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 !!! Especially my first likes from former travel forum friend Jeannette 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, CCXXXVII July 3, 2019
Paris Plage or beach which will deploy its sunbeds from Saturday, July 6, on the right bank of the Seine (1éme and 4éme arrondissements) and around the basin of Villette, (19éme). Almost seaside atmosphere ensured until Sunday 1st September. Not to be missed either, the Fnac Live festival (free entrance) which starts this Wednesday until Friday on the forecourt of the Hôtel de Ville (city hall 4éme). Clara Luciani and Eddy from Pretto will perform on Thursday night. As for film buffs, they look forward to July 17, date of the first open-air cinema at La Villette (until August 18). To celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Liberation, the new Museum of the Liberation of Paris – General Leclerc museum – Jean Moulin museum will open on August 25 place Denfert-Rochereau (14éme arrondissement).
A new stage for the Mona Bismarck, (many times here! )which officially becomes this day , the American Center for Art and Culture. The ambition of this name change: to become the only American center dedicated to contemporary art in Paris Live special Independence Day. Mona Bismarck American Center. 34, New York Avenue (16éme). July 4, 2019
The City of Paris organized a conference on the theme: “Are there too many tourists in Paris? “ With 50 million visitors recorded in 2018 in Paris and its region, although these tourist flows contribute to the economic and cultural development of the territories, rapid and poorly regulated growth can disrupt the daily lives of residents with noise, pressure on rents , commercial fabric transformation, transport congestion, blah and given us jobs too!!. The provence folks (as we call folks from outside Paris region in France) are the most numerous tourists in the capital where they represent, according to the Paris tourist office, 46% of hotel arrivals. Next come visitors from other continents (29% of hotel arrivals) and finally other Europeans (25% of hotel arrivals). In the list of Europeans, the British led the way (1.2 million people!), followed by the Germans (900,000) and the Spaniards (740,000). The North American market is doing very well: since 2017, we have ironed over 2 million! people a year in Paris. It is a very loyal public and does not travel in low-cost. Huge numbers in the Paris hotels from outside France too!
Until September 1, 2019, several parks and gardens in Paris open until 01h (1am) to allow everyone to observe a beautiful starry sky. No need to bring amenities, except a little wool for cooler evenings. Ideal for solo, to share with family or in love for a so romantic moment, here are all the evenings this Summer: Saturday 06/07 at Séverine square – 20éme Tuesday 09/07 place des Vosges – 4éme Friday 12/07 at Parc Montsouris – 14éme Tuesday 16/07 for the lunar eclipse at Parc de Belleville – 19éme Saturday 20/07 at the Jardin d ‘Eole – 18éme Friday 26/07 at Georges-Méliès Square – 12éme Saturday 27/07 at Jardin des Grands-Explorateurs – 6éme Monday 29/07 at André-Citroën Park – 15éme Wednesday 07/08 at Belleville Park – 19éme Friday 09 / 08 at Villemin garden – 10éme Saturday 10/08 at Buttes-Chaumont park – 19éme Wednesday 15/08 place des Vosges – 4éme Friday 23/08 at Georges-Méliès square – 12éme Saturday 24/08 at the garden of Eole – 18éme Tuesday 28/08 at Parc Montsouris – 14éme Saturday 31/08 at Villemin Garden – 10éme. This is Paris at its best! Enjoy it!
Some news from France, CCXXXVIII July 9, 2019
So, get started in the second edition of Mysteries to the Tuileries, a huge open sky adventure game. At stake ? Entrances to admire and (re) discover the Louvre Museum! From the 6th of July to the 25th of August, 2019, the Louvre museum will organize a unique game to liven up your warm afternoons, in the heart of the biggest garden of the capital. André Le Nôtre, gardener of King Louis XIV from 1645 to 1700, left some plans drawn before his death.Plans that have remained unknown to the public and researchers until today. Stroll through the Tuileries Garden where clues and riddles are scattered. To help you, you will have at your disposal a map of the plans of the time, historical engravings and handwritten letters … not to mention your team of 2 to 4 people
Open last March 22 2019 at the Grande Halle de la Villette, the exhibition Tutankhamun has passed the million visitors mark!. It has been extended by one week. The exhibition “Tutankhamun, the treasure of the Pharaoh” admire these 150 wonders from the royal tomb, sarcophagus, masks, statues, jewelry … including fifty exhibited for the first time outside Egypt, there are still places. But beware, there will be no further extension because the Pharaoh leaves for London in late September. His world tour will end in 2022. Tutankhamun, the treasure of the pharaoh “, until September 22, Grande Halle de la Villette ,19éme
Some news from France, CCXXXVIIII July 16, 2019
For the 7th edition of La Nuit aux Invalides (the night at the invalides) , the monument comes alive, until August 30, 2019, for the sound and light show “Lutèce, 3,000 years of stories” La Nuit aux Invalides: Lutèce, 3,000 years of stories, Esplanade des Invalides, 129, rue de Grenelle (7éme). From Wednesday to Saturday until August 30th.
The Hôtel d’Angleterre is older than the United States. And that’s true. In the 18C, this rue Jacob building, in the heart of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, housed the Embassy of England. Benjamin Franklin wrote the Treaty of Paris, recognizing the United Federal Republic of America in 1783. In the early 20C, the place changes its nature to become a hotel. Ernest Hemingway stayed there for a month in 1921, during his first stay in Paris, which he inspired for a Movable Feast. His room, No. 14, now bears his name. The hotel has fifteen others, spacious for the neighborhood and all different, although the decoration of each cultivates the 18C seal with exposed beams, solid wood cabinets and curtains with pompoms. In summer, the flowery patio is a real pleasure. Hôtel d’Angleterre at Saint-Germain-des-Prés, 44, rue Jacob, 6éme
On this past July 11, the City of Paris has nominated, as winners, the British architects of Roger Stirk Harbor + Partners to renovate the Montparnasse district by 2030. The start of work is scheduled for 2022. The rue de Départs (my old office street!!!) and Rue d’Arrivée where the car is king, know that they will be pedestrian in a few years . Montparnasse, it is 9 hectares to rethink totally, so that the pedestrian can really circulate. To be able to breathe, 2,000 trees will be planted on an area of 10,000m2. A nice project estimated at 800 million euros of investment!!!. Which I think the city has a lot other more important priorities like housing and public transports to invest in!!!
Some news from France, CCXL! July 22, 2019
Heatwave Act II! (Canicule!) It will be necessary to cope with temperatures reaching 38 to 40 ‘C over a large part of France between next Tuesday and Thursday, alert Météo France which has already placed for this Monday (today) 21 departments of the southwest quarter, as well as the Rhône, Isère, Drôme and Ardèche , on orange alertness. There are now 73 departments affected by water restrictions, 26 of which are placed in a “crisis” situation. So now visitors save water! Again we are in a peninsula off the Atlantic ocean so always more mild even predicting 35C /95F for tomorrow lol!
The 2nd edition of the Paris Paradis festival. Paris Paradis from September 27-29 at the Auteuil Racecourse, Jockey Disque, a party venue set in a country setting that is both country and surprising at the Auteuil racecourse in the 16éme arrondissemnet of Paris. The festival slogan, which aims to put more green in the grey: “the city is beautiful”. To be convinced, there will be plenty of opportunities between conferences, fun workshops, unusual walks, street shows and other original animations. An enhanced line-up of free high-flying concerts on Friday and Saturday nights. And comedy shows bringing together the cream of the new tricolor stage all day Sunday.Daniel Hourdé exhibits at the Salpêtrière in Paris Until September 1st, the artist presents several sculptures in the heart of the Saint-Louis chapel of the Paris hospital 13éme. Architectural classicism and contemporary art meet there for a timeless break, at the gates of paradise. “Si près du Paradis », sculptures monumentales et installations Chapelle Saint-Louis de la Salpêtrière. (so close to Paradise, monumental sculptures and installations) . St. Louis Chapel of the Salpêtrière. 47 bd de l’Hôpital 13éme. Until September 1, 2019
The story is gradually revealed at the Château de Montagu in the town of Marcoussis in dept 91 Essonne Built at the beginning of the 15C at the initiative of Jean de Montagu, the superintendent of finance of King Charles VI of France, this castle, razed almost entirely after the French revolution, was probably not erected here by chance. In any case, this is what is currently being demonstrated by less expert hands from Poland, the Czech Republic and France. They met until the end of last week for an international volunteer project organized by the Rempart Union and as part of the European Erasmus program. Their objective: to reveal the remains of one of the towers of the building on which Montagu Castle was built. Patrick Bourgueil, president of the Marcoussis Historical Association (AHM). The latter has been mobilizing for three decades around the defense and enhancement of this historical heritage. Located near Amiens, Château de Rambures has been owned by the same family since the 11C!. To visit Rambures is to travel back in time: from the Middle Ages with the guard room at the beginning of the 20C and the large living room through the Renaissance and the room of Henry IV where the sovereign stayed three times, not to mention the round road and the rich library of 2,500 ancient works. With its rose garden, arboretum, simple garden and woods, the park labelled “Remarkable Garden” of France, offers beautiful walks. Château de Rambures. 8 Rue du Château, Rambures (Somme dept 80, region of Hauts de France). Between Orleans and Chambord, the Château de Meung-sur-Loire sits in the heart of a 7-hectare park whose lime walkways and undergrowth offer a charming bucolic décor. Former residence of the bishops of Orleans, it was delivered by Joan of Arc from the hands of the English in 1429, before becoming a prison. Today, the passion and dynamism of the owner make this castle a lively and culturally exciting place. Demonstrations of fencing with musketeers, and of course do not miss the arrival of Joan of Arc, the icon of Orléans! Château de Meung-sur-Loire. 16, Place du Martroi, Meung-sur-Loire ( Loiret dept 45 ) region of Centre-Val de Loire
At the Bergerie Nationale of Rambouillet ( Sheep farm), located near the castle. There one of fourteen French, Afghan and Pakistani teenagers who have decided to devote part of their summer to restoring the building. At the entrance to the barn, there are many stones missing in the frame of the wall window. This is an effort of the Rempart Association.
Some news from France, CCXLI July 26, 2019
Paris seemed particularly empty yesterday, when it beat its absolute record of heat with 42.6 ° C in the late afternoon. Since the beginning of the measurements in 1873, the capital had surpassed the bar of 40 ° C only once, on July 28, 1947, with 40.4 ° C. At 10h, Sacre Coeur (Sacred Heart), 35 ° C; 12h, Place de la Nation, 37 ° C; 14h, Place de la Bastille, 41 ° C; 15h, Hôtel de Ville (City Hall), 42.4 ° C; and 16h, Trocadero, 42.4 ° C. After staying more than 70 years with a threshold of 40.6 degrees maximum, the City of Light has passed the 42 degrees at 15h. The mercury even climbed up to 42.6 degrees at 16h32, propelling Paris to the third position of the hottest European capitals. according to the data compiled by the European Climate Assessment & Dataset (ECAD) harmonized until 2018. Thus, the French has just exceeded the Portuguese capital Lisbon, the Albanian Tirana and Romanian Bucharest, having all three recorded peaks at 42 degrees in distinct periods. The City of Light is also placed in front of the Spanish Madrid or the Italian Rome. There is little risk, however, that it breaks the Nicosia record in Cyprus of 46.7 degrees. And still less that of Athens, Greece, at 48 degrees !!!.
Two new terminals of virtual reality open to the public today on the terrace of the Arc de Triomphe (8éme). The kiosks are available in 6 languages, and accept only contactless card payment. The Arc de Triomphe receives 1.7 million visitors each year, 70 to 80% of which are foreign tourists. Discover also a short film in 360 ° format on the return of the ashes of Napoleon in 1840, realized from a heavy research work of the archives
Meaux Plage Quai Jacques Prévert From 11h to 19h / Free The perfect place to swim with your family! Meaux Plage is located within the Patis Nature Park, and offers activities of all kinds. But above all, you can swim tranquillou, or tan on the sand. And for the kids, a paddling pool is available! The sentimental favorite as it is my dear late wife Martine native town!
It was 1919 when Citroën made a shy first appearance in the car market at the fifteenth auto show. And yet, a few years later, Citroën is at the origin of the biggest big bangs of the French car. In 1934, the Traction Avant (forward traction) immediately demotes everything that rolls. It’s even the gangster’s favorite vehicle for its exceptional handling: powerful, it tames the centrifugal force (and the police). As early as 1948, the two horses enjoyed great popularity. Produced more than five million copies, it is one of the ten best-selling French cars in history. Today, the company belongs to the PSA Group and has found stability. Always with this idea of the French class, Citroën gives birth to its luxury brand in 2009. See it at the Monnaie de Paris Exhibition “The world inspired by Citroën”. Monnaie de Paris. 11, quai de Conti ( 6éme). Until August 18, 2019
Some news from France, CCXLII August 1, 2019
After a year of construction, the new Place de la Madeleine (8éme) will be inaugurated between late October and early November 2019. The works make the square much more pedestrian. This square of the 8éme arrondissement is the 7th of the capital to be developed as part of the renovation of major Parisian squares launched by the Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo in June 2015. Now that is one thing that was needed around this square my old walking path to work in Paris. Bienvenue! The Gobelins teddy bears are conquering Paris ! Until recently, they had been found exclusively in the quartier Gobelins neighborhood, (13éme arrondissement or district) but teddies will now be exported to other neighborhoods of Paris, A real element of distraction for locals and tourists, teddy bears should, from the start, make their show in various other neighborhoods, and leave to conquer Paris, as explained by Philippe Labourel of Paris, the bookseller of the 13éme who came up with the phenomenon. Rather nice indeed!
A concert of classical music in open air in the garden of the arena of Montmartre (18éme). Built in 1941, this arena is perched on one of the slopes of the hill between the Place du Tertre and the Basilica of the Sacred Heart (Sacré Coeur), and welcomes up to 250 spectators.The opportunity to discover a unique place that only opens for occasional events. For this second edition in 2019, 12 performances are organized on Fridays and Saturdays evening until the end of August, as well as Thursdays August 15 and 22.Every Friday and Saturday until August 24, as well as Thursdays August 15 and 22. Garden Arena of Montmartre, 25, rue Chappe , Metro Abbesses.
Great news!!!. After eighteen months of renovations, the Salon de la Paix (Peace Salon) is again open to visitors to the Château de Versailles. From this past Tuesday, July 30, the public will be able to rediscover this room arranged between 1681 and 1686, made of marbles and reliefs carved in lead and in gilded bronze. The Salon was soon reinstated at the Queen’s apartment, where it became the salon des Jeux (games’ room). It was then separated from the galerie des Glaces (hall of mirrors) by a partition.
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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