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Post by traveler63 on Dec 19, 2009 23:32:55 GMT
Oh, rue Montorgueil!!!!!! I actually am having hungar pangs just looking at your photos and I loved rue Montorgueil. Thanks, I think, now, I want to hop a plane and go back to Paris. Damn!!!! I think Mr T63 and I should plan a Christmas trip there.
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Post by lagatta on Dec 19, 2009 23:39:08 GMT
Yes Kerouac, after I posted it came to me that it was rue Montorgueil.
Look at the writing at the right of your photo of the shop just above the Muslim butcher's. casimira will tell us if it is Polish.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2009 23:43:41 GMT
Oh, of course! I hadn't even noticed that. These later food photos are all mixed, and some of them are from rue Mouffetard and others from rue du Faubourg Saint Denis. I covered a lot of territory this afternoon!
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Post by fumobici on Dec 20, 2009 0:44:24 GMT
Very nice photos. One question: what's the furnace looking thing in this one?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2009 1:57:06 GMT
I've seen one just like that on Dr. who.
erm...now I do sound blonde! Perhaps I better take Baz's advice and stick to the dancing...
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Post by lola on Dec 20, 2009 4:56:56 GMT
I'm guessing coffee roaster, M. Snob.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2009 6:34:53 GMT
Yes, I'm pretty sure it is a roasting machine.
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 20, 2009 6:50:07 GMT
I wonder where the vent goes. Can you imagine a coffee connoisseur in a near-by office building trapped at a desk as the aroma of roasting coffee tantalizes the olfactory sense to the heights of frustrated bliss?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2009 11:59:27 GMT
I made a trip to Saint Germain-des-Prés yesterday evening. It has a small Christmas market for a few more days. The Deux Magots and the Flore, two of the principal institutions of the neighborhood both looked quite inviting. Here is the very popular rue de Buci. Then I figured that I should get a look at rue Mouffetard and the Contrescarpe in the 5th arrondissement. I passed in front of the Mairie of the 5th arrondissement on my way there. Now that we are in freezing weather, the Contrescarpe fountain has been emptied. Church bells began to peal.
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Post by dary on Dec 20, 2009 14:13:20 GMT
Dear kerouac2! Your photos makes my very happy because this is Paris in Christmas time that I've dreamed about. This is exactly why I'll be in Paris this Wednesday until next Sunday. I just wonder if those beautiful sights will still be there for me.... I also have been told that next weekend almost the all city will be close from Thursday to Sunday. Is it so? I not interested in Shopping but I will probably need to eat and drink from time to time. Can you kindly give me some tips ? thank you!!!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2009 14:59:01 GMT
No, the city will not at all be closed. Things will close earlier than usual on Thursday (for example 7pm instead of 9pm) and Friday will be a bit quiet in terms of shopping, but there will still be a million things for tourists to do. Everything back to normal on Saturday.
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Post by dary on Dec 20, 2009 15:48:33 GMT
God bless you! You made a Paris's freak happy! I was looking forward to this (fourth) visit in Paris and I'm so glad that the city is waiting for me (open!!!) too
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2009 16:16:34 GMT
The free skating rinks that the city installs in front of the Hôtel de Ville and in Montparnasse have become a very popular winter fixture over the years, even if most of the users can barely keep on their feet. Some of the visitors looked to me as though they were freezing theirs butts off and might have been happier indoors in front of the radiator. Snacks are available. Besides the inevitable crêpes, there are also waffles, cotton candy, candied apples, popcorn... who says the French don't know how to get fat? The merry-go-round is free. Each of the 20 arrondissements has a free merry-go-round throughout the holiday season.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2009 17:30:42 GMT
Looks like it has such a good atmosphere. What an amazing city. And so organized.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2009 19:47:27 GMT
At the request of Louis XIV, I took a few shots of the BHV, which is right next to the Hôtel de Ville, as the full name implies (BHV = Bazar de l'Hôtel de Ville). The decorations this year were conceived by the designer Jean-Charles de Castelbajac. He is a modernist, as you can tell.
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Post by traveler63 on Dec 22, 2009 1:37:21 GMT
Thank you K2, this is wonderful. I cannot believe that all of the arrondismonts have carousels. You have really done a great job of sharing Paris with all of us. Keep warm and have a hot toddy somewhere!!!!
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Post by spaceneedle on Dec 22, 2009 5:47:49 GMT
Great photos, K. I'm a lurker who registered just to tell you so. Joyeux Noël
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 22, 2009 6:22:03 GMT
I am bowled over! I can't believe how you keep making this thread even more beautiful and interesting. Really, you have made it almost like being there.
Hello to Spaceneedle. Lurking is a compliment to a forum, but it's even better to hear from the lurker. Thanks & welcome.
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Post by spaceneedle on Dec 22, 2009 6:25:44 GMT
Hello to Spaceneedle. Lurking is a compliment to a forum, but it's even better to hear from the lurker. Thanks & welcome. Cheers back at ya. now if i can only figure out how to add an avatar....
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Post by traveler63 on Dec 23, 2009 0:12:52 GMT
hey spaceneedle, lurking is how I found this forum and now I are one who posts, so welcome. I think you will find that this a very interesting group with a wide and diverse background. Hope you stick around and share some of your experiences.
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Post by lola on Dec 23, 2009 3:46:17 GMT
Love this thread, kerouac. Thanks.
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 25, 2009 15:18:35 GMT
Aaarghhh ~~ I'm not on my own computer, and will have to wait until I get home to see the latest video on this thread ~~ frustration! I doubt that there exists anywhere such a complete and personal record of Christmas in Paris, from the extravagant displays to people enjoying them to lesser-known areas and more.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 27, 2009 16:30:28 GMT
The mairie of the 10th arrondissement.
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Post by bazfaz on Dec 27, 2009 21:48:12 GMT
Lovely photos, K2.
In my very young days I ventured to Paris and stayed in a cheap hotel in rue Descartes. It is gentrified flats now. I used to go to public baths near place de la Contrescarpe. There was a restaurant there mentioned by Hemingway in the Sun Also Rises . Down rue Mouffetard there was a restaurant called La Soupe Chinoise, very cheap. I remember sitting at its one table on the pavement when there were gunshots from the cafe next door. A man staggered out, collapsed and died on the pavement. My girl and I moved inside to finish our meal.
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Post by bjd on Jan 1, 2010 13:07:03 GMT
I just flipped through all the pictures looking for the Polish writing. It is indeed a list of what they sell, mostly kinds of sausages but also cream cheese and beer. Where is that place, Kerouac? There is a Polish deli on rue Oberkampf, just close to the boulevard. And the guy who used to own the take-out on the ground floor of our apartment building also used to have Polish cold-cuts, bread, etc, even though he was French. Unfortunately he has now been replaced by a Greek.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 1, 2010 18:57:52 GMT
I'm finally getting to see the videos. They really enhance the still pictures, as the laughter, noise and movement show what a great street fair atmosphere there is, right there in a huge city.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2010 6:05:00 GMT
I'm pretty sure that the place with the Polish signs is in rue du Faubourg Saint Denis in the 10th arrondissement.
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Post by bjd on Jan 2, 2010 15:01:44 GMT
Thanks, Kerouac. I'll go have a look next time I'm in Paris.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2010 10:29:53 GMT
Oh, wait, no, now I'm pretty sure that that is rue Mouffetard. In any case, it's one or the other!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2010 14:23:14 GMT
Red alert: They starting stringing the lights in the trees on the Champs Elysées today. (Okay, it is a two-month job with more than 400 trees over a 2 km stretch but it is shocking when it is technically still summer!)
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