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Champagne. Paris trip and reservations. - mmheilpern. Paris Events October 2011: What to See & Do. Salon du Chocolat 20-24 Need we say more? The Salon du Chocolat is not to be missed if you enjoy chocolate! Chic Art Fair 21-24 Contemporary art as well as street art all come together for a fantastic showing. Archaeological Crypt of Notre Dame – Crypte Archéologique du Parvis Notre Dame Et Lutèce devint Paris, through February 26, 2012 Branly Museum on Quai Branly -- Musée du Quai Branly Maya, through October 2ndPhotoquai 2011, through December 4th Bourdelle Museum -- Musée Bourdelle Upcoming Exhibition: Antoine Bourdelle / Que du Dessin, opens November 9th through January 29th 2012 Cartier Foundation Gallery -- Fondation Cartier Mathematics – A Beautiful Elsewhere, opening October 21st through March 18th, 2012 Château de Versailles – Grand Trianon The 18th Century Back in Fashion, through October 9th Children’s Interactive Art Museum – Musée en Herbe Keith Haring Hieroglyphs, through Dec. 31 Cinema Museum -- Cinémathèque Metropolis, opens October 19th through January 29th 2012 No current exhibition.
Tour the Louvre Museum with Children. Tour the Louvre Museum with Children By Mira Saxena How does one begin to capture the imaginations of two young girls at the Louvre Museum, one of the world’s largest and most famous art museums? Ours is a family where art is not just appreciated but very much encouraged as a hobby and pastime. From the youngest of ages, both kids were taught about the painters whose famous works are displayed at the Louvre. They’d already toured Musée de l'Orangerie and Musée d’Orsay on this trip, but after hearing “we want to see the Mona Lisa!” At the famous Louvre I.M. Marie knew the girls’ main wish was to see this “Mona Lisa” they’d been hearing about forever, and that we’d have to pick up the pace because the area where the most famous painting in the world would soon flood with people.
The kids managed the many stairs impressively and their eyes were huge as they looked up at the breathtakingly beautiful painted ceilings above the stairways. Musée du Louvre Paris 1st Tél: 01 4020 5317. Salon du Chocolat 2011 in Paris: World's Largest Chocolate Event. By Dali Wiederhoft Salon du Chocolat, the world’s largest chocolate show, returns to Paris October 20th through 24th for the 17th year. The event gets bigger and better every year, and this year chocoholics will find over 400 chocolate experts assembled and remarkably approachable in this five-day feast at the Porte de Versailles convention center in the Paris 15th arrondissement. The 2011 theme is pastry making with chocolate and over 200 leading chocolatiers and pastry chefs will create ornate chocolate pastries daily. Haute Patisserie First there was haute couture, then haute cuisine and nowadays pastry chefs create ornate haute patisserie, which will be familiar to all who worship at the temple of Pierre Hermé and his contemporaries Sadaharu Aoki, Michel Cluizel, Jean-Paul Hévin and other big names.
One of the big draws for the event is the Chocolate Fashion Show, held nightly at 5p.m. The show is a hit with food professionals, shutterbugs, foodies and chocolate connoisseurs. Be smart! Welcome to Jewish Prague. Paris Day Trip: Auvers sur Oise and Van Gogh's Last Days. By Michele Kurlander The country village of Auvers-sur-Oise on the river Oise is barely 30 kilometers from Paris, an easy day trip by train to see a town that still today resembles the quiet hamlet that lured nineteenth-century artists from Paris to its sunlit wheat fields, clear skies and charming homes and gardens. Artist Charles Daubigny arrived in 1860 and never left. Manet, Cézanne, Renoir, and Camille Pissaro—patriarch of Impressionism—all lived there for a time. Auvers was also home to Dr. Paul Gachet, a physician (and also a painter) who treated several artists for physical and emotional illnesses, often in exchange for paintings. Cézanne and other artists stayed in his guest room.
Vincent's brother, Theo Van Gogh, and friend Pissaro thought the quiet and beauty of Auvers and proximity to the good doctor would permit Vincent Van Gogh to rest, paint and recover from the melancholy that caused him to attempt suicide and, in 1889, to cut off his ear. Day trip to Auvers-sur-Oise by rail. Musee Cognacq-Jay: Museum at the Former Residence of Samaritaine Founders. Musee Cognacq-Jay: Museum of the Samaritaine Founders By Agnes Dupont Photo credits: Box office by mineralogy, Johann Christian Neuber (goldsmith, 1736-1808) © Fr Cochennec and C. Rabourdin / Musée Cognac-Jay / Roger-Viollet Current Exhibition: Boîtes en or et objets de vertu au Musée Cognac-Jay (Gold boxes and objects at the Cognac-Jay Museum) Until May 6, 2012 View one of the largest collections of antique boxes made by master craftsmen of gold and semi- and precious stones, portraits, and decorative arts.
For many people who care about art, eighteenth-century painting, especially in France, seems to be eye candy with a nice thick topping of pornography. Le Musée Cognacq-Jay in the Third Arrondissement of Paris gives you an idea of what all these artists and many others were up to. These are works to amuse and delight. If you come to be delighted, you will be. But not all subjects are smiling or exposing themselves. Musée Cognacq-Jay Tél: 01.4027.0721 8, rue Elzévir, Paris 3rd. Travel Guide: Paris Chocolate Shops. Travel Guide: Paris Hotels. Travel Guide: Paris Bakeries. Paris Bakeries Eric Kayser Artisan Boulanger Master baker Eric Kayser has shops all over the city—and in such far-flung destinations as Dakar and Tokyo. The original location, opened in 1996, is in the 5th Arrondissement, and still showcases walls of extraordinary, naturally leavened, open-hearth-baked breads, including crusty, chewy baguettes that are considered some of the best in Paris.
There are also divine buttery croissants, seasonal pastries like a lemon bichon (caramelized flaky pastry filled with lemon cream) and simple, savory items available for takeout, including a textbook-perfect ham and Emmental cheese sandwich. maison-kayser.com Ladurée The original 1862 Ladurée shop has a gloriously baroque interior, with 19th-century wood paneling and wall frescoes decorated with angels. Pierre Hermé Pierre Hermé, a fourth-generation baker who was the wizard behind the pastries at Fauchon, opened his first store in Paris in 2002 in Saint-Germain. Blé Sucré Du Pain et Des Idées Hugo & Victor. Travel Guide: Paris Wine Bars. Travel Guide: Paris Restaurants. Paris Restaurants: Where to Go Next 2013 —Jane Sigal Café Salle Pleyel Through mid- 2013, pastry wizard Philippe Conticini of La Pâtisserie des Rêves shows his savory skills during his guest-chef turn at classical-music hall Salle Pleyel.
He cooks Asian-inflected dishes like salmon with curry jus. Carmen Ragosta Italian fashion designer Carmen Ragosta grew up with an acclaimed Neapolitan pastry-chef father and a mother who was an exquisite cook. Roseval Like their mentors Inaki Aizpitarte (Le Chateaubriand) and Giovanni Passerini (Rino), who installed their bistros in the outer arrondissements, chefs Michael Greenwold and Simone Tondo opened this ambitious spot in working-class Ménilmontant.
Semilla New York City-born Juan Sanchez owns four wildly popular businesses in Saint-Germain, including this bright new bistro. Verjus Restaurant and Wine Bar La Dame de Pic L’Ami Jean The noise and crowds at Stéphane Jégo’s trendy restaurant L’Ami Jean often overwhelmed his genius cooking. Terroir Parisien. Compiegne Day Trip: Royal Chateau, Famous Forest, WWII History and More. By BP Editor Compiègne is less than 40 miles northeast of Paris between the Oise River and a sprawling forest in the départmente of Oise. Its 44,000 residents pride themselves as much on this naturally beautiful setting as they do on an impressive historical context. In the second half of the 19th century, Compiègne became the locale for all French sovereigns until Napoléon III. It also attracted all lovers of the hunt and relaxation, not to mention power.
In 1698, the grand military parade of Camp de Coudun in which Louis XIV consorted to eventually wipe out Europe, preceded the construction by Gabriel of the sumptuous neo-classic Château of Compiègne, this on the orders of Louis XV. Other more tragic times saw Jeanne d’Arc, who was captured in May 1430 when she was defending the city. Here, too, the 16 Carmelite nuns of Compiègne were taken to Paris to be put to the guillotine in July 1794, while long lines of deported people made for the Royallieu camp in the outlying area.
Guide to Paris - Pt 2. Click here to return to Menu Guide to Paris - Pt 2 Electricity- Your razor or hair blower should have dual voltage capacity but you still need an ADAPTER to convert their plugs to the French outlets. For France, that's a plug with two round prongs sticking out that your plug fits into. BE SURE THE PLASTIC PART OF THE ADAPTER IS OVAL AND NOT ROUND!!! Many old French outlets have a prong sticking out and the round adapter won't fit - it must be oval. If you have older appliances without dual voltage, you'll also need a CONVERTER to change 220v to 110v. All can be purchased at luggage stores, Radio Shack, large stores with travel departments, etc. Many hotels are on the "timed lights in the hall" system. To see and do: To fully enjoy France , bone up on your high school French or learn some phrases to help you (where is....can I have.....how much is....etc).
Go to or contact the: French Govt. There are several small French Tourist Offices to get information: 11, rue Scribe - 9th 75009 Paris. Sofas Maisons du monde Leather and split leather, Light Wood, PVC and Synthetic, Bourgeoise House, Colonial Style Furniture, Contemporary.