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Velib rental bikes update

They are grey, ugly, and heavy, but there is nothing like like a ride down an empty Paris street in August to invigorate the soul and make you feel like you’re in another age or time. … The stations are only some 300 yards apart, and there are four times as many as there are subway stations, even in a city so well served by its metro system.

…Cost of the bikes, which are made in Hungary, is $3460 3 People have died in Velib accidents, a 7% increase over a year ago, but bike ridership is up 24% .

Bastille Day is Monday – Remember the Blue, White and Red!

If you happen to be in France this year for the 14th, or just have an interest in revolutions, here’s a good “revolutionary” walking tour that starts in our favorite neighborhood and ends at the Madeleine. … Start your tour in Rue St André-des-Arts, which remains as narrow and dense as it was at the time of the Revolution This year, as you will have noticed, is the 40th anniversary of 1968. … So let us ignore 1968 and turn instead to the real French Revolution, the one of 1789: the one that overthrew an absolute monarchy, turned France upside down and set the template for revolutions (and totalitarianism) to come.

Eating Out with Kids

This is the time of the year when our friends call us for tips on travel, especially on eating out with kids. Basically how to continue to have some semblance of the good life they used to have B.C. (before children). Especially for the foodies. It is possible. It’s not true that children are second… Continue reading Eating Out with Kids

Eating Outdoors in Paris

Eating outdoors in Paris

What to Look for in Renting an Apartment in Paris

There are now more rentals for less than a week but you’re likely to pay a premium which will make it not as economical to staying at hotel…. I’ve never needed it in our place but my husband insists on it , and you may want it for ventilation and to drown out any street noise if the rentals are located on grand boulevards, such as Blvd St.

Cheap Pleasures, now that the Euro is 1.5 USD

Chez Germaine Tucked away in the chic seventh arrondisement, this busy, often crowded bistro serves French comfort food such as steak with potatoes dauphinois to locals who wouldn’ dream of defiling their Boffi kitchens by cooking in them. Have the three course lunch or the two course lunch (30 rue Pierre Leroux, 33.1.42.83.28.34) L’As du Falafel Because I love falafel, and the Marais…. The huge, delicious, and dripping 5 Euros sandwich is not only one of the cheapest lunches in Paris but also on of the tastiest (34 rue des Rosiers, 33.1.48.87.63.60) Laduree Not only is this tearoom a splurge, when you can afford it but, if you’re feeling more frugal, just go buy the counter and get the world’s best macaroons.

Vintage Venues

Shopping in France

Finding Liberté on Two Wheels

Traveling in Paris

French rules, who knew?

French etiquette

Best books on the history of Paris

I don’t know if the stories here are really that secret, but are a little more arcane then the broad sweep of history you get in “Seven Ages.”… “The Discovery of France: A Historical Geography, from the Revolution to the First World War” (Graham Robb) – Less a book about Paris than about France, you mihgt still guess who the main star is.