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Lafayette et Washington
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Bronze statues of Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834) and George Washington (1732-1799). Just south of Joyce's apartment at 42 rue Galilee. These statues (made in 1890) is in Place des Etats-Unis, Paris. Inarguably, this is the symbol of the friendship between the United States of America and France as well as the Statue of Liberty. |
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(Thursday 26 June) Statues of Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834) and George Washington (1732-99). Just south of James Joyce's apartment at 42 rue Galilee. Place des Etats-Unis, Paris |
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Quartier de l'Opera
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Avenue de l'Opera runs between Opera Garnier and Musee du Louvre in the Riva Droite. |
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(Thursday 26 June) Plaque of Avenue de l'Opera |
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(Thursday 26 June) Avenue de l'Opera |
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(Thursday 26 June) Avenue de l'Opera and Opera Garnier |
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(Thursday 26 June) "MYU," a Japanese travel agency at 4 Rue Saint Ane 75001 Paris (near Pyramides Metro Station) |
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(Thursday 26 June) Place Andre Malraux at the south end of Avenue de l'Opera |
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(Thursday 26 June) Place Andre Malraux at the south end of Avenue de l'Opera |
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Square Louvois
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Square Louvois is located along Rue de Richeliue in the opposite side of the old Bibliotheque Nationale. |
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(Thursday 26 June) Plaque of Square Louvois |
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(Thursday 26 June) Square Louvois, Rue de Richeliue |
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Musee/Palais du Louvre
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Musee/Palais du Louvre, 1 rue de Rivoli. |
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(Friday 27 June) Musee/Palais du Louvre, 1 rue de Rivoli |
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(Friday 27 June) Musee/Palais du Louvre, 1 rue de Rivoli |
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Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel
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Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel ( b. 1805-1808) is another arch built at the order of Napoleon I. It was in the east end of the Jardin des Tuileries or in the opposite side of the Musee/Palais du Louvre, |
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(Friday 27 June) Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel, viewed from the side of the Musee/Palais du Louvre |
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(Friday 27 June) Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel, viewed from the side of the Musee/Palais du Louvre |
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(Friday 27 June) Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel, viewed from the west side of the park. |
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Jardin des Tuileries
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Jardin des Tuileries is the 28-hectare formal garden in the city centre of Paris along the right side of La Seine. It begins just west of the Jardin du Carrousel, was laid out in its present from in the mid-seventeenth century by Andre Le Notre, who also created the gardens at Vaux-le-Vicomte and Versailes. The Tuileries soon became the most fashionable spot in Paris for parading about in one's finery. It forms part of the banks of the Seine World Heritage site listed in 1991. (Main reference: Lonely Planet France. 7th edition. Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd, 2007.) |
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(Friday 27 June) Jardin des Tuileries |
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(Friday 27 June) Jardin des Tuileries |
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(Friday 27 June) Jardin des Tuileries |
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(Friday 27 June) Jardin des Tuileries |
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Basilique du Sacre Coeur
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Basilique du Sacre Coeur (Basilica of the Sacred Heart), Place du Parvis du Sacre Coeur, is located at the top of the Butte de Montmartre (Montmartre Hill). It was built from contributions pledged by Parisian Catholics as an act of construction after the humiliating Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871). Construction began in 1873, but the basilica was not completed until 1919.
From the basilica's dome at the top of the hill, you can get a panoramic view of Paris. |
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(Saturday 28 June) Basilique du Sacre Coeur |
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(Saturday 28 June) Basilique du Sacre Coeur |
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(Saturday 28 June) Basilique du Sacre Coeur |
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(Saturday 28 June) Basilique du Sacre Coeur |
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(Saturday 28 June) Basilique du Sacre Coeur |
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(Saturday 28 June) Basilique du Sacre Coeur |
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(Saturday 28 June) Basilique du Sacre Coeur |
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(Saturday 28 June) In the middle of some 234 spiraling steps to the Basilique du Sacre Coeur |
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(Saturday 28 June) A panoramic view of Paris from the top of Butte de Montmartre |
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(Saturday 28 June) A panoramic view of Paris from the top of Butte de Montmartre |
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(Saturday 28 June) A panoramic view of Paris from the top of Butte de Montmartre |
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(Saturday 28 June) A panoramic view of Paris from the top of Butte de Montmartre |
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(Saturday 28 June) A panoramic view of Paris from the top of Butte de Montmartre |
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(Saturday 28 June) A panoramic view of Paris from the top of Butte de Montmartre |
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Antiques and Crafts Market
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A Saturday market near Basilique du Sacre Coeur |
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(Saturday 28 June) A Saturday market near Basilique du Sacre Coeur |
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(Saturday 28 June) A Saturday market near Basilique du Sacre Coeur |
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Place du Tertre
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Place du Tertre near the Basilique du Sacre Coeur was very popular among people who loved the artists in the golden age of Paris as the world centre of arts from the late nineteenth century and in the early twentieth century before World War II. |
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(Saturday 28 June) Steps to Place du Tertre |
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(Saturday 28 June) Steps to Place du Tertre |
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(Saturday 28 June) A view from the steps to Place du Tertre |
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(Saturday 28 June) Plaque of Place du Tertre |
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(Saturday 28 June) Place du Tertre |
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(Saturday 28 June) Place du Tertre |
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(Saturday 28 June) Place du Tertre |
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(Saturday 28 June) Place du Tertre |
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(Saturday 28 June) Place du Tertre |
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(Saturday 28 June) Plaque of Place du Tertre |
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(Saturday 28 June) Place du Tertre |
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(Saturday 28 June) Place du Tertre |
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Musee Salvador Dali
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Musee Salvador Dali or Espace Montmartre is located at 11 rue Poulbot, 7508, Paris (near Place du Tertre). |
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(Saturday 28 June) Musee Salvador Dali, 11 rue Poulbot, 7508, Paris |
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(Saturday 28 June) Musee Salvador Dali, 11 rue Poulbot, 7508, Paris |
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"Chez Ginette"
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"Chez Ginette," cafe restaurant bar-lounge, Ouvert 7 Jours sur 7, 101 rue Caulaincourt - 75018 Paris: A restaurant near Lamarck Caulaincourt Metro Station |
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(Saturday 28 June) "Chez Ginette," cafe restaurant bar-lounge, Ouvert 7 Jours sur 7, 101 rue Caulaincourt - 75018 Paris |
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(Saturday 28 June) My beer (Pelforth) and peanuts, "Chez Ginette," cafe restaurant bar-lounge, Ouvert 7 Jours sur 7, 101 rue Caulaincourt - 75018 Paris |
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(Saturday 28 June) My lunch (Mache), "Chez Ginette," cafe restaurant bar-lounge, Ouvert 7 Jours sur 7, 101 rue Caulaincourt - 75018 Paris.
A flinty garson carried away my peanuts when he served this salad and some slices of French bread. |
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Rue de Rivoli
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Rue de Rivoli is one of the most famous streets of Paris, a commercial street whose shops include the most fashionable names in the world. It bears the name of Napoleon's early victory against the Austrian army, at the battle of Rivoli, fought January 14 and 15, 1797. The rue de Rivoli marked a transitional compromise between an urbanism of prestige monuments and aristocratic squares, and the forms of modern town planning by official regulation.
The new street that Napoleon Bonaparte pierced through the heart of Paris took for one side the north wing of the Louvre, which Napoleon extended, and the Tuileries Gardens. For the first time ever, a handsome, regular, wide street would face the north wing of the old palace. Napoleon's original section of the street opened up eastward from the Place de la Concorde. Builders on the north side of the Place Louis XV, as it then was named, between rue de Mondovi and rue Saint-Florentin, had been constrained by letters patent in 1757 and 1758 to follow a single facade plan. The result was a pleasing uniformity, and Napoleon's planners extended a similar program, which has resulted in the famous arcaded facades that extend for almost a mile.
In the late nineteenth century, this street became the center of Japonism. Japonism started with the frenzy to collect Japanese art, particularly print art (ukiyo-e), of which the first samples were to be seen in Paris. About 1856, the French artist Felix Bracquemond first came across a copy of the sketch book Hokusai Manga at the workshop of his printer; they had been used as packaging for a consignment of porcelain. In 1860 and 1861 reproductions (in black and white) of ukiyo-e were published in books on Japan. Baudelaire wrote in a letter in 1861: "Quite a while ago I received a packet of japonneries. I've split them up among my friends..", and the following year La Porte Chinoise, a shop selling various Japanese goods including prints, opened in the rue de Rivoli, the most fashionable shopping street in Paris. In 1871 Camille Saint-Saens ( (1835-1921) wrote a one-act opera, La princesse jaune to a libretto by Louis Gallet, in which a Dutch girl is jealous of her artist friend's fixation on an ukiyo-e woodblock print.
At first, despite Braquemond's initial contact with one of the classic masterpieces of ukiyo-e, most of the prints reaching the West were by contemporary Japanese artists of the 1860s and 1870s, and it took some time for Western taste to access and appreciate the greater masters of older generations.
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(Friday 27 June) Plaque of Rue de Rivoli |
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(Friday 27 June) Rue de Rivoli |
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(Friday 27 June) Rue de Rivoli |
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(Friday 27 June) Rue de Rivoli |
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(Friday 27 June) Rue de Rivoli |
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(Friday 27 June) Rue de Rivoli |
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(Friday 27 June) Rue de Rivoli |
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Hokusai
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On June 27, 2008 at Charles de Gaule Etoille Metro Station, I happened to find a poster for an exhibition of Hokusai Katsushika (1760-1849), a famous Japanese painter and illustrator who greatly influenced the French Impressionists and numerous European artists especially in the late nineteenth century and in the early twentieth century. |
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(Friday 27 June) A poster for an exhibition of Hokusai Katsushika (1760-1849), Charles de Gaule Etoille Metro Station |
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"Dans la Ville Chinoise"
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On June 27, 2008 at Charles de Gaule Etoille Metro Station, I happened to find another poster for "Dans la Ville Chinoise" next to the poster for an exhibition of Hokusai Katsushika (1760-1849) (see above). |
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(Friday 27 June) A poster for "Dans la Ville Chinoise," Charles de Gaule Etoille Metro Station |
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"Higuma"
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"Higuma" (ひぐま) is a "Lamen Japonais" restaurant, 163 rue Saint-Honore 75001 Paris; near Place Andre Malraux at the south end of Avenue de l'Opera. They specializes ramen noodles. The address is: 32, Rue Ste Anne 75001 Paris, France |
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(Friday 27 June) Higuma, a "Lamen Japonais" restaurant, 163 rue Saint-Honore 75001 Paris |
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(Friday 27 June) Menu of Higuma, a "Lamen Japonais" restaurant, 163 rue Saint-Honore 75001 Paris |
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(Friday 27 June) Model dishes on display, Higuma, a "Lamen Japonais" restaurant, 163 rue Saint-Honore 75001 Paris. |
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(Friday 27 June) Higuma, a "Lamen Japonais" restaurant, 163 rue Saint-Honore 75001 Paris. |
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(Friday 27 June) Seasonal special menu of Higuma, a "Lamen Japonais" restaurant, 163 rue Saint-Honore 75001 Paris. |
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(Friday 27 June) Ad for "Hiyashi Lamen" ("Salade de nouilles froides avec concombre, tomate, viande de porc, germes de soja, algues et omlette emincee), 9 euros, Higuma, a "Lamen Japonais" restaurant, 163 rue Saint-Honore 75001 Paris. |
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(Friday 27 June) Chahan (fried rice) assorted with Japanese red ginger, Higuma, a "Lamen Japonais" restaurant, 163 rue Saint-Honore 75001 Paris. |
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(Friday 27 June) Chahan and miso ramen, Higuma, a "Lamen Japonais" restaurant, 163 rue Saint-Honore 75001 Paris. |
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Rue Barrault
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Rue Barrault near Place d'Italie |
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(Saturday 28 June) The north end of Rue Barrault/ The T junction of Rue Barrault and Boulevard Blanqui Auguste near Corvisart Metro Station |
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(Saturday 28 June) Plaque of Rue Barrault |
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(Saturday 28 June) Plaque of Rue Barrault/ The T junction of Rue Barrault and Rue Alphand. The opposite side of Timmotel Italie, 22 Rue Barault, Paris 75013 |
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Timmotel Italie
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Timmotel Italie (a two-star hotel), 22 Rue Barault, Paris 75013, where I stayed for three nights in June 2008. My room on the fourth floor has no shower, so I had to go downstairs to use a shower room on the first floor every day. Au reste everything is very comfortable including breakfast of good quality. |
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(Wednesday 25 June) Timmotel Italie, 22 Rue Barault |
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(Wednesday 25 June) Timmotel Italie, 22 Rue Barault |
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(Saturday 28 June) Timmotel Italie, 22 Rue Barault |
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(Saturday 28 June) Timmotel Italie, 22 Rue Barault |
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(Saturday 28 June) The lobby with a japonaiserie taste, Timmotel Italie, 22 Rue Barault |
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(Saturday 28 June) The lobby with a japonaiserie taste, Timmotel Italie, 22 Rue Barault |
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(Saturday 28 June) The lobby with a japonaiserie taste, Timmotel Italie, 22 Rue Barault |
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Blanqui Boulevard Auguste
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Boulevard Blanqui Auguste runs from Glaciere Metro Station in the west via Corvisart Metro Station to Place d'Italie (Metro Station) in the east. |
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(Saturday 28 June) Superette du Marche near Corvisart Metro Station, Boulevard Blanqui Auguste, where I used to go at night during my stay in late June 2008. |
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(Saturday 28 June) Osaka Sushi, a restaurant Japonais near Corvisart Metro Station, Boulevard Blanqui Auguste |
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(Saturday 28 June) Matsuyama, a restaurant Japonais near Corvisart Metro Station, Boulevard Blanqui Auguste |
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(Saturday 28 June) Restaurant Bangkok Thailand between Corvisart Metro Station and Place d'Italie Metro Station, Boulevard Blanqui Auguste |
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(Saturday 28 June) Creperie de Carnac between Corvisart Metro Station and Place d'Italie Metro Station, Boulevard Blanqui Auguste |
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Corvisart Station
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Corvisart Metro Station along Boulevard Blanqui Auguste which runs from Glaciere Metro Station in the west to Place d'Italie (Metro Station) in the east. It is the nearest station to Timmotel Italie, 22 Rue Barault. |
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(Wednesday 25 June) Corvisart Metro Station along Boulevard Blanqui Auguste |
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"Le Celtique"
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Brasserie Le Celtique near Place d'Italie (Metro Station) along Boulevard Blanqui Auguste. I went to this cafe three times during my short stay in late June 2008. |
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(Wednesday 25 June) Brasserie Le Celtique, Boulevard Blanqui Auguste |
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(Saturday 28 June) Brasserie Le Celtique, Boulevard Blanqui Auguste |
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(Saturday 28 June) Menu of Brasserie Le Celtique, Boulevard Blanqui Auguste |
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(Saturday 28 June) Interior of Brasserie Le Celtique, Boulevard Blanqui Auguste |
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(Wednesday 25 June) My dinner on 25 June 2008 at Brasserie Le Celtique, Boulevard Blanqui Auguste |
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(Wednesday 25 June) My dessert on 25 June 2008 at Brasserie Le Celtique, Boulevard Blanqui Auguste |
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(Saturday 28 June) My coffee and cake on 28 June 2008 at Brasserie Le Celtique, Boulevard Blanqui Auguste |
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Place d'Italie
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Place d'Italie |
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(Thursday 26 June) Sign of Metro Station at Place d'Italie |
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(Saturday 28 June) Metro Station Place d'Italie |
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(Saturday 28 June) A sweets stall at Place d'Italie |
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(Saturday 28 June) A kiosk at Place d'Italie |
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Chinatown
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The Chinatown of Paris is located around the area of Avenue de Choisy which runs southeastward from Place d'Italie. The most comvenient metro station to go to the Chinatown is Place d'Italie. |
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(Saturday 28 June) Plaque of Avenue de Choisy, the best Chinese street of Paris |
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(Saturday 28 June) Avenue de Choisy, the best Chinese street of Paris |
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(Saturday 28 June) Avenue de Choisy, the best Chinese street of Paris |
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(Saturday 28 June) Avenue de Choisy, the best Chinese street of Paris |
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(Saturday 28 June) Avenue de Choisy, the best Chinese street of Paris |
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(Saturday 28 June) Avenue de Choisy, the best Chinese street of Paris |
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(Saturday 28 June) Restaurant Nemophar, Avenue de Choisy, the best Chinese street of Paris |
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(Saturday 28 June) Avenue de Choisy, the best Chinese street of Paris |
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(Saturday 28 June) Tang Freres, Avenue de Choisy, the best Chinese street of Paris |
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Bureau de Representation de Taipei en France
Nodame Cantabile in Europe
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Bureau de Representation de Taipei en France (駐法國台北代表處), 78 rue de l'Universite which runs in parallel with La Saine. This is the locaion of the popular Japanese TV drama Nodame Cantabile in Europe (『のだめカンタービレ in ヨーロッパ』; a Fuji TV drama first on air in January 2008) appeared as the apartment in which Megumi Noda (野田 恵; Nodame) and Shin'ichi Chiaki (千秋 真一) lived. |
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(Wednesday 25 June) Plaque of Bureau de Representation de Taipei en France, 78 rue de l'Universite |
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(Wednesday 25 June) Bureau de Representation de Taipei en France, 78 rue de l'Universite |
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(Wednesday 25 June) Bureau de Representation de Taipei en France, 78 rue de l'Universite |
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(Wednesday 25 June) Bureau de Representation de Taipei en France, 78 rue de l'Universite |
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(Wednesday 25 June) Bureau de Representation de Taipei en France, 78 rue de l'Universite |
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