This is my latest from my belle France; the year of the Olympics ! Therefore, 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 14 years , And for those non Roman CCCXCIX is 399 ! ,Of course, chosen by me; there are many others. Hope you enjoy the post as I.
The director of culture at the Departmental Council of Hauts-de-Seine refers to the attendance data of Hauts-de-Seine dept 92 cultural establishments with 5% more visitors compared to 2022 and 63% more than in 2019, The Music Seine, the Albert-Kahn Museum and the Sceaux Domaine Museum made a real box in 2023 !!
Attach your belts, the rides are taking a new start this Saturday, April 6 2024. Because if Disneyland Paris (Seine-et-Marne 77 ) or the Jardin de l’Acclimatization garden (Paris 75) remain open all year round, most of them close for winter and return in spring , Last year, the increase in the number of entrees rose, for the whole of France, at around 5 %, after an already excellent 2022-2023 season. Parc Asterix (Oise 60) had even broken its record, with 2.81 million visitors (+ 6 %) comfortably settling in the 2nd park of France, behind the American giant but in front of Puy du Fou, in Vendée (85) . As for new features, it was the Gallic park (Asterix) that made the biggest efforts, also motivated by its 35th anniversary. Yes good a sentimental park for our boys too Parc Asterix.
In Paris, the exhibition “The art of James Cameron” brings together 300 drawings and paintings from the American director. Whether it is the Na’vis of “Avatar”, the “Terminator” or Rose robot, in “Titanic”, he still designs his films in his sketches. In 1962, James Cameron was 8 years old when he discovered, in the family living room, a brochure explaining how to build an anti-ientomical shelter. The Canadian becomes obsessed with the apocalypse, and draws abundantly killer robots, mechanized exoskeletons and lush jungle. Their aesthetics owe a lot to its readings: Gare novels, Books by Arthur C. Clarke (“2001, Odyssey of space”), Marvel comics … He considers that they are “an excellent way to learn to Draw ”and claims the influence of Jack Kirby, the creator of Captain America. La Cinemathêque Française 51, rue de Bercy until May 31st 2024, Webpage : https://www.cinematheque.fr/the-art-of-james-cameron-exhibition.html
According to Voie Navigable de France, the Seine river flood should reach its peak this Saturday and the 4.30 meters rating will probably be exceeded on the scale of the Pont d’Austerlitz bridge. Faced with this high level of the river, several events had to adapt, such as the Paris marathon organized this Sunday. First impacted by these floods, boatmen and “waterway users” are subject to several navigation restrictions this weekend. It is notably forbidden to them for boats over 110 meters to carry out “transfer maneuvers” downstream of the Pont de Grenelle bridge. In addition, navigation is prohibited between the Pont de Grenelle bridge and the downstream of the entrance to the port de l’Arsenal. Pending the decline, the high level of the Seine begins to significantly disturb the course of the events organized in Paris. On the road traffic side, the Voie Georges-Pompidou track, which runs along the Seine river, has been closed to traffic since last Friday morning April 5 ; between Boulogne-Billancourt (Hauts-de-Seine dept 92) and until the 16éme arrondissement of Paris, Webpage : https://www.sortiraparis.com/en/news/in-paris/articles/311564-seine-flooding-paris-marathon-course-changed-olympic-test-cancelled
The 47th Paris Marathon takes place this Sunday, April 7 2024, between the Champs-Élysées and Avenue Foch, 54,000 runners and several hundred thousand spectators are expected on the 42.195 km of the most popular running in France. The Paris marathon is in the top 10 of the biggest in the world and many want to do it at least once. The usual departure at the top of the Champs-Élysées, then direction the Opera, Place de la Bastille, the Bois de Vincennes, a return to the Bastille then the formidable Voie Georges-Pompidou track along the Seine river with its tunnels and its false dishes. It will then be time to challenge the famous “wall” of 30 km with a view of the Eiffel Tower. The last 10,000 meters through Bois de Boulogne can become suffering before deliverance to Avenue Foch and arrival. Because of the Seine flooding, from the Henri IV tunnel to the Tuileries tunnel, made inaccessible by the flood, the passage of the competitors will be on the high quays instead of the low quays, Webpage : https://www.schneiderelectricparismarathon.com/en/
The quartier no 34 or neighborhood of Chaussée-d’Antin in Paris seen as the most strategic area where accommodation to enjoy the Olympic Games Paris 2024, Close to test sites, whether on foot or in public transport, touristic and at the same time calm, this sector of the 9éme arrondissement multiplies good points in the criteria sought as the Olympic Games approaches. In addition to a high concentration of means of transport and tourist sites, the district has many bars and restaurants an exceptional neighborhood: on the one hand, the Galeries Lafayette, Au Printemps and Madeleine Church, and, on the other hand , the “village” part of the neighborhood by Church Notre-Dame-de-Lorette, allows you to go back to Pigalle (Montmartre), Superbe location but prices to match, part of my former walking route to and from work ! City map webpage : https://mairie09.paris.fr/pages/quartier-opera-chaussee-d-antin-8324#plan-du-quartier
The Park Hyatt’s apartment in Paris, a residence from 85,000 euros per month , More and more large hotels are home to such housing , This one with parquet in solid oak, tailor -made mahogany wood furniture, Paris in the walls, pilasters Golden, scintillating green onyx for the bathroom in the shape of a boudoir with its “cosmetics” refrigerator, carved handles signed Roseline Granet, without forgetting the essential kitchen, fitness, dressing rooms and the view of the roofs of Paris and the Eiffel Tower . You will not find the apartment, this is its name-in a private mansion transformed into a prestigious hotel residence but nestled on the sixth and last floor attic of the Palace Park Hyatt-Vendôme Hôtel, rue de la Paix (2éme), a few steps of the place of the same name. 180 m2 totally renovated by the American interior architect Ed Tuttle, which is the source of the hotel’s decoration in 2002. Webpage : https://www.hyatt.com/en-US/hotel/france/park-hyatt-paris-vendome/parph/rooms/appartement
In the 15éme, the Sainte-Rita Church will soon welcome climbing enthusiasts. In Paris, between crisis in vocations and disaffection of places of worship, many religious buildings are experiencing a second life today. How much are they, among the 139 churches identified in the capital, 85 of which belong to the city? Contacted, the diocese of Paris did not provide us with other examples of churches thus converted. And according to the observatory of religious heritage, only the old chapel of the Immaculate Conception (12éme), -the first to have been transformed into an climbing room-would have been diverted from its destination among places of worship of the Catholic Church of Paris. On the very opulent avenue George-V, a stone’s throw from the Champs-Élysées, the American Cathedral thus offers its exceptional space for all kinds of privatization in an unparalleled architectural framework. The building, which was the first American episcopalian church built outside the American territory, will welcome this Wednesday, April 10, a Seattle orchestra for a free concert. On the side of the old Saint-Lazare chapel (10éme), now desecrated, it is an association that has undertaken to rehabilitate it as part of the redevelopment of the Alban-Satragne district and the old Saint-Lazare enclosure. The City of Paris wishes to see it settle there a co -cogerated associative space, both multipurpose room, solidarity grocery store and associative coffee, Well better than nothing Paris is been deserted by Parisians ! American Cathedral webpage: https://amcathparis.com/
It is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful flower markets in the capital. The famous Marché aux Fleurs Elisabeth II , located a stone’s throw from Notre-Dame, will experience major renovation work between 2025 and 2028, On the one hand, the City/town hall intends to update the historic market, on site since the 1920’s. For that , the canopies will be changed to allow more light. And empty spaces will be recovered to create larger locations for the 15 active florists. Always in the idea of restoring the market all its greatness, and of bringing it back to its appearance (its glory) of the 1970s, 3 small housing located at the level of the quays, built in the 90s, are already in the process of destruction. On the other side, the city of Paris has just engaged in a fight against the police headquarters, in order to pedestrianize the square (or in any case its center), which for the moment welcomes double -way traffic lanes as well as two parking areas. A way to make the place more pleasant for tourists, but also for traders. A fight that is unfortunately not won in advance, since for the moment, these streets serve mainly … the prefecture itself, which is not far from the market. If a few small developments have already started, it will take another 1 year for the bulk of the work, and 3 years before the delivery of the project. During this (long) period, traders will fortunately be allowed to stay and continue their business market activity on the Île de la Cité, Place Louis Lépine and Quai de la Corsica, 4éme open every day from 9h30 to 19h,webpage : https://www.marcheauxfleursdeparis.fr/
The arrival of spring has definitely launched the terraces season in Paris, two nice ones are, me think.
The bar on the roof of La Fantasie, in the heart of the Faubourg-Montmartre district in the 9éme arrondissemnt, this green hotel gives us full eyes and for a breathtaking view, the chef gives you an appointment at the rooftop bar to chill with your friends on the terrace with the Basilica of the Sacred Heart in the background. A space that combines perfectly relaxation and sophistication! La Fantaisie 24, rue Cadet 9éme , Webpage : https://fr.lafantaisie.com/
La Réserve Paris for a slightly more chic atmosphere, head to the 8éme arrondissement, in the elegant decor of the Hôtel La Réserve. Here we find the Pagode de Cos, a triple-star restaurant with its lush garden look, where giant palm trees and ferns are mingle. A little corner of secret greenery, in the heart of Paris. On the side of the Le Gaspard bar, there are nearly three terraces which overlook La Réserve Paris, 42 Avenue Gabriel, 8éme. Webpage : https://www.lareserve-paris.com/en/
We take you a stone’s throw from Parc Monceau, unexpectedly, in the 17éme arrondissement, the l’Improviste where French cuisine rhymes with tradition and passion. It all started in 1881at 21 rue Médéric and barely built, already welcomes a neighborhood bistro, offering a single dish of the day. If, today, the building located just opposite the restaurant is home to the l’école hôtelière de Paris or Paris hotel school at the time, it was the location of the Monduit-Gauthier workshops, in other words, the first place of construction of the statue of Liberty before it was dismantled and sent to the United States. And it was therefore not uncommon for Mr. Auguste Bartholdi, sculptor of the said statue, and Mr. Gustave Eiffel, his engineer, come to lunch in this restaurant, which has become a landmark of the neighborhood now. On the wall, the photos are witnesses. No web the RestaurantGuru reviews on l’Improviste : https://restaurantguru.com/LImproviste-Paris
In Chaussy Val d’Oise 95 the Domaine de Villarceaux reopens for a new season full of promises, It reopens its doors this weekend April 6-7 2024 for a new season, it will be necessary to wait a little to observe major sites, new features are announced from 2024. Villarceaux will become a large pole of artistic creation with a national or even international aura, The Ile-de-France regional council, which has managed and maintained it since 1989 on behalf of the Charles Léopold Mayer Foundation, finally made a decision. Rather than yielding the management of the Domaine de Villarceaux to the private sector, it will transform this heritage and natural jewel into a new Medici villa, on the model of the French institution in Rome ! Great we love one of our memorable moments with the family while living in Versailles ! Webpage : https://www.iledefrance.fr/decouvrir-la-richesse-du-patrimoine/patrimoine-artistique-et-architectural/le-domaine-de-villarceaux
The art in cinemascope of Sylvie Selig, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Lyon devotes an exhibition to the atypical and provocative work of this artist who is inspired by cinema for her giant canvases. Exhibition occupies a floor of the museum d ‘Contemporary art of Lyon. It brings together drawings, embroidery and fantastic models around a canvas 140 meters long which winds in the middle of space. “Serpent” is the word, since it is called River of No Return. She tells the walk of a young woman and two young men through a landscape that it looks like bucolic if it was not invaded by works by very recognizable artists, from modern classic (Picasso) to contemporaries (Buren , Kiefer…). The trio talks about it, and it is their conversation that we read in the sentences inscribed on the canvas, webpage : https://www.mac-lyon.com/fr/programmation/sylvie-selig
The Avignon Festival 2024 : the 78ᵉ edition program “Looking for the words” of a disturbed and threatened world, the demonstration, advanced for a week due to the Olympic Games, will be held from June 29 to July 21 2024. The guest language is the Spanish, and the “ccomplished artist will be the French choreographer Boris Charmatz. Director of the Tanztheater of Wuppertal (Germany), founded by Pina Bausch, webpage :https://festival-avignon.com/en
Take the air in TER trains with three getaway from Brest three trips for the day around the city of Ponant, to Landerneau, Morlaix and Châteaulin, to admire a habited bridge or dive into a fairy tale. The most populous city in Finistère fepy 29 , Brest opens of course to the Iroise Sea and its beaches. But in ter, you can also quickly enter the lands and discover smaller cities with crazy charm. Webpage TER : https://www.ter.sncf.com/bretagne/se-deplacer/gares/brest-87474007
Walking in Troyes on its tortuous streets and wooden houses recall the animated fairs which were held there in the Middle Ages. Today, the historic capital of Champagne thrives by valuing its religious, artistic and gastronomic heritage. Under the terrifying gargoyles of the Saint-Jean-au-Marché Church, merchants from Flanders, Germanic cities or Lombardy installed their stalls sheltered from the cantilever enveloping the houses. The exchanges of sheets, spices, leather, wine, beasts are negotiated in all languages. The changers ensure that transactions end in the local currency, the ounce of Troyes, A wonderful idea and City to explore more,webpage : https://en.troyeslachampagne.com/discover/troyes-la-champagne/the-multifaceted-aube-in-champagne/troyes-where-the-past-enconters-renewal/
The trees-sepultures, guards of the funeral boxes, will be able to continue to push in Morbihan,dept 56, In Pluneret, the association Les Jardins de Mémoire has managed to prevent the destruction of a park where 1,200 urns are buried. Free concessions and their maintenance will now return to the town, Its the song of birds mixing with the breath of the March wind. It makes the branches of olive trees, pines, oaks ride … A thousand trees of medium size sometimes set with garlands and trinkets to mark the memory of souls that rest at their foot. Other popular places are in the Cemeteries of Père-Lachaise,and Montparnasse Paris, and the cemetery of Nantes, Nice but we chose the sea at Honfleur Normandy ! Webpage : https://www.jardinsdememoire.com/
For many Parisians, the metro is a bit like a second house. Besides, many do not deprive themselves to behave as if they were playing at home. Of the many fines, I have chosen what I think will have to do with visitors as well, Hope you know it and behave lol !! As some of these practices are purely and simply prohibited!
Fines at less than 50 € !
Navigo or ticket not validated in the metro or RER: 35€. Immediately, above all very stupid, because if you have it, there is no reason not to validate it , Transport ticket not valid: 35€, Reduced price not justified: 35€. No need to try to scratch the child rate when you have beard and gray hair, huh ! Transport ticket excluding validity period: 35€ Yes, the end of the month is the end of the month, and you will not be entitled to one more day. Going opposite way of a prohibited direction in controlled zone: 25 €. we don’t go up the mechanical staircase upside down! Violation of the vaping ban: 35€. It’s less worse than cigarettes, of course.
Fines between 50 and 100 € !
Traveling without transport ticket: 50€, -Illisible/torn transportation ticket 50€. Transport ticket already used 50€ We have all already done the ticket used twice, just to see what it would do ! Transport ticket unrelated to the service 50 € Yes, trying to pay the metro with its loyalty card from Sephora, it doesn’t happen!! Transport ticket of a third party 50€ confiscation of ticket and that hurts the wallet, Illicit crossing 60€ , when there is a red circle with a white line in the middle on the door, that means that we do not pass. Tranquility disorder 60€ ,the metro is a moment of rest and meditation above all. Dirtying light of the equipment: bench foot/other 60€ You are not at home ! Violation of smoking prohibition 68€
Fines at more than 100 €
Hopping the climb or descent 150€ Alarm signal and/or breaker signal 150€ Not only do you pay dear, but in addition, you attract the wrath of all other users of the network. Use of device or sound instruments 150€ Hello metro singers. We love you, but sometimes it’s a little too strong. Object deposit/forgetting in a vehicle/space 150 €. Prohibited handling of dangerous products 150€. Firearm loaded in a car 150 €. Introduction or irregular animal transport 150€ Like an anaconda or a crocodile. Your dog is fine, rest assured ! Abuse use for parking affairs 150€. The only exception, if you stop despair during a change in Châtelet !!! Violation of the spitting ban 150 €. Indue occupation of a place/space reserved: 150 €. We see you, those who keep their heads down with their headphones in front of a pregnant woman. It’s bad ! Obstacle to the irregular closure/opening of the doors: 150 €. Irregular passage from one car to another: 150 €. Violation of the ban on leaning outside car/out of bus 150€ Use of the step of a moving car 150 €.Entrance/stay of a man in a manifest state of drunkenness 150 €. Sometimes it is better to take an uber. Mendicity, quest, distribution/distribution of leaflets/objects: 150 €. Clearly, the rule is: the first who speaks to his neighbor in the corridors, he lost. shooting/film without authorization: 150 €.
-Refusal to comply to law enforces 150 €. Damage/removal of an inscription/removal of an advertisement: 150 €. Deterioration (characterized alteration of equipment) 150€ Maintaining in car to the terminus 150 €. So next time, we are careful not to fall asleep, it’s better. violation of the prohibition of uriner: 150 €. Traffic prohibited on velo motos etc ! 150€, Get these down enforcement is more strict and even more for the Olympics Games,
There you go folks, my latest round of my some news from France coming to you freely by the road warrior travel guy . Again, hope you enjoy this post as I,
And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!
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