AMERICAN FOOD SUPPLIES FOR THANKSGIVING IN PARIS and other Paris, France Off The Beaten Path Tips

Thanksgiving
20 rue St Paul, 4th
metro: st paul
Closed Sundays
tel: 01 42 77 68 29

The Real Mc Coy
194 rue de Grenelle, 7th
tel:01 45 56 98 82
metro: ecole militaire
Closed Sundays

When November rolls around, the thought on the minds of many Americans in Paris is Thanksgiving.  If you aren't making the long trip home, you'll have to stock up on all of the must-have treats you need for preparing a real Thanksgiving feast.  Two shops in Paris have all the supplies you could ever need and more.  In fact, I just stopped in to The Real McCoy to order my Thanksgiving turkey.  The baker next door will be cooking it for me on Thanksgiving day freeing up my
small kitchen for the rest of the essential goodies.  The Thanksgiving store also has an adjoining restaurant which serves up an American-style feast for the holiday.  Both shops have everything from Betty Crocker cake mixes to Starbucks coffee.  Even if you aren't making Thanksgiving in Paris this year, it's always good to know where you can find a box of Kraft Mac-and-Cheese in a pinch.  The Real McCoy even has H&H Bagels flown in direct from New York.  Now an afternoon in the 7th will take you back home without the jet-lag.

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Phone: Real McCoy: tel: 01 45 56 9882
Website: Thanksgiving: tel: 01 42 77 68 29

This Cathedral is not to be missed!
Partly built starting in 1145 by an unknown architect, and then reconstructed over a 26-year period after the fire of 1194, Chartres Cathedral marks the high point of French Gothic art.

It is SW of Paris, approximately one hour by train. The train is direct to Chartes.

The vast nave, in pure ogival style, the porches adorned with fine sculptures from the middle of the 12th century, and the magnificent 12th- and 13th-century stained-glass windows, all in remarkable condition, combine to make it a masterpiece.

For an informative website to help you plan a trip Chartes, France

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Website: http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/chartreswest/centralportal.html

Used by the kings of France from the 12th century, the medieval royal hunting lodge of Fontainebleau, standing at the heart of a vast forest in the Ile-de-France, was transformed, enlarged and embellished in the 16th century by François I, who wanted to make a 'New Rome' of it. Surrounded by an immense park, the Italianate palace combines Renaissance and French artistic traditions.

This is one Palace you must see with your own eyes.
Spend most of the time in the gardens, and then take a boat ride on the pools for a few euros.
You need at least one day to see this!
We go to walk around the gardens and discuss life!

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Website: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/83

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Interactive website on the Regions of France

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INTERACTIVE MAP OF THE DEPARTMENTS OF FRANCE

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Horaires : Ouvert tous les jours de 10h à 17h (fermeture des caisses à 16h45), sauf le
mardi, le 1er mai, le 25 décembre et le 1er janvier.
Prix d'entrée : plein tarif : 5,2 € ; tarif réduit : 3,8 €. Gratuit pour les moins de 18 ans, et le 1er
dimanche de chaque mois. Tarif réduit pour les moins de 25 ans, et pour tous, le dimanche.

Accès : Métro ligne 9, station Pont-de-Sèvres ; Bus, lignes 169, 171 et 179, arrêt Musée de
Sèvres. Tramway T2 (La Défense – Issy-Val-de-Seine), arrêt Musée de Sèvres.


Entre le XVIIe et le XVIIIe siècle, l’accumulation de ces objets se faisait dans un but purement
décoratif qui prit notamment la forme de « broderies murales » en porcelaine de Chine et en
faïence de Delft. Pour illustrer cette période, le musée a emprunté de nombreuses pièces à
l’étranger. Notamment une boiserie dorée de près de 4 mètres de hauteur, avec ses
consoles garnies de vases de porcelaine de Chine (Gemeente Museum, La Haye), 50 vases
miniatures en porcelaine de Chine (collection particulière, Haarlem), un ensemble de 36
minuscules faïences de Delft et leur armoire(collection particulière, Delft), ou encore les 106
vases de toutes tailles du Palais Zwinger à Dresde, qui serviront à la reconstitution d’un mur
entier de porcelaine à la manière du Palais japonais à Dresde.

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Phone: Tél. 01 41 14 04 20
Website: http://www.musee-ceramique-sevres.fr/pages/page_id19108_u1l2.htm
Other Contact: E-mail : musee.sevres@culture.go

The park was established by Phillippe d'Orléans, Duke of Chartres, a cousin of the king. He started buying land on which to establish the garden in 1769, and employed Louis Carrogis Carmontelle to design the gardens. He was a close friend of the Prince of Wales, later George IV, and a lover of all things English. As a result, his aim was to create an informal English-style garden in the middle of Paris. By 1778, through successive purchases, the garden had grown to 12 hectares. It became known as the Folie de Chartres.

The park is unusual in France due to its English style - its informal layout, curved walkways and randomly-placed statues distinguish it from the more traditional, French-style garden.

It also includes a collection of scaled-down architectural features - including an Egyptian pyramid, a Chinese fort, a Dutch windmill, and Corinthian pillars. A number of these are masonic references, as Philippe d'Orléans was a leading freemason. The park includes statues of famous French figures including Guy de Maupassant, Frédéric Chopin, Charles Gounod, Ambroise Thomas and Edouard Pailleron.

During the French revolution of 1793 the Duke was executed by guillotine, and the garden was taken into public ownership.
In 1797, it was the site of the first silk parachute jump, when André-Jacques Garnerin jumped from a Montgolfier hot air balloon, landing in the park where a large crowd was gathered.

The garden was purchased by the city of Paris in 1860. Half of the land was sold for the construction of new houses. Thanks to Baron Haussmann, the other half was preserved as green space and became a public park, inaugurated by Napoleon III on 13 August 1861.

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Website: Metro: Monceau Blvd de Courcelles
Other Contact: 8th & 17th Arrondissements