NO WORRIES PARIS

THE GOLD MEDAL GUIDE FOR THE

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  • A walk along the Seine

    The many moods of fall on the slow flowing grey-green river.

  • Rodin Museum partially closed for renovation

    After being closed for months, 11 rooms in the east wing of the Hotel Biron are now welcoming visitors with a show entitled “Masterpieces on the Move”. Works include Rodin’s The Walking Man, The Bronze Age, The Cathedral, The Wave, The Waltz, and The Gossips by Camille Claudel. The west wing will reopen in April…

  • Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder

    A spirit commonly referred to in historical literature as “la fée verte” (the green fairy), absinthe is derived from botanicals including the flowers and leaves of Artemisia absinthium (a.k.a. “grand wormwood”), together with green anise, sweet fennel, and other medicinal and culinary herbs. In late 19th- and early 20th-century France it arose to become a…

  • Risky Business: Paris street musicians

    The Parisian police do not encourage playing music on the streets and according to a law that was passed in 1989, performing on the street and playing music is illegal. Nevertheless, street performers manage to pop up at places such as Rue Mouteffard, Sacre Coeur, Place Vosges and the law turns the other cheek. Then…