Paris news and website updates from Teena Hughes - A-Night-in-Paris.com. When you’re in Paris, it’s easy to get a bit confused about ordering coffess in cafés. I hope this description might help somewhat :-) For all you coffee lovers who love to savour your Italian Arabica-style coffee beans, stop right here – you won’t get coffee like that in the majority of French cafés.
Before you start to despair, I have found a couple of places in Paris where you can buy your Italian-style espressos and lattes (links below). The normal coffee sold in Paris is not made from Arabica beans, but is made from Chicory – a very different flavour. These descriptions listed below are what the French people ask for in a café. Two prices, same coffee … why? You may notice people standing at the bar in cafés – they will pay a cheaper price than the people sitting down at tables, who require table service, so if you’re in a hurry you can save yourself some money by drinking at the bar or counter. Normal sized cups Small cups Related Links: Where to find soy latte in Paris. Paris Tours & Things to Do in Paris. L'Imprévu Café, Paris, France. Pain, Vin, Fromages - Bread, wine, and CHEESE! Crep Story - my favorite crepes in Paris. This photo is a little blurry thanks to all the calvados. 23, Rue Rambuteau, 75004 Paris (Map) Phone: 01 42 77 05 06 Métro: Rambuteau There are literally hundreds if not thousands of places to get a crepe in Paris.
After spending four years in Paris (so far) and eating a few hundred crepes (so far), Crep Story is my current all-time favorite crepe restaurant, and it's also the place I bring my American guests the most often. Since crepes in general involve such simple ingredients and preparation, it's hard to imagine how the ones in this particular restaurant can be so much better than most others I've had, but they really are; in fact they're downright amazing. Crep Story's small dining room is decorated in a simple, modern style in orange and black, and the staff are fantastic — young, professional, and incredibly polite and friendly. Le Refuge des Fondues, Paris fondue restaurant. 17, Rue des Trois Frères, 75018 Paris (Map) Phone: 01 42 55 22 65 Métro: Abbesses Le Refuge des Fondues is a fun and rowdy fondue joint in Montmartre.
Like most fondue restaurants, the menu isn't complicated: you can basically order a pot of molten cheese and a whole bunch of bread, or a pot of boiling oil and whole bunch of chunks of beef — or better yet, both! — and enjoy lots of cheap wine, which is served in baby bottles, since the place is so crowded and drinks tend to get knocked over all the time. As you may have guessed, what makes Le Refuge des Fondues special is not the food but crazy atmosphere. The dining room is small and, let's say cozy — a diplomatic word usually meaning cramped, but in this case it really is both — with two long tables with benches along both walls.
If the place is full and you're being seated somewhere in the middle, be ready to climb up onto the bench to step over the table to the other side! ShareThis. Les Enfants de Monde - A group of bronze statues by Rachid Khimoune in Paris, France. (This is part two of two. See part one here.) Interestingly, this one's plaque was missing, but... ... someone had fashioned a temporary one in paper and taped it to the base! How strange! So I have no idea if this statue's name is really Mohamed or not, and the rest of the information has been blurred and is ilegible. A closer look reveals the word Casablanca , so Mohamed, if that is indeed his real name, is Moroccan. Haha, this one's my favorite! I love the silly and incongruous "City of NYC" text on this American Indian chief's chestplate. This lady was a real mystery! Another easy one; the carnival mask is clearly Venetian, and then he's got "Venezia" right on his lapel, so this fella's Italian.
Haha, okay, if I thought the last one was easy... No plaque, no text, so no idea about this guy. Another one with no plaque and no text, and pretty clearly Middle Eastern or North African, but there's no way to be sure. "Isis l'Egyptienne" — Isis the Egyptian lady. That's all, folks!
View Larger Map. Cell Phone in France. The cell phone you use every day at home just might work while you're visiting France. It has to fit various standards first, however, and the roaming fees might be insanely high. Or it's possible you can get onto a French network for far less money. Find out how and if you can use your cell phone in France. First of all, for the phone to even work at all in Europe, it must meet all of the following standards: GSM - OK, it may sound like Greek to you, but this is a major term to know.
GSM, short for Global System for Mobile Technology, is that standard in Europe. To determine whether your phone meets these standards, contact your wireless provider. Even if you can use your phone in France, if you will be using your existing provider to roam overseas you need to do some homework. If you don't have a phone that works in France, you still have a couple options: Upgrade your phone or switch carriers. Money! Getting Euros, watching the exchange rate, and more. A Photographer's Guide to Paris. Paris is one of the birthplaces of photography and a city whose casual beauty makes for rich material to anyone willing to walk around slowly and observe carefully. It could be that your eyes will settle on a bit of sculpture on a building facade.
Or the arrangement of goods in a shop. Standard Paris Photos If you want to convince your friends that you really were in the City of Light, make sure that you've got some photos of Notre Dame, the area around Ile de la Cite, the Tour Eiffel, and the Champs Elysees with the Arc de Triomphe in the background. There is a variety of ways to make these more interesting than the standard point-and-shoot image. Start by using black and white film. Try using wide-angle lenses with people in the foreground and monuments in back. People Looking at Art Paris is the ultimate place to get photos of people viewing and reacting to art.
Photographic Exhibitions Disneyland Paris Cemeteries Montmartre/Sacre Coeur Suggested Day around the Eiffel Tower Skip The Marais. Vacation Spots in Paris France Vacation Places Vacation Spot Exciting Places With Pictures. Bonjour and welcome to Paris , the capital of France, its biggest city and one of the best vacation spots. Paris is called the City of Light, and probably the most romantic city in the world. Here you'll find the world's center of culture, art, fashion and cuisine. See the famous vacation spots in Paris that inspired great literature, painters of genius, stunning architecture and parks. Breathtaking beauty is everywhere you look. Best Vacation Spots in Paris, Musee du Louvre, the Louvre Museum Louvre Museum, Paris France The Louvre , once France's largest royal palace, is now the world's largest museum with the world's most important collection of art and antiquities.
Best Vacation Spots in Paris, the Palace of Versailles Palace of Versailles Hall of Mirrors, Paris France To see this vacation spot, make the half-hour trip by train to the Palace of Versailles , and let a guide take you through the opulent rooms of Louis XIV, the Sun King who lived like a god. Eiffel Tower, Paris France. No-SO2 wines to buy in Paris, France. Herebelow are natural wines that I recommend and where to buy them in Paris.
The below vintners often use no sulphur dioxide (SO2) during the winemaking or the bottling. Only a few bottles may contain sulfites — in very small quantities. (Around 10 mg per liter. Ask the merchant or the importer.) You could ask for wine shipment to and delivery in the Paris area. French wine values tasted in 2013 Côtes du rhône - SCA les Vignerons d'Estézargues - Cuvée des galets - Non filtré 2012 - 5 € - serve at a cool temperature - red fruit - red fruit, shows the biggest body from this cooperative, dense, dries the palate 75010 Paris, 67 rue Lancry, Au Verre volé, Mo J.Bonsergent, tél. 01 48 03 17 34 Alsace - Audrey et Christian Binner - Ça gazouille [lieu-dit : Katzenthal] - Riesling (sec) 2010 - 12 € - very aromatic - a lively nose - a huge aromatic intensity, orange, nougat, dense but not onctuous, wide with tidy gas beads, almost dry: with just a hint of residual sugar, fresh 75017 Paris, La Cave 106.
Paris Apartments: Short Term Rentals and Long Term Rentals in Paris. Rent apartment, flat, studio in Paris. Paris Rental Apartments. What You Don't Know About Paris Taxis - Secrets of Paris. Updated March 2013 It's not New York, but taxis are still an important part of city life, and most of us have to use them once in awhile, so here are a few things you should know.
Pass it along... Ever see someone trying to hail a Parisian taxi that's already taken? Or have you yourself tried to get one to pick you up when there's a taxi stand at the next corner? Or worse, suffered the indignity of being refused a ride for whatever reason? Getting One If there's a taxi stand within a block, you have to go there to pick up a taxi. For first-timers, the whole top of the taxi sign has to be lit up for the taxi to be available. 2011 Update: This year all taxis will get new lights that are green faor "available" or red for "taken". 2013 Update: About 40% of the taxis are still the old ones. Don't try to steal a taxi that someone called for. Rates There are three rates: A (Mon-Sat 10am-5pm), B (Mon-Sat 5pm-10am, Sun 7am-midnight, holidays all day), and C (Sun from midnight-7am). Rules and Rights. Café de L'Enfer (aka Cabaret de L'Enfer) Weird Paris history. If I had a date and a time machine, I'd take her and it to le Café de L'Enfer.
Le Café de L'Enfer was a Hell-themed café in Paris' red light district (aka Pigalle, the neighborhood of the Moulin Rouge), created in the late 19th century and operating up 'til sometime around the middle of the 20th. I first heard of this place years ago, before I ever lived in Paris. I was living in Philadelphia and my roommate knocked on my bedroom door one evening to show me the photo below in the latest issue of National Geographic. It sure is nice to have friends who know what you like.
Incidentally, I just found the National Geographic writeup in their website archives here. Why, just look at those old-timey folks enjoying a drink in Hell! Unfortunately, there's very, very little solid information to be found regarding Le Café de L'Enfer. Here are some other images from L'Enfer I've found from the around the web... ShareThis.