Paris Off the Tourist Path
Jun 4th, 2013, 01:37 AM
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You can get to the Parc de St. Cloud on the #10 Metro line. Take it to the end and then cross the bridge on foot. Totally worth it in any season -- here it is in autumn a while back.
http://pollyvousfrancais.blogspot.co...-in-paris.html
http://pollyvousfrancais.blogspot.co...-in-paris.html
Jun 4th, 2013, 10:51 AM
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If trekking out to Conflans-Sainte-Honorine then just beyond it on an RER line is one of several spanking new cities that Parisian authorities ordered built in the 1960s to alleviate booming expansions of suburbs - organizing everything into one large neat new city. And Cergy-Pontoise is one of them - I enjoyed seeing this new city that reflects old French architectural values and concepts.
So if into urbanism and modern urbanism architecture, etc. take the short hop from Conflans-s-Honorine to Cergy-Pontoise!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cergy-Pontoise
https://www.google.com/search?q=cerg...=1600&bih=1075
So if into urbanism and modern urbanism architecture, etc. take the short hop from Conflans-s-Honorine to Cergy-Pontoise!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cergy-Pontoise
https://www.google.com/search?q=cerg...=1600&bih=1075
Jun 6th, 2013, 10:38 AM
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MOUNT VALERIEN MONUMENT AND AMERICAN MILITARY CEMETERY AT SURESNES
Though not something I would make a special trek out to see if in the Suresnes area check out Mt Valerien - an old fort extant from the German-Prussian war which was the scene of Nazi atrocities in WW2 - with many prisoners being taken here and executed - thus Charles DeGaulle made it a memorial to them and other Nzi victims.
There is also an American Military Cemetery on the grounds where some 1,500 American GIs are buried after being killed in WW1.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Mont-Val%C3%A9rien
Though not something I would make a special trek out to see if in the Suresnes area check out Mt Valerien - an old fort extant from the German-Prussian war which was the scene of Nazi atrocities in WW2 - with many prisoners being taken here and executed - thus Charles DeGaulle made it a memorial to them and other Nzi victims.
There is also an American Military Cemetery on the grounds where some 1,500 American GIs are buried after being killed in WW1.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Mont-Val%C3%A9rien
Jun 7th, 2013, 08:51 AM
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ILE SEGUIN
I walked from the Sevres Ceramics Museum along the quai opposite the Ile Seguin, where formerly auto plants occupied the scene but now they are all gone and the island is being re-developed - these things interest me greatly - how this once piece of industrial detritus will be re-habbed - the picture above shows what prime property this is - an island in the Seine.
From here I continued along the Seine to the Ile St Geramine which has on it some really interesting stuff - to be continued next with a walkthru the Ile St-Germaine.
ILE SEGUIN
I walked from the Sevres Ceramics Museum along the quai opposite the Ile Seguin, where formerly auto plants occupied the scene but now they are all gone and the island is being re-developed - these things interest me greatly - how this once piece of industrial detritus will be re-habbed - the picture above shows what prime property this is - an island in the Seine.
From here I continued along the Seine to the Ile St Geramine which has on it some really interesting stuff - to be continued next with a walkthru the Ile St-Germaine.
Jun 10th, 2013, 11:36 AM
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The ILE SAINT-GERMAIN
After my visit to the Parc St-Cloud and the Sevres Ceramics thing I crossed the tram tracks and continued back to Paris via footpaths that hugs the Seine's left back here - taking me to the Ile Saint-Germain, where many surprises awaited me - the first being the Amsterdam-esque house boats and tiny houses lining the right bank of the Seine here at the western edge of the island - this blew me away - I never dreamed such things existed in Paris (though come to think of it in Joinville-le-Pont there were a few of these if I recall right on the Marne) - in the photo gallery below look in line 5 for a pix of the Parisian house boats.
https://www.google.com/search?q=l'%C...=1600&bih=1049
After my visit to the Parc St-Cloud and the Sevres Ceramics thing I crossed the tram tracks and continued back to Paris via footpaths that hugs the Seine's left back here - taking me to the Ile Saint-Germain, where many surprises awaited me - the first being the Amsterdam-esque house boats and tiny houses lining the right bank of the Seine here at the western edge of the island - this blew me away - I never dreamed such things existed in Paris (though come to think of it in Joinville-le-Pont there were a few of these if I recall right on the Marne) - in the photo gallery below look in line 5 for a pix of the Parisian house boats.
https://www.google.com/search?q=l'%C...=1600&bih=1049
Jun 11th, 2013, 12:06 PM
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http://anyportinastorm.proboards.com...&page=1#168222
kerouac, a veteran Fodorite, posted this on a different thread - his own - about the Bagatelle Park Rose Gardenb, another off-the-path for many tourists in Paris and in bloom or not quite a fine site!
kerouac, a veteran Fodorite, posted this on a different thread - his own - about the Bagatelle Park Rose Gardenb, another off-the-path for many tourists in Paris and in bloom or not quite a fine site!
Jun 11th, 2013, 04:12 PM
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That last park you posted looks pretty awesome. I'm adding it to my list of places to see for next time.>
Yes it does but it is kerouac's post I just copied - kerouac lives in Paris and has made numerous photo tours of many off the path places - I too will go to Bagatelle - I have gone long ago but kerouac's photos make me want to go back! Thanks to kerouac for continually showing us an off the main tourist path part of Paris!
Yes it does but it is kerouac's post I just copied - kerouac lives in Paris and has made numerous photo tours of many off the path places - I too will go to Bagatelle - I have gone long ago but kerouac's photos make me want to go back! Thanks to kerouac for continually showing us an off the main tourist path part of Paris!
