- Here are five things that prove that the city of romance knows better than most the best things in life are free.
- 1. Tuileries Gardens. In search of a haven away from the stresses of the city? Paris has just the answer with the Tuileries Gardens - sitting tranquilly in the heart of the capital between the Louvre Museum and the Place de la Concorde. Looking down the Champs Elysees to the Arc de Triomphe, the 400-year-old gardens offer not only one of the best city-views in the world, but a place to relax with ornate fountains, magical statues and fresh air. Despite their age, the old public gardens keep their eye on the younger generation, boasting a wonderful children's play area and a carnival in summer. Read more HERE.
Paris Plages or Paris Beaches, is a free summer event that transforms several spots along the Seine river into complete beaches.(AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)
Sunday, May 26, 2013
Love Paris? Then you''ll love these 5 freebies!
Cezanne's stomping grounds.
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| Photo courtesy of: www.blogs.vancouversun.com |
"...the Bastide du Jas Bouffan, the home once owned by Cezanne’s family. The artist lived there in his early 20's and began his career in painting there.
The avenue of giant plane trees is still a powerful and impressive spectacle. The mistral wind was blowing exceptionally hard and much cooler than in previous days, but the sound of it rushing through the canopy of these giant trees created a wonderfully dramatic atmosphere for our visit.
The house itself with its lovely high windows is still watched over by two large griffins on pedestals."....read more HERE.
Saturday, May 11, 2013
Surfing in France?
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| © YEP / Duponteil Courtesy of: http://www.mensjournal.com |
There's no greater feeling for a surfer than a nice long ride. In the ocean, that might mean 20 to 30 seconds. But on an odd freak-of-nature wave that rolls up the Dordogne River in Bordeaux, France, every month, it can mean 20 to 30 minutes. It's called the Mascaret, and it's one of several tidal bores around the world (created when extreme fluctuations in lunar tides push a swell from the ocean upriver)....read more HERE
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Saturday, May 4, 2013
French sheep used to mow Paris green spaces
By David Ferguson
Friday, May 3, 2013 10:23 EDT
Friday, May 3, 2013 10:23 EDT
French shepherd Gilles Amar has a novel way of earning a living as a professional landscaper. Amar himself isn’t the one cutting the grass however: his flock of sheep and goats are.
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| Photo of shepherd, Gilles Amar, courtesy of http://www.rawstory.com |
Using a kind of mobile pen on wheels, Amar takes the flock grazing in the Paris suburb of Bagnolet, where they trim the grass and hedges by munching away. Local people often stop by to watch and even pet the animals.
“They attract people to places they wouldn’t normally use or value,” said Amar. “I mean, an ordinary lawn is suddenly turned into a...read more HERE.
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Woody Allen to make next film in France
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| Director and producer Woody Allen at the Los Angeles Film Festival on June 14, 2012 (AFP/File, Joe Klamar) |
LOS ANGELES — Woody Allen is to make his next movie in the south of France, starring Britain's Oscar-winning Colin Firth and US actress Emma Stone, the project's producers announced.
The as-yet-untitled film, to be shot this summer, will be the second set in France by the 77-year-old cult director, who scored his biggest commercial hit ever with 2011's "Midnight in Paris."
Allen has made a series of Europe-based movies in recent years -- "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" in 2008 and 2012's "To Rome with Love" -- and has hired a number of collaborators from those movies for the new film.
Cinematographer Darius Khondji, production designer Anne Seibel and costume designer Sonia Grande all worked on "Midnight in Paris" and "To Rome with Love," while Grande also worked on "Vicky Cristina Barcelona."
The new Gravier Productions film is produced by Allen's longtime associates, Letty Aronson and Stephen Tenenbaum, who have worked with Allen for a decade and a half, they said in a statement.
After early classics like "Annie Hall" (1977), 1979's "Manhattan" and "Hannah and Her Sisters" in 1986, Allen fans had become used to mild disappointment with his annual output, until the last five or ten years.
"To Rome With Love" made $68 million at the global box office, a decent sum for an Allen film, but way behind the $155 million earned by "Midnight in Paris."
Allen's latest film "Blue Jasmine," a drama co-starring Cate Blanchett, Sally Hawkins and Alec Baldwin, will be released in the United States in July, and in several European countries in August and September.
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