4 CommentsDesperately Seeking Paris in New York
The Paris Traveler, that would be me, Kim, finds herself in New York. That is always a good thing, not as good as being in Paris, but I have decided that since I need to be here I am going to seek out all things French: restaurants, cafés and shopping and report my findings so in the event that you find yourself here, you too can seek out Paris without needing a passport.
The Statue of Liberty, certainly one of the most recognizable symbols for our nation, was in fact a gift of friendship from the people of France. …read more
Café Dimanche
Enjoy your Sunday!
Armagnac, France’s Oldest Brandy: Six hundred years old and still no respect (everywheremag.com)
Getting the French to Work (bbc.co.uk)
‘Crazy is believing you’re normal’ (guardian.co.uk)
A Monet sets a record: $80.4 million (iht.com)
French university raises private funding for the the first time (webinfrance.com)
Photo credit: ADenegar@sxc.hu
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A Little Dijon With My Life
My daughter just took a job teaching English to high school students in Dijon, France starting this fall. She has been there already in her travels, but I have not, so I thought I should do some research into where my baby is going to be living and what fun place I will get to visit!!
A quick overview of the city: Dijon is located in eastern France about an hour and 40 minutes outside of Paris by high speed train. (Gare de Lyon station is where you would catch it) and is the historical capital of Burgundy–and people, what does …read more
Blinded By The Light
The City of Light is planning on turning down the wattage a bit in an attempt to save energy (more greening of Paris) and address the disturbances it is causing to nature and astronomers. This light pollution issue is felt throughout Europe and is causing migratory birds to lose their bearings, vegetables are behaving badly and certain insects are dying out.
France, the worst offender is working to replace their street lamps with low-energy ones but still burns 1,200 megawatts which is the output of one nuclear power station. Just a bit scary. Already there is resistance (one more thing …read more
Beurre Blanc Sauce
I don’t write much about cooking even though it is one of my most favorite things in the world to do. It isn’t every-one’s passion so I stay away. The last time I did write a post about cooking was to give a recipe for the perfect French vinegrette. I guarantee that if you add that to your repertoire of things you do well, you will amaze and impress all those you want to amaze and impress
Another recipe that you might want to commit to memory is buerre blanc sauce: a butter sauce made with a few …read more
Eiffel Elves
The Eiffel Tower workers are at it night and day getting ready for their new lighting arrangement. This view was taken at 1:45am. At last check, only 5 of the 27 stars were up.
Photo credit: Paris-Live
La Nuit du Feu 2008
If you are a regular reader of The Paris Traveler, then you know that there is a special place in my heart for the gendarmes (police officers) that one finds keeping the streets of Paris safe for citizens and tourists alike. I say a special place, because I do believe, aside from being model citizens themselves-we hope-their membership includes some of the handsomest Frenchmen I have laid eyes on!! My daughters would be in complete agreement with me on this one.
Having said that, I must add that although my contact with pompiers in Paris (firefighters) was less frequent, they …read more
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EU + Eiffel = Blue
No, we’re not back in high school algebra trying to solve for X. If we were, I would be running as fast and far away as I could.
Starting June 30th, the Eiffel tower is going to be lit up in blue to celebrate the six month presidency of the European Union. The EU, consisting of 27 European nations was created in 1993 to develop a single market through standardized laws that apply to all member states. Hoping to ease passage between boarders, the system works towards creating movement of people, goods and services from one nation to another with …read more
The Greening of Paris
Back in July of 2007, Paris unveiled what has become a widely popular bicycle transit system, Velib, which provides citizens and visitors alike access to more than 20,000 bikes located throughout the city, that can be picked up and dropped off at any one of 750 “parking” stations. Riders select a one day card, weekly pass or annual card. The self-serve stations are equipped with “muni-meters” that allow you make and pay for your selection and provides information on locations of other stations for eventual drop-off. This is a great way to traverse the city for a day or to use …read more