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Driving in France – A Few Pointers for Tourists
Driving in France can be a bit intimidating. Driving in Paris can be more than intimidating. Here are a few pointers to help you get used to the new rules and customs: Don’t. Don’t even think about...
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Lost Without 3G? No Longer!
I am visiting friends in Brussels this week and trying to cope with the lack of 3G so as not to rack up roaming charges on my iphone. But thanks to a tip from my friend, my nomadism just got a whole...
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Top 10 “To Do” List for First-time Visitors to Paris
There are so many sites and museums to visit, so many neighborhoods to explore and so many restaurants and cafés to try that a first-time visit to Paris can often be overwhelming. That is why I highly...
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Tips for Train Travel in Europe
Travel by train is my favorite type of travel in Europe. The trains are generally on time, very organized, clean and comfortable. Gare de Lyon, Paris Compared to air travel, you do not have luggage and...
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The City Quilter and the Paris Quilt
Recently, I was invited by Dale Riehl, owner (along with his wife) of The City Quilter, to visit their shop, an 18-year old store in Manhattan devoted to everything fabric. For the last five years, The...
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Paris’s Bike Paths
In recent years, the Paris Mayor’s office (both under Bertrand Delanoë and now Anne Hidalgo) has launched an aggressive campaign to discourage car traffic in the city center. Last week, I wrote about...
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Paris Has Never Been Cheaper!
With the euro at a 12-year low against the U.S. dollar, now is the time to travel to Europe. The euro and dollar are at near parity. TripAdvisor’s TripIndex™ Europe study, released last week, found...
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Secret Paris
RyanAir has launched a new travel blog called Into the Blue! Today’s post, “Shh! Five Secret Paris Tips from Locals”, includes my tip on a “secret” garden in the Marais. The post also includes tips...
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The Louvre: Did You Know…?
Did you know that if you spent 30 seconds at each piece in the Louvre, it would take you 100 days to see everything the museum holds? Our friends at The Paris Pass have put together an interesting...
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Go-Self Tours–Exploring Paris in an Electric Car
I was a huge skeptic….having lived in Paris for quite a while and driven in this city many times, I could not imagine that driving in the city center could actually be fun (and anything less than...
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The New CDG Terminal 2E – M Gates
Terminal 2E at Charles de Gaulle-Roissy has recently expanded to add a series of “M” gates, and the new building is impressive. There are several coffee shops, lounge chairs, shops and even a little...
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Holiday Discount!
Happy Holidays from Paris Weekender! My gift to you this holiday season (and to celebrate this, my 400th post!): 10% off any 2016 bookings of my Paris apartment that are made before January 15, 2016....
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Holiday Discount Reminder!
Happy New Year from Paris Weekender! Bonne Année ! A reminder: my gift to you this holiday season is 10% off any 2016 bookings of my Paris apartment that are made before January 15, 2016! Best wishes...
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Paris Restaurant Deals with La Fourchette
La Fourchette, or The Fork, is a dining reservations website that allows you to book a table (in English or in French) for a number of eating establishments throughout numerous European cities,...
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Co-Working Spaces in Paris
It seems like almost overnight, multiple co-working spaces have opened up throughout Paris. These spaces offer a place to set up and work, reliable wifi and edibles to keep you going throughout your...
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Norwegian and a Short Visit to Oslo
I found an amazing fare on Norwegian for October/November: U.S.$461 Boston–>Oslo–>Paris (Orly) and back Paris (CDG)–>New York (JFK). For the same dates, it would have been U.S.$480 round trip...
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Need to Mail a Letter?
Quite often, I find myself wandering around Paris with a letter to mail, thinking I’ll come across a boîte postale and I never do. I just found this website that shows all the mailboxes in Paris,...
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Le Bazar de l’Hôtel de Ville
Anyone who lives in Paris is of course already familiar with the Bazar de l’Hôtel de Ville or BHV. But new visitors to the city may overlook this institution as just another department store. It’s not....
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How To Get There
I recently discovered a great website in both French and English to assist with travel planning. France-Voyages.com offers, among other things, practical guides to all regions of France, and...
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Is Your Passport Expiring Soon?
Next time you have an international trip planned, be sure to check your passport carefully! Most airlines now will not let you board a flight from the U.S. to Europe (where, without a visa, you are...
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