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, CCXC November 23, 2019
We love the passageways of Paris, the passage such as Galerie Vivienne at rue des petits-champ /5 rue de la Banque./ 6 rue Vivienne 2éme metro Bourse lovely. Galerie Colbert, 4 rue Vivienne/ 6 rue des petits-Champs 2éme metro Bourse and very near each other. Also Galerie de la Madeleine my favorite hangout when working in this part of Paris, 9 place de la Madeleine /30 rue Boissy d’Anglas 8éme (my favorite passport picture place is here !) metro Madeleine Passage du Bourg-L’Abbé , 120 rue Saint Denis/ 3 rue de Palestro 2éme metro Reaumur-Sébastopol. Passage du Caire, 2 place du Caire/16 rue du Caire/ 239 rue Saint Denis 2éme metro Sentier. Passage Choiseul, 40 rue des petit champs/ 23 rue Saint Augustin, 2éme metro Quatre-Septembre. Passage des Princes, 5 blvd des Italiens/ 97 rue de Richelieu 2éme metro Richelieu-Drouot. Passage Verdeau, 6 rue de la Grand Bateliére/ 31bis rue du Faubourg Montmartre , 9éme metro Richelieu-Drouot Galerie Vero-Dodat, 19 rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau/ Rue du Bouloi 1éme metro Louvre. Passage du Jouffroy, 10-12 blvd Montmartre/ 9 rue de la Grand Bateliére 9éme metro Richelieu-Drouot. Passage des Panoramas, 10 rue St Marc/ 11 blvd Montmartre 2éme metro Richelieu-Drouot
The coming Longines Masters of Paris horse show to wear the very best from above. This is going to be held at the Parc des Expositions, Paris Nord Villepinte, from Thursday December 5th to Sunday December 8th 2019. Included will be the 5th edition of the Riders Masters Cup. Do not miss the Prestige Village with the best culinary offer on the table!
Some news from France, CCXCI November 25, 2019
At Rue Tourlaque, the studio of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was a nest bobos. Alone on this hilltop so planed, so hackneyed, still resists the too discreet museu of Rue Cortot. This former workshop which saw working Renoir, then Valadon, Émile Bernard or the wild animals Othon Friesz and Raoul Dufy, presents until January 19 2020, the Weisman-Michel collection. This pair of Americans specialized in the art of this period of miseries and exultations, limited by the ravages of 1870 and those of 1914-1918. See more of Toulouse-Lautrec, Grand Palais, 3, avenue General-Eisenhower 8éme. Until Jan 27th 2020. See the trails of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec in Paris while at the same time been honored in the Grand Palais with 200 works among his immense production. The Albigensian (Tarn , Albi), handicapped from an early age, found refuge in drawing. When he moved to Paris, he moved to Montmartre. From rue Fontaine, rue Caulaincourt, Avenue Frochot, his place of residence never goes far away from the Butte. The curious, observant and nonconformist artist immortalizes his figures of the night by taking as a backdrop mythical places like the Black Cat, the Moulin de la Galette, the Élysée Montmartre, the Moulin Rouge or the Mirliton ,etc.
There you go , there is never a dull moment in my belle France. Besides one major survey organisation Quality of Nationality Index (QNI) just again name France the best Nationality in the world !!just bragging of course ::)
Some news from France, CCXCII November 28, 2019
Be on alert if visiting Paris in Decembe 2019. Because, on December 5, and probably also the following days, rare will be the means of transportation. Traffic could be virtually zero on the RATP network. Automated metro lines – the 1 and the 14 – should thus work, unless the massive influx of users forces the RATP, as a security measure, to close the stations. On December 5th and 6th, it will be chaos. People have anticipated, they are more or less organized. It remains to be seen what will happen on Monday 9th. It is announce massive so be ready and trace alternative routes. If doubts , questions, let me know here. The parking tickets for annoying or abusive parking are not reserved for motorists. Some drivers of buses/coaches have experienced this from today Thursday afternoon, near the Opera Garnier. Parking is only allowed on reserved and paying places by purchasing a bus/coach pass at the rate of 90€ for 6 hours of parking in the central area and 50€ for 24 hours in the rest of the city. According to estimates by the city/town hall, 1200 buses criss-cross the city daily in high season. To park, they have only 467 dedicated places of which less than half in the center area !.Easy to pass laws without the solutions that is Paris today. Source Le Parisien newspaper
The building in Montigny-le-Bretonneux (Yvelines 78) houses the equivalent of 32 km of paper archives, among which are some exceptional documents. For example, there are plans for fortified places ordered by the intelligence service of Louis XIV and a beautiful watercolor plan of the city of Marseille or the story of Madame du Barry, part of England to find the diamond river that had been fly, specifies a guide. Departmental Archives of Yvelines and the old Seine-et-Oise, (only on reservation of documents 48h in advance, located at 2, avenue de Lunca , Montigny-le-Bretonneux
Welcome to the exhibition “Concept car, pure beauty”, which opens this coming Friday in the rooms of the Château de Compiègne. An event dedicated, for the first time in France, to these record or experimental vehicles of which there is often only one single copy. Until March 23, 2020, twenty-eight vehicles, record cars or motorcycles, will be exhibited between the hall of the columns, the guard room and the various lounges. A sign of this renewed ambition, the kitchen court, closed to the public since 1998, has been reopened especially for the launch of the exhibition, after renovation works. Until March 23, at the castle of Compiègne. This is the good news of the day, the exhibition of Van Gogh that hits hard since February is extended until January 5, 2020! This first in the world of art is the subject of a great sound and visual creation at L’Atelier des Lumières for many months. An immersion retracing the intense life of the painter through his greatest masterpieces.
In the fall of 2020, the magic of Disney will stop at the Palais des Sports during an exceptionnel cinema-concert that will delight young and old Parisians as well as visitors. On the program: a musical and visual experience out of the ordinary. In front of a giant screen of 20 meters in ultra HD, a symphony orchestra accompanied by talented singers Emily Pello, Dan Menasche, Judith Derouin, Igor Bouin and even Cerise Calixte, the French voice of the heroine of the film Vaïana: The Legend of the End of World, will punctuate this enchanted trip. The Disney show in concert – Magical Music from the Movies will go through the Palais des Sports in Paris on October 24 and 25, 2020 Disney in concert – Magical Music from the Movies, At the Palais des Sports, Dome of Paris, 34, boulevard Victor, 15éme arrondissement , Art Ludique or Fun Art – The Museum is the first museum in the world devoted entirely to the arts and culture industries. It brings together under the same roof video game, animated film, comic strip, manga and cinema design. The museum will also be the first museum in the world installed in a train station in activity. Having signed an agreement with SNCF Gare & Connexions, the Art Ludique museum moved to Gare Saint-Lazare in 2020 and will open its doors in 2021. With an exhibition area of more than 1300 m2, the museum will present a permanent collection and evolutionary and temporary exhibitions. Formerly located at 34, Quai d’Austerlitz in the 13éme arrondissement, in Les Docks, city of fashion and design.
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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