Tag: paris
Marché aux puces, Paris
Marché aux puces – flea market – the concept is ancient and universal but the origin of the term is disputed. Who started the term Puces ? We went to the biggest and probably most historical one in the North of Paris – 18th arrondissement – just outside the Porte de Clignancourt – Marché aux
Les Grands Magasins, Paris
Les Grands Magasins (“the big/grand department stores”) of Paris really deserve a post. They are retailers who want to sell luxury but cannot ignore the mass-market, and they want to be chic and at the same time appeal to tourists. Two of the “grand department stores” Magasin du Printemps and Galeries Lafayette stand right next to each other
The Peristyle and the Grand Canal, Versailles
Earlier this summer, while in Paris, we spent an afternoon at Versailles. Our earlier posts on the main chateau and the Grand Trianon are here and here. There were two sights at Versailles that particularly impressed us – the peristyle at the Grand Trianon palace and the Grand Canal. A peristyle is a columned porch or
Thierry Marx’s Sur Mesure, Paris
Continuing with our impromptu gastronomic tour of Paris … Beside Passage 53 (posted here), another 2-star restaurant we went to was Thierry Marx‘s Sur Mesure in the Mandarin Oriental on Rue Saint-Honoré. The interior of the restaurant is rather unusual. The walls and the ceiling are all covered by white leather and occasionally, the leather