Articles tagged with "beyond paris"
India Tourist Visas in Paris
By Parisgirl | April 26th, 2008 |
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Paris is a good place to start any number of trips, including a trip to India. Round-the-world travelers know that price for tourist visas (just gasoline prices) have gone... [Read this entry]
Car Loft Story
By Parisgirl | April 22nd, 2008 | Add a Comment »
If you’ve visited Paris in recent years, you’ll not that the City of Paris has done much to discourage driving cars within the city limits. However, for those of... [Read this entry]
Endives and Bienvenue Chez Les Ch’tis
By Parisgirl | April 19th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
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If you haven’t already heard the news, Dany Boon’s film “Bienvenue Chez Les Ch’tis” a humorous portrayal of a town in France’s northern Picardy region (also referred to... [Read this entry]
The Romance of Trains
By Parisgirl | March 30th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Photo by Chris Card Fuller 2008
If you asked me where the most romantic place was in Paris, I would have to say the train station, especially on a... [Read this entry]
Paris Plus Amsterdam
By Parisgirl | March 16th, 2008 | Add a Comment »
Photo by Chris Card Fuller ©2008
If you’re planning on spending two weeks in Europe, the hardest part of your trip may be deciding which cities will best complement... [Read this entry]
French Cooking: Choucroute
By Parisgirl | March 13th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Choucroute Platter served at the Brussels Cafe, 71 Blvd. Exelmans, 75016
When it comes to ‘comfort food’, nothing does it better than ‘choucroute’ (pronounced ’shoo-croot’) or Alsatian saurkraut on... [Read this entry]
Dakar Rally
By Parisgirl | January 6th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Even if the Dakar cross-country hadn’t been cancelled, it wouldn’t have begun in Paris. Once known as The Paris-Dakar Rally, it hasn’t begun in Paris since 1995. Over... [Read this entry]
Christmas Eve - No Room at the Inn
By Parisgirl | December 25th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
“Gimme Shelter!”
Photo by Chris Card Fuller ©2007
Even as much as one loves being in Paris, when you’re a student and far from home during Christmas vacation, the prospect... [Read this entry]
The Year We Ran Away for Christmas
By Parisgirl | December 22nd, 2007 | Add a Comment »
It wasn’t totally spontaneous because we had talked about taking off for Europe during the previous summer - my next door neighbor and me.
But talk is cheap. I... [Read this entry]
Dancing while Val d’Oise Burns
By Parisgirl | November 28th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Here is the sad irony. Over the past weekend (Nov 24-25 ‘07) while in Val d’Oise, families and friends mourned the loss of two teenagers in a motor scooter... [Read this entry]
