NO WORRIES PARIS
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Finding the way in Paris? No Worries.
….1615. Its nearly 60 acres are adorned with a forest of leafy trees, some 80 statues, two fountains, tennis and boules courts, and the largest playground in Paris (French kids play loud and rough). The focus of this grand space is the Grand Bassin, a pond encircled by chairs, the surface of which normally floats…
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Time is ticking: protect rare species
For a wake up call check out the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle complex in the Jardin des Plantes. Go upstairs to La Salle des Espèces Menacées et des Espèces Disparues (The Room of Endangered and Extinct Species). On display in this barely lit space are specimens that have been completely extinguished and others fading from…
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Our Bûche de Noël: the party’s over
It’s the day after Christmas and all that’s left of our edible creation are crumbs. As most of you know, this traditional gateau is concocted of a sponge roulade filled and iced with buttercream in flavors such as coffee, praline, chocolate, and chestnut. Modeled after the Yule log, the bûche is typically decorated with such…
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Père Noël is coming to town
“He knows if you’ve been sleeping, he knows when you’re awake, he knows if you’ve been bad or good so be good for goodness sake!” According to tradition, on Christmas Eve children leave their shoes by the fireplace filled with carrots and treats for Père Noël’s donkey, Gui (French for “Mistletoe”) before they go to…
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