Right bank, Metro : Trocadéro (best view)
Since the 1st July 2008, France is the EU's President for 6 months. In order to celebrate it, the Eiffel tower wears the EU colours.
Each hour, during 10 minutes, the Eiffel tower sparkles.
12 rue de Presbourg, Paris 16th
The Paris chic's club, very exclusiv
Very nice restaurant, with an amazing view on the Arc de TriompheWe wait for the September 2th to discover the new Chef !!!
For Modern Art lovers, Centre Pompidou (or calls also Beaubourg or Musée Nationale d'Art Moderne) is the place to go.
1- Go to the 6th floor, to see the Paris' amazing view2- Go to the 4th floor, where the entrance of the permanent collection is located
3- I really recommand to rent for 5 euros a multimedia guide
4- Go directly to the 5th floor where you will begin the visit on your left side, then you will come back on the right side
5- Go to the 4th floor to finish your visit
19 place de la Madeleine, Paris 8th
For lunchtime, most of parisiens eat a sandwich, which is made with "baguette" bread, butter and ham....The finest sandwichs are the one from La Maison de la truffe. The sandwich are made with truffle flavour
16 rue Royale, Paris 8th
The essential is the Macaron
For me the essential is the almond croissant : delicious with a good cup of tea
211 rue Saint Honoré, Paris 1st
Chantal Thomass' lingerie is glamour and chicChantal Thomass' shop is a heaven on earth : pink & black and cosy atmosphere, you may try the fitting room : it is so girly !!
The Malicieuse & Sexy Dandy lines for underwear and old style stockings
31 rue Cambon, Paris 1st
The main Chanel's shop : a must to see !!!The essentials to buy are :
tweed jacket, flap bag, two-coloured ballerina &
"N°5, Chanel of Course" Marilyn Monroe
rue de Rivoli, Paris 1st
Main Entrance under the pyramid
1 - Denon's wing, Ground Floor, Greek Antiquities department : Vénus de Milo
2 - Denon's wing, First Floor, on the main stairs : The Winged Victory of Samothrace
3 - Denon's wing, First Floor, Large format French Paintings : Mona Lisa, The Raft of the Medusa & The Wedding Feast at Cana
4 - Sully's wing, Second Floor, near the stairs : The Turkish Bath
213 rue Saint Honoré, Paris 1st
Colette is the essential shopFrom Colette's web site : "the colette world is one of constant unexpectedness and surprise. A spontaneous, unique and entertaining mix of influences and inspiration from around the world. A world spanning three-levels where hi-tech meets fashion. Art blends with streetwear. Books are teamed with music. Beauty compliments design objects and cinema is screened whilst people meet, greet and eat in the downstairs water bar." nothing else to write !!
9 rue du 29 juillet, Paris 1st
The brand is very famous for baby and child cotton underwear. Then they made casual's clothes and the brand extend to lady clothesThe essential is the cotton underwears (t-shirt with panties)
30 rue du Bourg Tibourg, Paris 4th
In a colonial'style decoration, Mariage Frères offers a large choice of teas. To relax after having spending time to the Georges Pompidou museum, you may test the teas in the tea room.One of the essential is the Marco Polo tea
These is a velib' park, which is make up with bike and a little tower, which has two sides
On the first one, you will find a screen with all the details you need to rent a bike (use the n°3, to have all the explaination in foreign languages) and a credit card machine in order to pay
On the other side, you will find a map of the area : streets and the other velib' parks close to it
Please note that you will pay from the moment you take off the bike from one park to the moment you put it to an other (so don't use the bike's padlock, because you will paid for the time you have parked your bike somewhere else than a velib' park!!! : you will find the velib'park's map on the velib'website : just click on the title of my blog)
When you have pay & you have to dial the number of the bike you want, before that : check the bike (chain, tyre, saddle and the basket) everything needs to be OK, because, if you take off the bike from the park and you see that you can not use it, you have to wait before rented an other one !!!
When you have dial the number you have some minutes to go to the bike to press the round button and take off the bike
WARNING : Paris car's drivers, scooter's drivers and pedestrian are not use to have so many bike in Paris, so be aware when you do velib'
So please, use the road, stay on the right side of the road, follow the Highway code, line up, indicated what you will do, do not try to overtake a bus... Lot of people use bike and do not care about all these details, so they are some accidents.
12 place Saint Sulpice, Paris 6th
C'est la classe !! beautifull, timeless....
One of the essential is the Lady Tuxedo
72 rue de Bonaparte, Paris 6th
The Bonaparte' street puts up the shop of the Macarons Emperor : Pierre HerméHe is a great pastry chef, one of his essential is the chocolate cake calls "La Cerise sur le gâteau" a cake for 8 persons. The cake looks beautifull and he tastes so good....
12 place Saint sulpice, Paris 6th (Left bank, Metro : Saint Sulpice)
Annick Goutal's shop is so lovely, so romantic, as her perfumes. The scent of her fragrances are so unique.The essential is l'eau d'Hadrien
Le Metro
One line has two directions.For example : Line 12, one way is Mairie d'Issy, the other is Porte de la Chapelle
You are in the station calls "Sevres Babylone", if you want to go to
the station calls "Concorde", you need to follow the sign M 12 Pte de la Chapelle
the station calls "Pasteur", you need to follow the sign M12 Mairie d'IssyOn each sign for each station is indicated the number of connection line
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