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Post by Darcy on Nov 1, 2007 14:17:42 GMT -5
"the Mouzaïa quartier "L'Amérique" and "Campagne à Paris" near Porte de Bagnolet"
You mentioned these areas in the post on guide books. Can you tell us more about them, please?
Thanks!
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Post by GitteK on Nov 1, 2007 15:07:37 GMT -5
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Post by Darcy on Nov 1, 2007 15:23:41 GMT -5
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Post by Darcy on Nov 1, 2007 23:00:57 GMT -5
Thanks for all your good information!  If your luggage seems heavy on your next trip to Paris, it's because I have stowed away in it! |
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Post by GitteK on Nov 2, 2007 1:01:47 GMT -5
La Campagne à Paris To give your senses a very pleasant shock, it is essential that you take the nothern metro exit "Blvd Mortier" and then walk up RUE GEO CHAVEZ behind you. The Boulevard itself is noisy and the area is not very interesting and is rather dull and worn down.  Maybe 200 meters up the street there will be a steep flight of stairs going up on your righthand side - and you will think "OMG !! isn't there another way?" - yes, there is, but this is the way you should take:  Climb them and do the mandatory huffing-and-puffing - and THEN this little paradise unfolds itself in front of you and you feel as if those stairs in some mysterious way simply transported you to another planet, regardez:   After your visit to this quartier, you must walk south along Rue de Bagnolet about 500 meters till you reach the very old church St.Germain de Charonne and the lovely lovely quartier "Ancien village de Charonne". Visit the old Romanesque (sp?) church, which is one of the oldest in Paris and the small adjoining cemetary, one of the only in Paris located next to the parish church, like in the countryside. Go down this pedestrian street Rue Saint Blaise and do NOT miss the sidealleys and tiny courtyards:  - and you will know what I mean when I say that I love seeking the off-track Paris. Do have lunch in one of the restaurant terraces, e.g. in Café Noir (I had very good food there, nice waiter). www.fra.cityvox.fr/restaurants_paris/cafe-noir_11271/Avis-Lieutinyurl.com/2t5qhqA long lunch then calls for another stretching of your legs and as the Cimetière Père Lachaise is close by (bring a map!) that would be my suggestion for the afternoon.   hmmm.......now why don't I simply run off and spend my next 50 years in Paris as a show-and-tell guide ?? |
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Post by Darcy on Nov 2, 2007 11:13:10 GMT -5
hmmm.......now why don't I simply run off and spend my next 50 years in Paris as a show-and-tell guide ??
That's exactly what you should do, Gitte! Thank you for this wonderful tour in the 20th, I will definitely go there on my next trip, probably in March. And I LOVE Pere Lachaise cemetery, I've been there three or four times and never tire of it! |
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Post by holger on Nov 2, 2007 11:58:08 GMT -5
;D
Me too! Gitte, I would love to be in Paris when you are there and have you as a guide to all the wonderful places you write about.
I could reciprocate with some shopping tours there and here, if you decide to take advantage of the sinking dollar and visit.
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Post by Shoesy on Nov 2, 2007 13:47:29 GMT -5
Count me in too, you guys! ;D
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Post by luvparee on Nov 2, 2007 15:12:29 GMT -5
I would love to hang out with Gitte also! She finds the most wonderful little hidden spots in Paris!!
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Post by susanb on Nov 5, 2007 14:52:33 GMT -5
What a good idea! Those pictures are beautiful, the stairs are scary!
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Maybe 200 meters up the street there will be a steep flight of stairs going up on your righthand side - and you will think "OMG !! isn't there another way?" - yes, there is, but this is the way you should take:
Let the riot begin! LOL - 
hahahha