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Archives for November 2013

Thanksgiving in Paris

November 28, 2013 by Hugh Nelson 15 Comments

What do the Parisians do on Thanksgiving? Actually this very American holiday hasn’t caught on. There’s a shop called Thanksgiving in the Marais that serves American expatriate needs by providing turkey, cranberries, stuffing, and pies, as well as other American ingredients that are just plain missing in France – things like measuring spoons and brown sugar. […]

Filed Under: Dining, Living Tagged With: thanksgiving

Concerts at Notre Dame de Paris

November 3, 2013 by Hugh Nelson 5 Comments

We’ve attended several concerts at Notre Dame de Paris. According to the church’s web site, sacred music has been an important part of Catholic worship for 1500 years. There is wonder in knowing that there have been perhaps 35 generations of worship in that place – many more if you count the Roman religious sites […]

Filed Under: History, Sight Seeing Tagged With: Notre Dame Cathedral

A Visit to the Assemblée Nationale

November 1, 2013 by Hugh Nelson 3 Comments

Like our previous articles about the Sénat, Hôtel de Ville, and Sorbonne during the special weekend for Journées Européennes du Patrimoine, we also went to the Assemblée Nationale, the French legislative branch lower house. The Assemblée Nationale is not normally open to the public. A little about the Assemblée Nationale – it consists of 577 […]

Filed Under: History, Sight Seeing Tagged With: assemblée nationale

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