonderful is coming up; The Bataclan is re opening November 12 with a concert with Sting!!! Ticket sales will begin Tuesday 8th and the concert will benefit two ONG Life for Paris and 13 Novembre: Fraternité Verité that helps the victims.
And see Guerres Secrétes, at the musée de l’Armée (Invalides) until January 29 2017. See the great times of the espionage and counter espionage of older and current days
Some news from France CXLVII November 10, 2016
Such is the dome of more than 80 meters high covering the Church of St. Augustin now visible to the boulevard Malesherbes. About three years ago that the Church is hemmed in ugly scaffolding. La Madeleine (for restoration, during one year, the cornice, estimated to be 3 M€) and Church of Saint-Eustache (the façade and garden scheduled up to the end of 2018
The Carrousel du Louvre, with its elegant shopping gallery and its exhibitions and receptions shows just a revolution. This Tuesday night, it is a renovated commercial spaces that will be inaugurated. At 99, rue de Rivoli (1eme), first a new canopy which hosts thousands of visitors of this famous address. It replaces the old awning canvas a little dated. Viparis is a home of 1 300 m2 and a ceiling height of 4.8 meters. with its four other existing salons, these are 7125 m2 of rooms that open within the Louvre. What to deal with the fierce competition of events spaces like the Palais Brongniart (2éme) or the all-new Carré du Temple (3éme). Charles Aznavour in concert on 21 December 2016 to December 28, 2016 at the Palais des sports – Paris. He who recently got finally and well deserve a star in Hollywood blvd CA USA.
For the inauguration of the Museum Raymond Devos, established in the House he occupied in Saint-Rémy-les-Chevreuse The cité of architecture and heritage takes us on vacation through a vast panorama of the history of the seaside cities in France and Europe. Architecture, urban planning, artwork and everyday objects tell the gradual conquest of the seaside . Until February 13, The ambition of this exhibition is to exceed the images of Epinal and to study the personality, representations, the tastes and lifestyle of one of the greatest princes of the Grand Siècle. Until 30 September: Castle of Chantilly in the museum
The Moulin de la Galette, on the butte Montmartre, this is a kind of Parisian monument in front of which we can be all day. The old mill, built in the 17C, which was still producing flour and wine in the 19C, lived a thousand lives. Former property of Debray (that of Régis) family, it transformed into a tavern, then in the restaurant. Its recent history, he owes to Cédric Barbier, a digital ex-entrepreneur who bought and smartly renovated. Above the bar, thanks to a transparent ceiling, you can see the mill mechanism. When the weather is nice, the terrace opens its arms. As prices are more than reasonable, We would like to live across the street. The Moulin de la Galette, 83, rue Lepic, Paris 18éme.
This baroque sanctuary of the waffle with vanilla of Madagascar since 2008 has a gourmet restaurant. Nomadic and elegant, the kitchen of Maxime Schelstraete, young chef spent his time in England and Australia, if offers the luxury of working lobster or truffles between two flavours besides and merges wild squid and smoked salt, langoustines and zaatar Lebanese, a tradition in Lille, Meert: 27 rue Esquermoise,
Some news from France CXLVIII December 9, 2016
The Festival of lights (fête des lumiéres) brings a bit of light and heat in the streets of Sèvres . The public will recognize the famous blue of Sèvres and rose Pompadour developed in tribute to the benefactor of the Royal manufactory. In 1756, the workshop had left Vincennes for Sèvres, in a building built at the initiative of Madame de Pompadour, near her castle at Bellevue. Torchlight descent, which will begin at 19h (7 p.m.) on the heights of Sèvres will now be either with torches, but with bright balloons.
Four merchants of Venice in the 17C placed their tyranny on women. “Rednecks” Goldoni will be onstage at the Montansier Theater this weekend.
And the spirit of Christmas continues in the Chateau de Villarceaux by Chaussy, At Beauvais the enchantment of Christmas, At Meru new exhibition. Saturday and Sunday, from 14h30 to 18h30, at the Museum of Pearland Pearl, discovery of the exhibition “Once upon a time… old to the toy World Games” (part 1). At Compiègne Christmas market. Saturday and Sunday, from 10h30 to 19h, on the square of the city/Town Hall, composed of many cottages. Christmas circus.Christmas concert. Sunday at 17h, in the big ballroom of the Palace of Compiègne. In the program, for soloists, chorus and Orchestra, opening the “Zenobia in Palmyra” opera, Giovanni Paisiello At Pierrefonds, Exhibitions at the Castle, installation of the artist Mircea Cantor ‘Bellum & Maternitas’ At Chantilly, Exhibitions in the room of the Jeu de Paume of the Castle, “The Grand Condé, the rival of the Sun-King” as well as “The Duke of Aumale, historian”, in the cabinet of the Castle library Lace Museum. located at 34, rue d’ Aumale (Court Library), self-guided tour of the small museum consisting of three rooms where you will find unique collections (lace tile, time zones, preparatory drawings, quilted cardboards, shawls, dresses, Ruffles, fanchons, umbrellas, fans,…) At Senlis Christmas animations. on the course-Thore, ride the little train of time. Also, all weekend, Christmas fun course, stand confectionery and hot chestnuts. and in the Gallery Gilbert Dufois, discovered the new exhibit “Group 4”. The collections of the Museum of hunting. , discovering the new exhibition “Curiosities – Elisabeth Amblard looks” presented under “Senlis, one (e) artist
Some news from France CXLVIIII December 13, 2016
Cirque Bouglione, Le Bouglione, show Surprise, at the Cirque d’hiver until February 26, 110, rue Amelot, in Paris (XIe) Gruss, show Quintessence, crossroads of the Cascades, Porte de Passy (16éme), until February 19. Free shuttle to the exit of the metro/subway Porte d’Auteuil
The horizon of 2022, line 11 of the metro will be to Rosny (Seine-Saint-Denis) for new terminal. An extension of 6 km (6 stations beyond hotel de ville de lilac) whose works were officially launched this weekend. Parisians can also rejoice because the 13 stations of the existing line will be upgraded in the program: creation of new access (hotel de ville, Belleville, Pyrénées, Telegraph, Porte de lilac, hotel de ville de lilac), new releases (Goncourt, Belleville) simple but also cutting an additional hallway for stations Châtelet and Jourdain, installation of escalators (Chatelet, hotel de ville, Belleville (, Pyrenees, Porte des Lilas) or elevators (Telegraph, Porte des Lilas, hotel de ville de Lilas)…improvements always to a diehard public transport system.
Ever wandered on a day the Saint-Denis Basilica reach its highest arrow 86 meters high and demolished in 1846? Can we rebuild a tower demolished 170 years ago, downtown? Yes, says the study. The metro or the regulations of the Bourget airport are incompatible with its construction. Available the information required to rebuild this tower the same? Yes, sure Jacques Moulin. His file contains hundreds of documents, sometimes very old, from the library hundreds of architecture and heritage information of the city of Charenton, the National Archives of Fontainebleau, which precisely describes the operations of reassembly of the arrow.An inventory has helped to identify 300 stones of the old Tower, found in the gardens of the Basilica and at the excavation site
The castle of Pierrefonds the monument organizes workshops of two hours during which children can achieve maps pop ups of the Castle. A pine forest will take place in the room of the guards. Shops will be December 18, 19, 21, 23, 26, 28 and 30 at 14h30.
The Paris of Avedon and characters that drive it are narrated through 150 works in the exhilarating exhibition of the national library. The France of Avedon” at the National Library of France, until Feb. 26 Petit Maitre ‘ is an intriguing piece, joined the repertoire of the French, but played only twice in 1734 (following a cabal). “The Petit Maitre of Marivaux. MS: Clément Hervieu-Léger. Comédie-Française,Salle Richelieu until April 24. 2017 “Romeo and Juliet” were not on show at the Comédie-Française since 1954. “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare. Staging: Eric Ruf Paris, Comédie-Française until May 30.
And to close out this post, some anecdotes; do you know that Paris has about 6 290 public and private streets in 2012. Inside Paris the longest street is rue Vaugirard that goes thru the 6eme and 15eme arrondissements with a lenght of 4 360 meters ! Not to confused with the boulevard périphérique that has about 35 000 meters or the avenue Daumesnil with 6 270 meters. The shortest is the rue des Degrès in the 2eme with only 5 meters 75 cm that is more like a staircase. The oldest known street is the rue Saint-Jacques dating from at least the 1C AD, and it linked Paris with Etampes and Orléans in the Middle Ages. The most steep street is not in Montmartre but in the 20eme arrondissement, this is the street rue Gasnier-Guy with a 17,4 % inclination. Paris , also has 13 260 pedestrian crossings. The street the most high is again not in Montmartre but in the 20eme arrondissement ,this is the rue du Télégraphe that is 128.508 meters in altitude. The narrowest street in Paris is the rue du Chat qui Pêche which is only 1,8 meters wide. The most expensive street in Paris is the avenue Montaigne in the 8éme that has a cost of about 17K euros in 2015 according to Challenges et Meilleurs Agents. Streets name after woman, is only about 4% in Paris.
There you go folks, a big task but a work of love to keep the best, me think of these wonderful older posts over the years, These are what I think worth keeping of my older Some news from France series, and I thank you, Again, hope you enjoy this post as I
And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!
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