Postcards From Paris

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Whatever your fancy- art, culture, music, nightlife, chapels or the best of what's good to eat- Paris has it all. Walk on the glass blocks at Musee D'Orsay. Have a flower ice cream cone created at Gelati D'Alberto. Take a hot air balloon ride in the park. Hold your lovers hand as you stroll the narrow lanes and historic courtyards. Take the metro to Place de la Madeleine for a taste of world famous Fauchon chocolates. Tour the castle in the quaint town of Versailles to see where Louis XVI and his own Marie Antoinette called home. Quick Tips: 1- Take the metro. It's cheap and easy-to-navigate. 2- Food bills marked TTC mean 'toute taxe comprise' or all taxes included. HT means '...Read More

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Comfort Inn Mouffetard/Latin Quarter

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Bare bones. Cleanliness not high on list in sleeping spaces. Dirty linens. Convenient location near Metro and Latin Quarter. Basic complimentary breakfast of juice, coffee or tea along with a few other selections. The beds sagged and springs were coming through. Staff not accomodating at all!

Member Rating 1 out of 5 on October 17, 2000

Comfort Inn Mouffetard/Latin Quarter
56, rue Mouffetard
Paris, France 75005
(33) 1 43 36 1700

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La Papillote

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We dined at La Papillote, 3, rue du Pot de Fer (telephone-01 43 31 75 66)

Average food, nice atmosphere, outdoor dining available. This restaurant serves a wide variety of meals in a reasonable price range. Not memorable but filling. We had a very decent roasted chicken dinner.

Member Rating 2 out of 5 on October 17, 2000

La Papillote
3, rue du Pot de Fer
Paris, France
01 43 31 75 66

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Musee Carnavalet

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Musee Carnavalet in the Marais District is a vast museum devoted to the history of Paris from Roman to Medieval up to 1789. This museum holds many works of art, sculpture and engravings showing Paris being built. Two adjoining mansions connect to the main house and include entire decorated rooms of period furniture and artifacts. The main building is the Hotel Carnavalet beloved home to Madame de Sevigne, a 17th-century epistolarian. (To read more about Mme de Sevigne go to http://www.antiquites.com/antiques/sevignee/WelcomeE.html or to: http://www.themestream.com/gspd_browse/browse/view_article.gsp?c_id=190738.) Magnificent ceilings by Charles Le Brun decorate...Read More

Musee Carnavalet in the Marais District is a vast museum devoted to the history of Paris from Roman to Medieval up to 1789. This museum holds many works of art, sculpture and engravings showing Paris being built.

Two adjoining mansions connect to the main house and include entire decorated rooms of period furniture and artifacts. The main building is the Hotel Carnavalet beloved home to Madame de Sevigne, a 17th-century epistolarian.

(To read more about Mme de Sevigne go to http://www.antiquites.com/antiques/sevignee/WelcomeE.html or to: http://www.themestream.com/gspd_browse/browse/view_article.gsp?c_id=190738.)

Magnificent ceilings by Charles Le Brun decorate the great hall and former study ensuring a breathtakingly beautiful vista. Proceed through the long hallway and enter the Louis XV Lilas Room to view the paneling originally from the Hotel de Broglie and art from the Bouvier collection. Next to this room is a somber 1793 portrait of an in-mourning Marie Antoinette. Alexandre Kucharski painted her in prison shortly after the execution of Louis XVI. One can't help feeling immense sorrow when gazing at her face.

Outside attractive garden courtyards offer scenic picture taking opportunities. I met a lady visiting from Russia and we exchanged cameras to take a picture of each other in a brief, cultural handshake.

The gift shop and bookstore offer a wide range of stylish gifts, books, maps and art reproductions.

For a snapshot of 17th-century Paris you can't go wrong walking to nearby Place des Vosges after your visit to Carnavalet. Still considered among the most beautiful squares in the world for its impressive symmetry of brick and stone townhouses with slate roofs. Madame de Sevigne was born here in 1626. Cardinal Richelieu and Victor Hugo left their footprints in the dirt here as well. Follow their footsteps to the centre of the square where sword duels were held.

A lovely piece of history in the exquisite Marais.

Musee Carnavalet can be reached by metro station Bastille and Hotel de Ville. Read Less

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