Finding tranquility in Paris
May 18th, 2006, 09:24 AM
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Finding tranquility in Paris
Tranquil: free from commotion or disturbance.
Just what I am looking for to balance days on the go in Paris. What Parisian place do you love for its tranquility?
Just what I am looking for to balance days on the go in Paris. What Parisian place do you love for its tranquility?
May 18th, 2006, 09:48 AM
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The Parc Monceau, in a residential area of Paris, beautiful park!
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Luxembourg Gardens, wandering among the trees, watching the men play boules, the children with their boats, and then leaving the gardens on the west side and wandering the streets around there.
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The gardens of the Rodin museum. Beautiful!
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Luxembourg Gardens, wandering among the trees, watching the men play boules, the children with their boats, and then leaving the gardens on the west side and wandering the streets around there.
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The gardens of the Rodin museum. Beautiful!
May 18th, 2006, 09:54 AM
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Wug - I second all of those suggestions.
Bourdelle worked in Rodin's atelier and was his heir apparent. It's really interesting to see how his work evolved after leaving Rodin. The early works look very Rodinesque, and then his individual style is something altogether different.
Bourdelle worked in Rodin's atelier and was his heir apparent. It's really interesting to see how his work evolved after leaving Rodin. The early works look very Rodinesque, and then his individual style is something altogether different.
May 18th, 2006, 09:57 AM
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It's nighttime, summer, I'm on a bridge over the Seine, between Notre Dame and Right Bank, the floodlights have lit up the Conciergerie and other major buildings, while to my right red neon is the colour the local cafe sign uses to attract late evening strollers... a Bateaux Mouche passes under the bridge, you hear the voice of the tour guide talking about the history of Paris as they pass by, their floodlight moving to and fro. maybe picking up couples kissing down by the river...in the distance, the Eiffel Tower is lit up...there is a full moon...and you realize, THIS is a perfect moment.
I've done this as my last night ritual on a couple of trips.
Luxmebourg gardens, Champs de Mars, Invalides watching men play boulles, Arene de Lutece...these are also relaxing places for me.
I've done this as my last night ritual on a couple of trips.
Luxmebourg gardens, Champs de Mars, Invalides watching men play boulles, Arene de Lutece...these are also relaxing places for me.
May 18th, 2006, 10:24 AM
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Tranquility?
--Arènes de Lutèce, metro Monge
--Parc André Citroën, metro Javel
--Père Lachaise cemetery, metro Père Lachaise
--Jardin des Plantes, metro Austerlitz
--Deportation Memorial, Ile de la Cité, metro Cité
--Jardins du Palais Royal, metro Palais Royal
--Arènes de Lutèce, metro Monge
--Parc André Citroën, metro Javel
--Père Lachaise cemetery, metro Père Lachaise
--Jardin des Plantes, metro Austerlitz
--Deportation Memorial, Ile de la Cité, metro Cité
--Jardins du Palais Royal, metro Palais Royal
May 18th, 2006, 10:41 AM
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Go to Bagatelle, the fabulous garden in the Bois de Bologna. I have been there several times. It is a little complicated to find but worth every effort. I have been several times. There have never been crowds, and the gardens are amazing. (The last time I was there, Sam Waterston (Law and Order) was there, but the roses are worth the trip whether you see a celeb or not.)
May 18th, 2006, 11:04 AM
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I like getting a seat on the terrace of a cafe, with my back to the wall and be invisible and watch and maybe do the Herald T's cross word puzzle. Now, hub-bub that it is, an a cross roads for all kinds of people, I get invisible on the Left Bank, St. Michel stop. Whattashow!
I like the energy, while others may not.
And they somehow make me tranquil.
I like the energy, while others may not.
And they somehow make me tranquil.
May 18th, 2006, 01:48 PM
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SeaUrchin...spend some time in the "Village of St. Paul", Rue St. Paul off of Rue St Antoine/Rivoli...very quite, beautiful for sitting and shopping, strolling and eating..very very quiet..like being in another world...just spent the better part of a day there..both DW and I enjoyed it tremendously. Missed it on prior visits to Paris..now it will be a return must.
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May 18th, 2006, 01:57 PM
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Any of the cemeteries - but esp Passy (across from the Trocadero) and St. Vincent (on the back side of Sacre Couer) - you will most likely have these areas all to yourself. And, of course, the interiors of most of the non-tourist trail churches. You may be the only one listening to the organist practice.
