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Archives for April 2013

April in Paris-Jardin du Luxembourg

April 30, 2013 by Brenda Prowse 11 Comments

Finally the trees have green leaves, tulips and flowering shrubs are blooming, and it is much more fun to visit the Jardin du Luxembourg (Luxembourg Gardens) only about half a mile from our apartment. These are the gardens featured in Victor Hugo’s Les Miserables! The 60 acre park attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors each […]

Filed Under: History, Sight Seeing Tagged With: jardin du luxembourg, Luxembourg Garden, Luxembourg Palace, Palais du Luxembourg

Phones in France

April 24, 2013 by Hugh Nelson 2 Comments

Phones in France When we left for France we really didn’t know how we were going to keep in contact with people in the US or how we would communicate by phone with each other and others in France after we got here. This article describes our rambling, imperfect process. We use Apple’s iPhone, but […]

Filed Under: Living Tagged With: cell phone, mobile phone, telephone

Sunday in the Marais

April 15, 2013 by Brenda Prowse 9 Comments

Yesterday, April 14th was sunny and warm (74 degrees) in Paris- the most enjoyable weather since we arrived at the end of January. Hugh and I spent the afternoon in the Marais, the lively historic, gay, Jewish, Chinese, trendy district full of specialty shops, restaurants and art galleries. It is only a short walk from […]

Filed Under: Sight Seeing Tagged With: marais, Rose de Fountaine, Tmode

Getting a French Visa

April 11, 2013 by Hugh Nelson 16 Comments

French visa

Most tourists coming to Paris from the US never have to worry about getting a French Visa, but since 2009, to remain in France for longer than 3 months, you must have the permission of the government. Though we arrived in France in late January, we started the procedure to obtain a Visa early in […]

Filed Under: Moving to Paris Tagged With: visa, visa requirements

Paris is pricey, but it’s the best city for students

April 7, 2013 by Hugh Nelson Leave a Comment

This article from The Local, a French newspaper for English speakers, describes some aspects of what it’s like to be a college student in Paris. The Sorbonne is just up the street from us, we were just standing in the square in front of the Sorbonne (photo in the article) this afternoon. Students interviewed in […]

Filed Under: Moving to Paris Tagged With: college in paris, sorbonne, University of Paris

Merci beacoup pour la Bonne Journée!

April 4, 2013 by Brenda Prowse 1 Comment

My friend Ali Zeitoun is Egyptian. He speaks Arabic, Portuguese, Spanish and English. When he is not traveling the globe he lives near Santa Fe, New Mexico. He has a friend he met in the forest lands of Brazil who moved to Paris about a year ago to marry a Parisian. Ayna speaks Portuguese. Ali […]

Filed Under: Sight Seeing Tagged With: arenes de lutece, grande mosquee de paris, paris mosque, paris mosque tea room

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