Musée Bourdelle in and out

Two pictures today as I could not choose whether to show you the outside or the inside of the nice Musée Bourdelle located in Montparnasse quarter in the 15th arrondissement. It's a city owned museum (free entrance !) and honestly I'm no so found of that artists sculptures but the place itself really worths the visit. You can wander in what was Antoine Bourdelle's workplace and in the hidden garden (that you can see through the windows).

Sunday patisserie

What best can you find for a sunday than my 3 favorite tarts : Chocolate, Lemon, Raspberry. And today's French phrase : péché mignon. If you translate is means "sweet sin" and it's used in a sens that it is someone's "weakness", but a nice weakness. So, yes, I must admit that tart is my "péché mignon".

Some colors in the grey

The Stravinky Fountain near Beaubourg (seen in the background) gives us some colors in the grey Paris. Yes, still raining !

Bad weather ...

... but great sky ! We have some very rare short moments of blue sky these days and all the rest is grey and wet wet wet ... I hate November ! As some of you seemed to like yesterday's French expression, here is a new one related to the picture " c'est un temps de novembre " meaning " it's november weather". This is used anytime of year to complain when the weather is rainy and grey which is typical of November here but unfortunately also happens all year round.

Commemoration day

The giant French flag is back under the Arc of Triumph as today we commemorate the armistice of World Word I.
For this occasion it is a public holiday in France and since its a Thursday this year, lots of people (including me) also take their Friday off which gives a 4 days weekend ! In French we call this : "faire le pont" which literally means "make the bridge" (between 2 non worked days). If you'd work in France this week  people would ask you " est-ce que tu fais le pont ?" (do you make the bridge?).

The lady at the Palais Royal

This is just Paris

Want to have a drink ?

A chic place to have a "patisserie" and a drink at Ladurée on the Champs Elysées.

Waiting for customers

November is certainly the worse month in Paris as far as weather is concerned. Cold, grey and wet is usually what we get and it does not bring people on the Café outdoor tables ...

Sunday bridge : Ponts des Arts

I'm back on Sunday Bridge theme day with this view of one of my favorite bridge in Paris, the pedestrian "Pont des Arts".

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Classical at the Chatelet

It is a very rainy day today in Paris but it was not a problem for my day's joy : going to the Chatelet Theater and  listen to the Radio France Philarmonique Orchestra. Beautiful !

Rue de la Colonie

These little houses located on the Rue de la Colonie in the 13th arrondissement really make Paris look like a small country town Charming, don't you think ?

Autumn in Paris

Autumn colors in the very nice Montsouris Park in the 14th arrondissement.

Statues on a building

I just discovered that nice building on the Rue Lepic in the 18th arrondissement and wanted to share it with you.

Night street singer

Theme day : public transportation

The French "TGV" (High speed train) is certainly our number one public transportation. Here you see the Montparnasse railway stations with trains going west. You can for exaample take this train to the city of Tours ( Loire castles valley) that you wil reach within 1 hour instead of at least 2h30 by car (with no traffic which is quite never the case in Paris).

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Vacations : flying to ...

Yes today I'm on vacation and I am flying to the second city in my heart : New York. See you in a while !

Reflexion

It's always a good day to watch the Tower from the Trocadero, even when it's rainy and cold ... gives nice reflexion.

Perfumes at the Galeries Lafayette

The perfumes brands do not forget to decorate the top of their both. Dior, Chanel, Guerlain ...

Square des Batignolles

The "Square des Batignolles" is a public garden in the 17th arrondissement. It has been designed as an English garden and it's a really a nice place to visit and the area around it called "Les Batignolles" is also a pleasant part of Paris to discover. The area looks like a kind of village with a little church and calm streets.
From there to the edge of the city limit there was, and partly still is, a huge unbuilt area that belonged to the National Train Company. It was there that the City had planned to build the Olympic Village if Paris had won the games for 2012 (which London did !). The place is now starting to be renovated an yet a new big garden has opened before apartments buildings will be built around it.

Where is that Patisserie ?

There is a clue on the picture to find out where I took this picture ... Yes , it may look incredible to most of you but the giant American fast food restaurant understood what French like ...