Articles tagged ‘News’
JFK, NYC to Paris $681
By Parisgirl | April 10th, 2008 |
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It’s not too late to catch some reasonable flight rates before the prices soar for the summer season. I just noted on the Icelandair site that you can stil get round-trips fares starting at $681 for the Supersaver from May1st to May 7th, 2008. (Those were the sample dates I keyed in but [...]
Olympic Flame Traverses Paris (Monday, April 7)
By Parisgirl | April 7th, 2008 | Add a Comment »
If today, Monday, April 7th happens to be your only day in Paris and you hoped to visit the Eiffel Tower, good luck! While the Olympic Flame passes through Paris starting at the Eiffel Tower and ending at Charlety stadium in southern Paris, protesters assembled beginning at 10 am at Trocadero (Metro: Trocadero) [...]
What time does the Paris 2008 Marathon start?
By Parisgirl | April 2nd, 2008 | Add a Comment »
The Saturday, April 6, 2008 Paris Marathon starts at 8:45 am (8:35 am for Handisports) at the Arc de Triomphe. Check out the official Paris Marathon site for the Marathon Route which will take runners past some of Paris’s famous landmarks including the Arc de Triomphe, Bastille (July Column) and the Eiffel Tower.
How do I get to the Paris Marathon Expo?
By Parisgirl | April 2nd, 2008 | Add a Comment »
The Paris Marathon Expo is being held at the Parc des Expositions de Paris, Porte de Versailles in Hall 5. The closest Metro stop is Porte de Versailles (Line 12).
By Air: 40 minutes to an hour and a half (depending on traffic) from Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport, by the RER/metro or by [...]
Daylight Savings Time Starts Today!
By Parisgirl | March 30th, 2008 | Add a Comment »
Sunday, March 30, 2008. If you’re in Paris today, remember to turn your clocks forward so you won’t miss your train? Who would be scatterbrained enough not to remember this? Yours truly. We have missed trains in the past, but today we’re ready for Daylight Savings time - and you can [...]
TBM: The Left Bank’s Best Kept Shopping Secret
By Parisgirl | March 24th, 2008 | Add a Comment »
At least that’s what Le Bon Marche department store’s advertising copy suggests in this week’s Madame Figaro.
What is TBM? TBM stands for ‘Tres Bonne Marche’ or a REALLY good deal.
This year’s TBM starts on Wednesday, March 26 (2008) and ends on Saturday, April 5 (2008). Le Bon Marche is Paris’s most famous [...]
Oceanspray Cranberry Juice in Paris: It’s Here!
By Parisgirl | March 22nd, 2008 | Add a Comment »
You don’t have to go to specialty shops for American food and beverage products such as Ocean Spray Cranberry Juice Cocktail. I have to admit for years I had trouble coming up with the right translation - canneberge, les airelles, myrtilles, etc. but Oceanspray is on the shelves at Monoprix’s Montparnasse branch:
Metro: [...]
John McCain in Paris
By Parisgirl | March 22nd, 2008 | Add a Comment »
Republican presidential candidate John McCain may not have his memoirs Faith of my Fathers translated into French as of yet, but he’s the first U.S. presidential candidate to be received by France’s president Nicolas Sarkozy and prime minister Francois Fillon at the Elysee palace for an visit as member of the President Bush’s security commission. [...]
English language Easter Services in Paris
By Parisgirl | March 22nd, 2008 | Add a Comment »
If you’re in Paris for Easter Sunday and want to attend services in English:
Saint Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church
50 Avenue Hoche
Metro: Charles de Gaulle Etoile
Saturday vigil 11 am to 6:30 pm
Sunday Masses: 9:30 am, 11 am, 12:30 pm and 6:30 pm.
www.stjoeparis.org
American Church in Paris
65 Quai d’Orsay 7eme
Sunday service: 9 am, 11 am. Contemporary service [...]
Obama fascinates France
By Parisgirl | March 21st, 2008 | Add a Comment »
It’s always interesting to see which books written by politicians are the quickest to be translated into other languages. Excerpts of Barack Obama’s memoir “Dreams of My Father” were printed in the daily newspaper Le Figaro this week, and according to Katrin Bennhold’s IHT story “Obama grabs spotlight in Europe, too” (March 21 ‘08) [...]
