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France travelFrance travelAn insider's perspective on France from an American expat living in the land of unrivaled cuisine and gooey cheeses. Read about culture, attitudes, travel tips, secret places and everything else French from A to Z. Articles
Luc Besson?s Environmental Film ?Boomerang?
2008-01-17 16:07:00 From Reuters: “French film maker Luc Besson is to make a full length movie inspired by French photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand’s “Earth from the Air” images of the planet, French retailer PPR, the film’s sponsor, said on Monday. The film, with the working title “Boomerang ,” is intended to contribute to “raising awareness of the dire condition of our ... More About: Film , Environmental
Château de Sully in Burgundy
2008-01-17 14:44:00 You can never take in too many beautiful, moated castles in your life, I’ve always said - and I’m not talking about the fake versions at popular amusement parks. Have you ever heard someone visiting Europe say, “Wow. That castle looks just the one at Disneyland!”? I have. Needless to say, that bugs me. A ... More About: Bourgogne , Burgundy
Private Sales of Designer Overstock Goes Online at Vente-privee.com
2008-01-12 13:49:00 From Businessweek: “During frenzied invitation-only clothing sales called ventes privées, chic Parisians strip down to their underwear to try on deeply-discounted designer clothes in bare rooms with cement floors and florescent lighting. After fighting over last season’s stilettos and then stuffing as many glamorous gowns as they can grab into extra-strength trash bags, they put back ... More About: Sales , Online , Designer , Private , Overstock
Merci!
2008-01-12 13:16:00 An insanely ginormous THANK YOU to Martin, who heroically saved this blog from hell (aka a wacky evil bug in WordPress). You are the best, Martin!!
Bonne année!
2008-01-04 16:00:00 Why Travel to France is having weird technical problems, which should be fixed shortly. Regular posting should resume in the near future. In the meantime, here are some recent news items from France: Jose Bove - started a hunger strike yesterday against genetically modified foods in France. A decision regarding OGM (GMO) in France should be ...
Paris Metro/Bus Free on New Year?s Eve
2007-12-30 18:07:00 From 5pm December 31 (tomorrow) til Noon January 1, 2008, Paris will be offering FREE transportation on its metro service and bus lines. That’s awesome! Happy New Year ! [via] More About: Free , Metro
Caca Noel
2007-12-23 18:36:00 Silly scatological Christmas spirit from South Park. (sung in French) Watch the video More About: Noel
How Polluted is Paris? Look up in the Sky
2007-12-22 12:40:00 A balloon that floats above Paris ’ André-Citroën park monitors the air pollution levels every hour. If the balloon is green, your lungs have nothing to worry about since it means the air quality is good. A red signifies poor air quality and orange means mediocre air quality. All findings are recorded on the Air ...
N?oubliez pas les paroles / Don?t Forget the Lyrics
2007-12-22 07:42:00 OMGOMGOMG! N’oubliez pas les paroles, the very entertaining game show has arrived. I love the American version, “Don’t Forget the Lyrics ,” hosted by Wayne Brady. They seem to find the most awesome contestants. The show is basically “Who wants to be a millionaire” slyly merged to a Karaoke quiz where the contestant must sing a ... More About: Parole
Friday France Photo: Théières animalières
2007-12-21 14:12:00 Animal Teapots More About: Photo , France , Friday , Franc
Pocket Films Festival, Paris
2007-12-20 18:35:00 From Networked_Performance: The 4th edition of the Pocket Films Festival , organized by the Forum des images, will take place at the Pompidou Center, Paris , France, from June 13-15, 2008. The 2008 registration forms for the Pocket Films Festival are online. International Call for Projects: We are looking for all types of audiovisual participatory projects using mobile technologies. ...
Snail Egg Caviar
2007-12-19 16:23:00 From AFP: Snail’s egg caviar anyone? It may sound like a challenge to the taste buds, but the salty, pink-white delicacy could be gracing hundreds of French tables this Christmas. Caviar and champagne are a byword for the festive season in France, while a dozen “escargots” — or snails — cooked in garlic and parsley butter and ...
A Gift for Travelers
2007-12-19 07:54:00 I’ve been doing the last minute shopping thing! I tried not to but, anyway. I thought I’d mention this GPS as a gift idea. We have an older model but LOVE this thing. We don’t get lost any more (and believe me, we’d get lost a LOT.) Yay. You can use this nifty Tom Tom Go ... More About: Gift
Presidential Gossip
2007-12-18 07:54:00 Some Sarko Gossip FWIW from Time: It was just two months ago that the French media shrugged off their curiosity about President Nicolas Sarkozy’s divorce from his wife Cécilia, and said they would not pry into the private life of their first-ever single President, nor care which women he chose to date. Yeah, right. That cool vanished ... More About: Presidential
Ultimate Louis Vuitton Travel Bag - Charity Auction
2007-12-17 15:07:00 From Luxist: For Louis Vuitton lovers the ultimate gift might be the Ultimate Travel bag. The company has teamed up with fashion editor of the Times of London, Lisa Armstrong, to create the bag which is being auctioned in aid of CLIC Sargent, a London-based charity benefiting children with cancer. The bag is inspired by ... More About: Charity , Auction
Kindle and Philippe Starck
2007-12-16 19:17:00 Some are calling Kindle an amazing reading device from Amazon, but others, like French Designer Philippe Starck, have some issues with its design. I hate to admit it (seeing that Philippe Starck designed this) but I don’t find this digital book reader a very pretty designed gadget either. Watch the video here. More about Kindle
The Most Famous Tree in France
2007-12-16 00:03:00 From the internet journalist: (Image credit: Luc Doudet) The Chêne-Chapelle (Chapel-Oak) of Allouville-Bellefosse is the most famous tree in Franc e - actually, it?s more than just a tree: it?s a building and a religious monument all in one. In 1669, l?Abbe du Detroit and du Cerceau decided to build a chapel in (at that time) a 500 years ... More About: Famous , Tree
Sorry about the Downtime
2007-12-15 22:28:00 Why Travel to France is acting a little kooky and will continue to do a bit more of that today. I’m in the process of switching servers because I’m getting so much more traffic on the site than ever before. I’m not complaining. Thanks, visitors! While I’m in geek mode, if you are looking for ... More About: Sorry
Movies for Francophiles
2007-12-15 20:47:00 Just a gentle reminder that Christmas is in TEN DAYS! Here are some movie gift ideas for people who love Franc e and films (including yourself!) This short list is hugely far from being complete and it’s always hard to make a selection. I know I should’ve listed more but I only have so many minutes ... More About: Movies
M and Sean Lennon Singing L?eclipse
2007-12-15 07:34:00 For your listening and viewing pleasure, here’s a music video of M singing with Sean Lennon . Video More About: Eclipse , Singing
France Friday Photo: The Winged Victory of Samothrace at the Louvre
2007-12-14 17:47:00 aka The Nike of Samothrace About The Winged Victory of Samothrace Modern excavations suggest that the Victory occupied a niche in an open-air amphitheater and also suggest it served as an altar, within view of the ship monument of Demetrius I Poliorcetes (337-283 BC). It stood on a rostral pedestal of gray marble from Lartos representing ... More About: Photo , France , Friday , Louvre
French ?Mathlete? Breaks the Human Calculation Record
2007-12-14 02:08:00 “Mathlete” meaning a Math athlete! From AFP: The world’s fastest human calculator broke his own record on Tuesday for working out a 200-digit number using nothing but brain power to produce the answer in just over 70 seconds. Alexis Lemaire, a 27-year-old French man, correctly calculated the 13th root of a random 200-digit number from a possible 393 trillion ... More About: Human , Record , Breaks , Cord
Amazon ordered to end free delivery on books in France
2007-12-12 23:56:00 A French court ruled that Amazon .fr must stop its free delivery. The court gave Amazon 10 days to start charging for the delivery of books, which should at least allow the company to maintain the offer through the end-of-year gift-giving season. After that, it must pay a fine of ?1,000 (US$1,470) per day that it continues ... More About: Books , France , Free , Delivery
France?s Hidden Discrimination
2007-12-12 19:54:00 From IHT: As one of eight children born to parents who came to Franc e from a mining area in the south-east of Morocco, I grew up in a housing project near Valence, in the kind of high-rise blocks that everyone saw in the scenes of torched cars and street battles on television in the rioting in ... More About: Discrimination , Hidden
Yann Arthus-Bertrand Teams up with Google Earth
2007-12-12 17:57:00 Here’s a video with our favorite aerial photographer giving a shout out to Google Earth . (He takes some funky farm animal photos too.) Download it and you can view 500 photos from environmentalist and French photographer and Yann Arthus-Bertrand as a layer in Google Earth . Video - The Earth from Above (Google Earth) [via] More About: Teams
When Not Understanding French is a Good Thing
2007-12-12 07:05:00 A while back I got my mom a collection of oldie chansons, very famous French songs that many people recognize. Stuff from Edith Piaf, Jacques Brel, Brassens, Charles Aznavour, etc. She’d told me that she used to listen to them growing up as a little girl even though she doesn’t understand any French. My grand ... More About: Good , Thing , Understanding
The Art of Ratatouille
2007-12-11 16:51:00 We finally got around to seeing Ratatouille , which I think was one of Pixar’s best works on a variety of levels. But all-in-all, it’s essentially a very cute, heart-warm-and-fuzzy story with amazing production value.Now I (sort of) realize why the popularity of pet rats has exploded in France. Elsewhere too, I imagine. Eiuw, though. Anyway, since ...
José Bové Going on a Hunger Strike
2007-12-11 07:12:00 From ENN: French farmer Jose Bove, who became a worldwide celebrity for his fight against junk food, said on Monday he would go on a hunger strike to win a one-year ban on genetically modified (GMO) crops. Speaking at the Millau Court of Justice in southern France, where his four-month jail sentence for trashing a GMO field ... More About: Hunger , Strike , Goin
An Open Letter to the People of France
2007-12-10 18:29:00 From Signs of the Times (an excerpt): “…M Sarkozy is a bully who has stated categorically that he does not have to listen to the will of the people. This is the way that Tony Blair treated the British and the way that George W. Bush treats the Americans. Is that what you want for France ? It is ... More About: People , Open , Letter , Open Letter
Books: Artistic and Historic Walking Tours of Paris
More articles from this author:2007-12-09 22:56:00 These unique walking tour books will make great holiday gifts for the people passionate about Paris , its architecture, and history and who are interested in exploring places where famous writers, painters, kings and queens hung out in the City of Light. Walks Through Napoleon & Josephine’s Paris allows you to see the Paris of today ... More About: Tours , Books , Walking , Historic 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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