Tag: paris

  • Au bon couscous, Paris

    Au Bon couscous is one of many touristy restaurants in the Latin Quarter, located just around the corner from our apartment. On one of the several rainy days in that week while we were in Paris, we ducked in Au bon couscous for a quick lunch. There are many restaurants (Greek, Italian, French, Asian, Indian,…

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  • Kartell, Rue du Bac, Paris

    The area around Rue du Bac/Blvd St Germain in the 7th arrondisement is where furniture stores congregate in Paris. Several manufacturer have their showrooms here. We passed Cappellini, Knoll, and Cassina but went into Kartell because we are interested in their Tati lamp. Kartell, based in Milan, is known for their plastic furniture. Founded in…

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  • Passage 53, Paris

    Passage 53 is one of several restaurants that our local friends (D & C) made a reservation for the four of us for our week in Paris. The restaurant is quite difficult to find as it is hidden in the oldest arcade in Paris (Passage des Panoramas) among specialty shops that sell stamps and postcards.…

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  • Astier de Villatte, Paris

    This is our first visit of Paris after a long while. IT and MW had visited this city many times and knew it better than us. So we followed them. Astier de Villatte is a lifestyle store on Rue Saint-Honoré not far from the Palais-Royal. I(Chris) spent almost an hour in this shop while IT…

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  • Rue du petit pont #2, Paris

    We spent a week in Paris in the beginning of June. Since there were a total of four of us, we decided to rent an apartment again – like what we did in Vienna and Barcelona in past years. This arrangement saved us money, gave us more room to move about. Apartments in Europe are…

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  • Roland-Garros 2013, Paris

    This is the first time for us to attend the French Open Tennis tournament (see earlier post about Serena Williams). The Stade Roland-Garros is situated at the outskirt of Paris on the west near the Porte d’Auteuil. The entrance to Roland-Garros was about 10 minutes walk from the train station. There were no lines to…

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