This week's get-to-know-Paris challenge is to visit one of the vestiges of the Roman age. Pont du Gard, Provence Paris's most famous Roman ruins are part of the Cluny Museum, comprising the Roman baths of Cluny and the Arènes de Lutèce (ampitheater). Here is some...
This week's get-to-know-Paris challenge is to order a new dish at a French restaurant. I am guilty of always sticking with the same dishes. There is a pretty high probability of me ordering scallops or cod at any given French restaurant. But sometimes it's good to...
This week's get-to-know-Paris challenge is to attend a sporting event in France. Even in the winter, there are events all the time: soccer, basketball, rugby... Click here for the Paris Tourism Office's listing of upcoming event and information on how to purchase...
This fall, I went to my first annual Assemblée Générale des copropriétaires, or General Assembly of Co-owners. We were summoned to this General Assembly meeting by an official convocation. Sounds like the shareholder meeting for Coca Cola, or maybe a third legislative...
This week's get-to-know-Paris challenge is to try a new French recipe. Whether you are a seasoned chef or not much of a cook at all, why not try something new? Une éclade de moules Here's one idea: Julia Child's Beef Burgundy... yum! Or Reunion Rum Punch? Brioche and...
I hope that you all enjoyed a wonderful holiday and got a little break from work! For me, it's been a time of transition and all the excitement but also the logistical hassles that go along with it. So I was very happy to have a lazy and relaxing holiday: spending...
We all complain about traffic jams and lack of parking in Paris. Everyone has their preferred method of transportation: metro, bus... my favorite Parisian mode of transport is my own two feet (despite the fact that I now have a French driver's license!!!) But...
For those of you who have followed my series of posts on Buying Property in Paris, you know that it has been a long process - the search, purchase and renovations. I moved into the apartment in late October, but I was living out of a suitcase and in a cloud of dust...
This week's get-to-know-Paris challenge is to learn the Paris bus routes, or at least one of them. The metro is easy and (usually) efficient. I admit that waiting for a bus late at night is not fun. But when you are not in such a rush, try the bus instead. It's much...
Every month, I post a list of some of my favorite or just the most eye-catching articles, recipes, blogs and other links I have come across in the past month. Some relate to Paris and European travels and some have nothing at all to do with the themes of Paris...
