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  • Louvre freebie day

    The line snaked for miles in and around the courtyards of the Louvre and people waited patiently under their umbrellas to get in “gratuit” to the Louvre. First Sunday of the month is always free. Mona had more admiring cameras than eyes and flanking her portrait and taking way from her allure, large “beware of…

  • Sacre Coeur Dome: insider secret

    How many tourists realize they can go higher than just the terrace at Sacre Coeur? The line this morning was scant, perhaps because of the season, the wet weather, the time of day (10 am). You can climb to the dome (300 steep curving claustraphobic steps) and crypt for 9 euros or choose just one…

  • Musee des Arts et Metiers: kids love it

    60 rue Réaumur 75003 Paris Underground/Subway : Arts et Métiers, Réaumur-Sébastopol Buses : 20, 38, 39, 47 Open from Tuesday to Sunday included, from 10am to 6pm. Night Thursday to 9pm30. Closed Mondays, the 1st of May and the 25th of December An extraordinary museum showcasing the history of everything mechanical. Right now “Et l’Homme……

  • A day at l’Opera Charles Garnier

    Worth the 9 euro entrance fee. A rainy haily All Saints’ Day in the gilded and marbled stairways and halls. Costumes, set designs from days gone by, red velvet chairs, cherubs, a gallery of paintings of ballerinas, singers and proud “Carmen” by Durst, opulence times ten. The Marc Chagall ceiling, the cherry on top. Butter…