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Be prepared - you might actually LIKE the food proffered by the airline (but maybe it's Air France who does such a great job). My 2nd trip to Paris, I tried to order the fruit plate for our international flight to Paris but was informed that Air France doesn't do that. Good thing because the food was EXCELLENT (for airline food). We started with a chicken caesar salad followed by an entree of Beef Burgundy and steamed veggies. I think dessert was Black Forest cake or some version thereof? I was impressed. I accidentally ate a button mushroom from the Boeuf Bourguignon thinking it was beef, it even tasted a bit like beef and I like it, which is odd since I HATE mushrooms. :) Photos: Feb 2006 & August 2005
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Warnings Or Dangers: Kissing Oscar's Grave
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Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills WildeOur dear Oscar was born October 16, 1854 and died November 30, 1900 almost at the very close of the 19th century. His grand wit, his style, his passion, his truth inspire in us a great love of Oscar. In my naïveté, I kissed his grave in imitation of all the other kiss marks found there. Little did I know at the time that the oils in the lipstick cause the marks to remain & harm the stone. His grandson, at great expense, pays for the upkeep of the grave & for the cleaning of the Jacob Epstein monument. So I beg you to please not continue the sacrilege & deterioration of the grave with kisses. I wish now I'd never done it. Some fave Wilde quotes: I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best. (in conversation) ...the great superiority of France over England is that in France every bourgeois wants to be an artist, whereas in England every artist wants to be a bourgeois. (in conversation) The world is a stage but the play is badly cast. ( Lord Arthur Savile's Crimes) Turn your back to that-you have all Paris before you. Look at it-Paris vanishes. (on the Eiffel Tower) I have nothing to declare but my genius! (his customs declaration upon entering the U.S.) If this is how her Majesty treats her subjects then she shouldn't have any. (said during his incarceration at Reading Gaol) I am dying beyond my means. (said of the Hôtel du Quai Voltaire, the hotel he stayed at before he moved to the Alsace) Either that wallpaper goes or I do. (and then he promptly expired - said of his room in the Hôtel Alsace now known as the popular L'Hôtel which has greatly improved its décor) You may read about my pilgrimage to Oscar Wilde's final resting abode HERE.
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Phone: 01 55 25 82 10
Website: http://www.pere-lachaise.com/
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Always opt for freshly-made crêpes; eschew the vendor that has a stack of pre-made crêpes! Buying from a crêpe vendor is an economical way to eat in Paris (generally less than 3€). Only here would you have something as GOURMET as this for a street food & in a huge variety of flavors. Please note that the stand on rue Cler runs 'til late at night (11pm or so). My personal faves are Nutella, ham & cheese (like a small meal) & citron sucré (fresh crêpes with butter & sugar & freshly-squeezed lemon juice - mmm). My favorite crêpe stands are bolded in the following list: 1ST-Pl de la Concorde -Jardin des Tuileries right hand side walking from Louvre -Quai de la Mégisserie (across from Conciergerie) -Outside Samaritaine dept store 4TH- Rue du Cloîre-Nôtre-Dame (corner of parvis & street)- Rue du Cloître-Nôtre-Dame (further down street)-Le Sarrasin et le Froment Crêperie, 84-86 rue St-Louis-en-I'Île -crêperies on Île St-Louis -Rue de Rosiers -Outside Centre Pompidou 5TH-Crêperie du Cluny, 20 r. de la Harpe -Left side above Pl de la Contrescarpe (9 rue Mouffetard) 6TH-Crêperie des Arts, 27 rue St-André-des-Arts -Gelateria Marie - 35 rue St-André-des-Arts -Crêperie des Etoiles, 13 rue Princesse -North end of Luxembourg Gardens, Bd St. Michel or rue de Medicis -Front of St-Germain-des-Prés church 7TH- Stand next Café du Marché rue Cler & rue du Champ de Mars-Base of Eiffel Tower 8TH-Rue Roquepine near Place de Madeleine 9TH-2 blocks from Folies Bergere-Pigalle -NE corner Bd Hausmann & rue du Faubourg-Montmartre 10TH-LE TERMINUS NORD across street from Gare du Nord 14TH-Gare Montparnasse, r. Montparnasse, r. d'Odessa -Crêperie de Josselin, 167 r du Montparnasse 15TH-Across from Motte-Piquet Métro station 18TH-Across street on corner from Sacré-Cœur funiculaire
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Always opt for freshly-made crêpes; eschew the vendor that has a stack of pre-made crêpes. You'll thank me later! Buying from a street crêpe vendor is an economical way to eat in Paris (generally less than 3€) - as a snack or a light lunch/dinner. Only in Paris would you have something as GOURMET as a crêpe for a street food item & they come in a huge variety of flavors. My personal faves are Nutella, ham & cheese, & citron sucré (fresh crêpes with butter & sugar & freshly-squeezed lemon juice - mmm). There are 2 types of crepes: sweet crepes (crepes) or salé (savory crepes or galettes which are made from buckwheat flour). Here's a short list of FLAVORS you'll come across: à la Crème de Marrons - Chestnut cream à l'Oeuf - with egg Banane - banana Beurre et Sucre - butter & sugar Canelle et Sucré - cinnamon & sugar Chantilly cream - whipped cream Chocolat - chocolate Citron Sucré - fresh lemon juice & sugarCrêpe au fromage et ouef - with cheese & egg Fraise - strawberry Fromage - cheese Grand Marnier - orange liqueur Jambon - ham Jambon et Fromage - ham & cheeseMarmaladeNutella - heavenly Hazelnut & chocolate spreadPhotos: Feb 2006
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Pawtuxet Sat Jul 4, 2009 13:42 UTC So much information!! You are as possessed w/ Paris as I with Poland. Just finished my 5th trip as well. I get what you say about a former life. | Paris92 Thu Jun 11, 2009 17:10 UTC Hi Mary! I just love looking at these pages. Going to Paris for about the millionth time this summer--anything new you think I should see? | pedmar Fri Mar 20, 2009 11:02 UTC Excellent Paris page from one who works there. You can be hire by the Paris tourist congress,can do a better job ::) cheers A+ Pedmar | adema29 Fri Mar 13, 2009 19:20 UTC Amazing Paris guide! 80 restaurant tips!!!! Impressive! |
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