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Post by Jazz on Sept 17, 2011 19:47:38 GMT
... I have been wanting to return to see if there is any reason to make yet another report about it, but since I have already made two, I figure that it is enough -- if I have not convinced people to go and see it yet, then there is no reason to persist. Yes, of course there is a reason to revisit! Two more seasons, and with each visit, another of your unique thoughts and vision of Paris!
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Post by frenchmystiquetour on Sept 18, 2011 22:09:41 GMT
Jazz, I'll be happy to accompany you on your trip to La Mouzaïa and I've got some other great places I could show you in the 19th and 20th. Drop me a line when you get here and we'll do some exploring.
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Post by Jazz on Sept 19, 2011 14:48:25 GMT
FMT, thank you for your kind offer and I will certainly be in touch when I get there. Sounds fabulous! Jazz
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Post by lagatta on Sept 20, 2011 15:28:30 GMT
That is great - those are parts of Paris I always either stay in or visit as well, as I have several friends in those arrondissements (and parts of the 18th) and in nearby Montreuil.
FMT, do consider posting interesting places on the existing lists on this Paris page for restaurants/cafés, places to stay if you know any (you might, although you live in France, due to your line of work)
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Post by Alan Field on Jan 9, 2012 17:19:06 GMT
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Post by Alan Field on Jan 9, 2012 17:25:48 GMT
I lived near Montmarte for 25 years before ever hearing about Ma Mouzaia. I have now lived in La Mouzaia for 10 years
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Post by Alan on Jan 9, 2012 17:45:10 GMT
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Post by Alan on Jan 9, 2012 17:46:41 GMT
I lived near Montmarte for 25 years before ever hearing about Ma Mouzaia. I have now lived in La Mouzaia for 10 years [/quote]
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2012 19:28:21 GMT
How did you get a place in the Mouzaïa? I have always read that the houses are so sought after that they are always sold by word of mouth within 48 hours.
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Post by frenchmystiquetour on Jan 10, 2012 0:15:09 GMT
And more importantly, when are we all invited for a party?
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Post by patricklondon on Jan 11, 2012 8:31:47 GMT
There's a similar style of architecture in a couple of streets at the top of the Butte Bergeyre, also in the 19th (and complete with mini-vineyard), as I discovered a couple of years ago. The odd thing is, that's at the top of rue Georges Lardennois, where I stayed on my very first visit to Paris, a school exchange way back in the 60s, and yet I have no recollection of going up the hill then (it always seemed to be down to the metro for yet another exhausting day in the museums).
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2012 15:37:33 GMT
The 19th and 20th arrondissements still have quite a few little houses hidden away -- and so do the 13th, 14th, 15th and 18th to a certain extent. I guess they are pretty safe from developers now because they are considered to be such treasures in the big city.
Patrick, you might have been in a place that was like my first address in Paris in the 20th. It was just off rue de Belleville which is the border between the 19th and 20th. Because rue de Belleville was so steep, I would take the metro to Pyrénées to go downhill to where I lived, but whenever I would leave my place, I would go downhill to metro Belleville to take the metro from there -- so I almost never went uphill. The six flights of stairs in my building were enough climbing for me!
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Post by Tina on Jan 14, 2012 6:52:58 GMT
Love your photos. I remember seeing a post somewhere where you mentioned what kind of camera that you used. I wrote it down, but of course I lost it. I'm going to Paris in April and I would like to re-place my current camera before I go. I hope you will share info again please please.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 14, 2012 7:17:06 GMT
It's just a Panasonic Lumix, one of the most popular compact models sold everywhere.
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Post by tod2 on Jan 14, 2012 15:29:48 GMT
Looking over all these wonderful walks again and making plans! Mmmmmm, I wonder who's ready for who? Am I ready for you Paris or are YOU ready for me old girl ;D I love Paris I love Paris I love Paris
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Post by lagatta on Jan 14, 2012 18:39:11 GMT
Tod, don't forget to ask people questions here. Do you have any particular interests?
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Post by tod2 on Jan 16, 2012 10:01:14 GMT
Thanks Lagatta I certainly will - I am doing final research for our upcoming trip so am going over the posts which I would like to do a follow-up on. I have visited the Parc les buttes Chaumont and will probably do so again after visiting the Mouzaia.
I am going to follow the walk from Thirza Vallois 13th-20th Arr. She does it in great detail, pointing out various interesting houses, but there is always room for that something spotted by our intrepid Anyporter's ;D Thirza also has historical facts about the area which delight me intensely. For example, Villa Les Boers was built in 1902 commemorating The Boer War when France sided, naturally, against the British. Being South African this is of interest to me but probably not others.
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Post by lagatta on Feb 1, 2012 23:48:05 GMT
I'm interested in history in general, and as I travel at least once a year to Amsterdam for work-related reasons, certainly interested in Dutch colonial history. There is a neighbourhood near where I stay and study, called Transvaalbuurt. Do you speak or read any Afrikaans? There is a long account about this neighbourhood at Dutch wikipedia (and though there are differences between Afrikaans an modern Dutch, I don't believe they'd impede reading the account. I can't really speak Dutch (much less Afrikaans) but I could certainly read the Wikipedia accounts about that and other neighbourhoods, just from speaking English, having a reading and basic daily-life knowledge and study of German, and staying there often enough to be ashamed not to speak their language (very hard to learn in Amsterdam as everyone speaks fluent, often perfect, English, and the rare times I pretended not to speak English the bloody Amsterdamers could answer me in French!)
Where is Villa des Boers? It is funny how people abroad lined up, supporting either the British or the Boers. Of course nobody back then even thought to support the Indigenous African peoples, but that is the same here, with respect to Indigenous peoples of the Americas.
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Post by tod2 on Feb 2, 2012 4:17:05 GMT
Lagatta, this is where it is - quoting from her book:
"Go past Place de Rhin et Danube and along rue Miguel Hidalgo. At the end of the street a last cluster of alleys commemorates Monet, Verlaine and Rimbaud. Walk into Villa Claude Monet which boasts an 'Anglo-Norman' chalet with a substantial terrace over-looking a steep flight of steps. Villa des Boers, across the street allows no cars. It's elegant street lamps and the church tower of Saint-Francois-d'Assisie in the background make for a lovely picture"
And yes, I speak Afrikaans ( not very well) because it was a second language subject at school. Not anymore enforced as Zulu, French, German and Italian are now choices in SOME schools. I think it depends where they can get hold of a teacher. So, I will do fine in Holland as I can understand every word in Durch and I'm sure they will understand me too! I think I will start off in English though...... but at least I can eaves-drop ;D
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2014 21:19:02 GMT
The season to return to the Mouzaïa is back. Thought I would just mention that in passing.
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Post by lagatta on May 13, 2014 21:34:04 GMT
Say hello to the resident minous for me.
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Post by htmb on May 13, 2014 21:51:46 GMT
It's on my "to do" list.
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Post by tod2 on May 15, 2014 16:03:59 GMT
I will be visiting in late September or if I stay on for Nuit Blanche....early October.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2015 14:35:26 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2015 14:44:49 GMT
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Post by breeze on Jun 2, 2015 17:22:27 GMT
That pink rose--the first one in #4--does anybody here know its name? I'd love to grow that rose.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2015 19:29:15 GMT
Here are the walls of ivy in action.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 2, 2015 22:43:46 GMT
BRAVO!!!Wonderful video & the music is perfect with it. Did everyone notice the iron light post with its own iron ivy? Just delightful & worthy of many more viewings. The still pictures also capture that lovely time capsule.
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Post by breeze on Jun 2, 2015 23:20:55 GMT
Oh yes, I agree with you, bixa! Lovely flowers, smooth camera work, and joyful music. I hadn't noticed the iron ivy so thanks for pointing that out.
kerouac, is La Mouzaia one of the most floriferous neighborhoods in Paris?
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Post by mich64 on Jun 3, 2015 1:34:05 GMT
That video was just so wonderful. I was entranced with all the photos from the beginning of your thread and then became absorbed in the video by the wonderful choice of music while watching your stroll through this beautiful neighbourhood.
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