"Paris, la ville des lumières" a Paris Travel Page by ptitetoile

Paris is a legendary city that has a particular attractive charm for all the people of the planet...
As I went quite often to this city when I was a child, I had another view on the city but it is more recently (three years ago and in 2004) that I discovered it with the eyes of an adult...paying attention to all details that can make this city so special !

First visit in June 2004

I took as guide the "Seine" river and walk along it to rediscover the City. I became aware that most of the great things are situated around and along the Seine... I did everything by foot! From the Austerlitz bridge in the west to the Liberty statue of the Grenelle Bridge in the south-east! The must see activities will discribe my way from one side of the Seine to the other :-)
And just before going back to Belgium, the third day of my stay, I made a last visit to the unavoidable Montmartre and its lovely streets and stairways :-)

This visit to Paris was due to the wonderful summer tango festival held in the first weekend of July! A festival organised by Mephisto Tango with an amazing amount of good dancers! I have never seen so much good dancers on the same dancer floor....it was already a pleasure to look at it! I was impressed by the perfect style and large moves of the tangueras...It was very international and I danced with dancers coming from the opposite part of Europe : Portugal and Poland!
The shows were also impressive : I could admire the style of three couples that were very original (Fabian Salas & Carolina del Rivero, Mariano Chico Frumboli & Eugénia Parrilla, and Sebastian Arce & Mariana Montes)... they were inspired by modern and neo tango... in the moves but also in the music! They represented to me a new kind of tango full of liberty and flexibility but also a very large precision and perfection!!!!! (see pictures in the travelogue)

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Second visit in November 2004

During this second visit, as I had already visited the tourist spots along the Seine, I made another very interesting walk from the 4th district to the 13th district (the place where I stayed) :
Starting from the metro station "Les Halles" I walked in the direction of the "Marais" and the Jewish neighborhood, then I crossed the Seine, saw the Lutèce arena and the Mosque, then the famous "Rue Mouffetard", then "Place d'Italie" in direction of The Paris' Chinatown ;-)