DECEMBER 2015 - PARIS COUNTRYSIDE

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"A path of a thousand miles always begins with a single step " Lao Tseu

1/2 Day in Paris area

If you arrive in Paris with Air France Bus from the airport, you will have a welcome of eiffel tower from the window of your plane and at your arrival at the final stop bus at Charles de Gaulle Etoile - Arc de Triomphe close Champs Elysées.

Let's start the parisian feet & bus travel
With a typical local starter ( French cheese at Lacombe café corner Avenue Mac Mahon )

take avenue  Mac Mahon or Avenue de Wagram and you will arrive at the Market Street Poncelet, then go on N°22 and you will find the shop Venise collection for having a must have in Paris to visit it by foot.

comfort, simplicity, well being and French elegance with

Ballerine in full leather & Velvet material in Burgundy color  made by hand in France.

The parisian shoes " Bagllerina" who bends to your wills to discover the City by foot or online a frenchy  shoes Made in France https://www.cocorico.store

Let's go

First daily escape best keep secret around Paris is Park of Sceaux

 

Back to Paris for ending this first day

Sun or Snow :-)
 

 Flight sightseeing sensation continue up Arc de Triomphe with a panormaic view of best local spots

 
 Champs Elysées

 Eiffel tower

 Wonderful Montmartre Basilica

 Me, myself &  I so bb ?

Now ready as a Parisian girl, let's back to Arc de triomphe. 

As the star of the city she will help you easily to reach by foot

 The Metal star of the City

from Arc de triomphe reach easily Champs de Mars through Avenue Kleber

 

Reaching Alma Marceau 

longside Seine river 

relaxing and refreshing walk 

>30 Degree

A little shade would be welcome. Cap Auteuil Greenhouse

Direction  Auteuil with bus 32 and a stop at "Porte d'Auteuil " to reach Greenhouse located Avenue d'Auteuil to evacuate the jet lag

Green break with songs of birds

 

Awesome flowers

 

Rare tropical plants 

 Natural break with a healthy fresh salad at Paradis du fruit easily find in any District 

And a St Honoré delicatessen parisian "fine gourmet " with a  jumping rope next day ;-)

Arc de triomphe 

Let Paris reveal you few foot further, others exclusive stopover 

 End your afternoon with a private exhibition

 at Cartier House

 "Coloratura" A know-how creations

Definitivly Grenat and gold my Top ;-)

 Made in France presented at Rue de la Paix

Then your evening with a

4 season of Vivaldi Konzert

at Madeleine Church.

Straigth away explore St germain des près & relax in an amaizing  extra small village call " St Catherine Labouré garden " with private vineyard

And it's former building .
For more walk energy let's have a stop to my favourite chocolate shop " Debeauve & gallais" without chemicals or impure additive. So yam. The best of the best

Nearest St germain des près you can reach by foot the Pantheon by crossing Luxembourg Park

Here is Pious Ste Geneviève buried in the church close the PANTHEON. She save Paris from enemies with her prayers

This monuement was previoulsy a church initiated by Ste Genevieve & Clovis but actually were are buried all great women and mens who have fighted for human idea and peace through sciences as Pierre & Marie Curie  or books as Victor Hugo & Voltaire or rights as Rousseau, Eboué or Toussaint L'Ouverture...

With a panoramic view on Paris. 

Not so far you can get the RER at St Michel.
Another best natural secret is St remy des chevreuses with a direct local train RER B from Paris Nord just 44 minutes one way

Coubertin farm

 Wonderful flowers

 Spring meadow

" Campaign air "

  Yvette River

Very Sunny sunday

 Church of the village


Sweety breake for a Mont blanc chestnut coco passion & cheesecake blackcurrant + hot white milk chocolate

 Angelina since 1903 close Louvres Museum 226, rue de Rivoli

Montblanc & pear ice cream to continue the walk under 36 Degree

Then continue to The imposing Basilica Montmartre shines from Batignolles Boulevard up to Metro Rome.

Here we are one of the best spot of Paris

for a panoramic view

enjoy your walk

Sound

 Flowers are georgous and deeply colored along the trail

Spring, sun & smile

Brunch with croissants & baguettes at Gisou "Lepic Street"

 

Aonther view of  Montmartre Basilica from behind

Go down the stairs back of Montmartre Basilica, it's Lamarck Caulaincourt area  

look for Villa Leandre this small street is just exotic sound as a Normandy vibe

Wall of love in various tongue at Abesses ( Montmartre)

Time for a typical french dinner

A savoyard  one

at " Le Refuge des fondues "

Back to Place Clichy have a walk on Boulevard des Batignolles then take Street Rue des Batignolles at the end of the street you will ahve the Village of Batignolles and it so cosy & family square garden.my favourite with Monceau park.

Leaving the place of the villAge front the church back on your foot and take "Street des dames " in your left 
animated with original small indepedent handmade and artists fabulous shops as Sugar Cane / Tailor and paint artist 

or L'atelier du haut perché on demand unique jewel  handmade for you in silver

or Au bonheur des Familles for a unique baby toy realised in a printed toile de jouy illustrating French lifestyle.

 End your journey with a Smoked Swordfish
avocado Salad + Limonade

 At " Bistrot des Dames " in a warm environment with summer flowers & tropical plants

Sweetness after a long day walk, Fruit salad crushed pistachio strawberries and spiced,

Follow your walk towards  Hébertot Theatre located Boulevard des batignolles for watching and hearing a play depend of the displayed program & your preference

With the presence if you are lucky in the theatre room of the director of the play that you will watch. This was the case of "House of Card" with Beau Willimon as a Bonus

Monceau park entrance with arc de triomphe in the front is

 full of Paris history

And you could meet some wonderful bird or

 sublime butterfly

which italian touch 

and mystery pyramid

and kids have fun with their area for rollers or  poney tour and carouse,swing etc...

After a small detour by the magnificent Parc Monceau  with a jumping rope or a jogging, 

A floral moment at the Park 

with an angel message

take Courcelles street to join Pereire

An ending evening driveway pereire

 with stunning flowers

and her various mansions which follow

building as real little castle with  with turrets, gargoyles and wrought iron

If you are lucky as i was, you will be able to see a wonderful full rainbow over Mansions street of Pte de Champerret from the window of the bus 

 

 

A new long green walk journey will start at Royal palace garden nearest Opera

with a refresh ice cream

Miss Gla gla ( Pierre Hermé) Raspberry, litchi, rosa

Sound like déjà vue it's not NY we are in Paris Paaris Pariiiis :-)

 with the statue of liberty

A cool walk longside the Seine 

View from Debilly Passerelle nearest Alma Marceau

 with deeper beautiful bridges perpective view  after a stop for the best marsmallow of Paris at Meert delicatessen 

The beautiful wooden boats along the Seine towards Odéon district

Notre-Dame Church

Little walk through Mabillon

and it charming pedestrian street named St andré des arts

refreshing ice cream Rue de Seine in Mabillon you can choose to have a lunch 

in this amaizing place named " Avant comptoir " in Odéon. No seats but a great vibe and very good wine with pig meat for lovers

Let's catch an event at Hermes show at Grand Palais Champs Elysées 

with  a personal card invitaton

Before exploring the counrtyside around Paris 

My favourite french luxury brand due to the quality of items produce exclusivly in France with great arstists

French art with real, 

genuine and

expertise higher creation 

A break to Versailles

 Garden & Park

with it's magnificent rosace garden

 More than 8km by foot in  3hours including Versailles center city

Steps for reaching the sky ;-)

 French garden 

nature here is so relaxing

Sunny flower sound spring

Nature with pur light wrap my body

Water game dancing over classic music 

Perfect duo of water and music for a zen minutes

Flowers wear the spring and soon summer colors

Liberty feeling in that green garden

Long walk around the lake 

 

 The small Trianon with it's private garden

Time for a healty food at "PUR 2 Street Georges Clémenceau Versailles" Lemon cake & Apple juice mix with Turmeric & Ginger

Let's go through Paris city center

Direction Crémeux street with " Un air de Nothing Hill"

Another panoramic far away view of Eiffel Tower from Belleville 

for a country walk  

 
& vineyards, to crunch delicious grapes

if the farmer is weigh...

 that overlook the Park

For the last day i suggest out from Paris this castle full of History with Paris city tour from Palais royal Louvres Museum

Vaux le Vicomte actually one of the few inhabited by descendants.

  This castle and its gardens have been copied to realize for example Versailles and many others in Europe and across the Atlantic

Paintings depicting the history of the Castle

Beautiful Celling decroration

 Wonderful Chandellier

Christmas atmosphere 

Maréchal de Villars room

Sublime collection of carriages

saddler art

 Castle garden

Back to the city

Gastronomy French Dinner in the restaurant" Au chien qui fume " at Châtelet  

 Royal Seafood

Duck with Potatoes 

 

And a Tarte Tatin with fresh cream just delicatessen

Champagne for top celebrations 

Moving to Picardie 

Noun Princess at Horserace at Royal  Chantilly 

Grand prix de Diane 2016 & 2018

Shooting by and for Longines Ascott & Chantilly Horce race Official partner

Elegant french  snack

with friendly girlies

Longines Partnership at Royal Ascott too

Most beautiful Annual purebred Race horse

With Glamour tradition sporting Horse spectacle

Chantilly Castle

 Relaxing walk at

Alexandre III Bridge

 Ephemeral & permanent Art events at big

& small  Palace

Christmas market on Champs Elysées Avenue...God Bless Us. Time of the year to taste roasted chesnuts

Royal Palace Garden under snow early February

Is this man serious ? Funny video 

  Ephemeral Pyramid near the obelix from louxor ...

 ❤Happy Christmas ❤

I like my xmas book gift of this 6th of Januray

From modern to Medieval

Breathtaking provins

 with timbered houses

Wonderful medieval wedding

Jump to the top of the village

Provins hill offers

a stunning travel in medieval period

with aplle trees

grape fruits

 Splendid view from the gate of the fortress

History of France kings

 

 The walls of the fortress

Amaizing difference between ancient stone walls and renew ones

 
The medieval well

Back to the down place of the village

with several cute rivers as Durteint

Roche sur Guyon one of the most beautiful village of France, nearest Paris just 70km

it's Donjon & Castle

 Tapestry of the coronation of Esther

View from stairs

One of the Chapels

A wellness passage

 View on Vexin from a window of the Castle

 Limestone

 View on Seine river

Panoramic view on Roche sur Guyon

 Panoramic view on Vexin

 The village

Shadow near

the vegatable garden

 Wonderful cultural & green hours

 with stunning trees

Let's have a Nature escape at Moiret sur Loing

Wonderful  private Maintenon castle garden

Nearest Fontainebleau

This village si simple

stunning

 with it's so frenchy vibe

 Tan mill  history and presence gives

a surrealist spirit

 Fresh calm moments in a beautiful environment

"En Cas " before 14km one way by foot from Pithiviers

 

Next most beautiful village close Paris is Yèvre le Chatel just 100 km

Fields of corn and sunflower

 Another 2km under a burning sun and where we are

 Milestone

 Lets start the visit of this floral medieval village

 Sound calm

 & picturesque

 Castle entrance

A refreshment

Panoramic view 

Typical architecture

 Walk to "Poterne"

Few feet to Meridien the Paris

nearest the river

Back to Pithiviers after 7km by foot 

  Back annualy  with Great Human adventure & expedition travel...

Make 2016 more human with georgous nature ...

Aux arbres citoyens - Yannick  NOAH
 

Cheers ...

Globy