I made a list today of places I have not yet explored in Paris that I absolutely must see before leaving. It is a daunting list, and some of the locations have obviously been put off just because I live here and can do it "anytime." These type of places include:
La Madeleine: I pass it nearly everyday, but have never gone inside.
Opera Garnier: again, always pass, never enter.
Les Passages: the covered shopping centers representing the wealth of the 19th century
Fauchon: Paris' most exclusive gourmet food store, centrally located and never entered
Pantheon: Most tourist get here, and somehow, I have avoided it.
Other places still to visit in Paris or Ile-de-France:
Grevin
Grand and Petit Palais
Musee des Arts Decoratifs
St. Roch
St. Eustache
St. Alexandre Nevsky
St. Severin
St. Germain-des-Pres (it is not just a neighborhood, but also a church)
St. Julien le Pauvre
St Etienne du Mont
St. Sulpice
St. Pierre du Montmartre
Mosquee de Paris
Au Lapin Agile
Chateau de Vincennes
Bois de Vincennes
Chateau de Malmaison
Chateau Rambouillet
Chateau de Dampierre
Chateau de Vaux le Vicomte
Institute du Monde Arabe
Books to read:
The Ladies' Delight- Emile Zola
Les Miserables- Victor Hugo
Something by Camus
Candide- Voltaire
A Moveable Feast- Ernest Hemingway
Le Petit Prince- IN FRENCH!
All Quiet on the Western Front- Erich Maria Remarque (German author, but I just don't know enough about WWI)
Tartuffe- Moliere
The Letters of Abelard and Heloise
Movies to watch:
400 Blows- Truffaut's groundbreaking classic
Band of Brothers- We currently have disc 2 at our house
Jeux Interdits- Renee Clement
And I still need to eat Fois Gras at least once. There are also flea markets and brocantes to be visited, shops and cafes, in addition to my favorite places that I just need to spend more time visiting.
Time to redirect my attention on this city I love.
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I have a copy of Le Petit Prince in French that my mom got on her mission . . . You can read it when you visit me! Sounds like you have a busy few months ahead of you. Can't wait to see the pics.
I love foie gras. What a great thing. Okay here's my two cents, just stop in the Madeleine its beautiful. The Pantheon is alright but I prefer the museum of armaments. If you haven't gotten out to them do a day trip to Compeigne and visit Napoleon III's castle, then go to Pierrefonds (looks like a disney castle). If you have time visit the WWI cemetaries at Chateau Thierry and Fere en Tardenois. Plus if you visit the Soissons branch the former branch president might just take you on a tour of the caves on his farm that one of the first African American units in WWI used during the war (they grafittied the walls of the cave).
i think that settles it--you will just have to move back there in a couple years!! that is a daunting list! how is BofB? we must discuss.....
I haven't watched disc 2 yet, and watched disc 1 over a year ago. I loved the first disc, so I have big hopes for the next one.
And I dream of moving back, I think it inevitable. I have never loved a city as much as I love this one, and can't imagine being happier someplace else.
And dastew, how can I insure a tour from the Soisson branch pres? Is he still branch pres? I need to talk to some people and see what can be arranged, that sounds fantastic.
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