RyanAir has launched a new travel blog called Into the Blue! Today's post, "Shh! Five Secret Paris Tips from Locals", includes my tip on a "secret" garden in the Marais. The post also includes tips from Lindsey Tramuta of Lost in Cheeseland, Haleigh from Making...
In recent years, the Paris Mayor's office (both under Bertrand Delanoë and now Anne Hidalgo) has launched an aggressive campaign to discourage car traffic in the city center. Last week, I wrote about the (very) temporary driving ban. I have also written about the...
One of my favorite little wine shops in Saint-Germain, in Paris's 6th arrondissement, La Dernière Goutte ("The Last Drop"), is now offering wine tasting classes! Classes are held in their shop every Friday and Saturday evening, as well as Saturday afternoons: Fridays:...
This summer, I visited France's National Assembly in the 7th arrondissement, just across the Seine from Place de la Concorde. The Assemblée Nationale is the lower house of the French legislature (the upper house being the Sénat or Senate), and home to the 577 députés...
Earlier this month, I was invited by Discover Walks to join one of their Paris walking tours. I chose the Montmartre and the Impressionists tour because I was not as familiar with this neighborhood as I am with some of the other parts of the city where they conduct...
After five long years of renovations, the Marais's Picasso Museum finally reopened to the public on October 25, 2014, and at more than double its pre-renovation size. The museum claims to have over 5,000 works of Picasso, not including numerous archived works....
In the 4th arrondissement, in the lower Marais between rue de Rivoli and the Seine, you will find a street called la rue du Pont-Louis-Philippe. This small street is only about 200 meters long, but it offers some of Paris's finest shopping. You probably won't...
It was one of those oppressively hot days in late July when I happened upon a green gate off rue des Rosiers, just a block from my apartment. I had never noticed this gate before, so I peaked in. To my surprise, I found a whole city park I never knew existed! And a...
In the heart of the Marais sits a 13th century cellar. I walked by a hundred times and never knew it was there. It's just one of the many hidden treasures Paris reveals, little by little, as you get to know the city. A bit of history... You may already know that the...
There are so many sites and museums to visit, so many neighborhoods to explore and so many restaurants and cafés to try that a first-time visit to Paris can often be overwhelming. That is why I highly recommend not trying to do it all. My recommendation is this: Think...
