Paris Shopping
June 25, 2007
Shopping in Paris - Just the thought itself can be exciting. There are many quite exquisite shops where you can get everything under the sun. On the week days all the shops are open till 8 pm. Let us get familiar with a few places where you can shop to your complete satisfaction.
Les Halles is a shopping mall situated between the Louvre and Notre Dame. A real feast for shoppers is assured here. Here you can see a huge book store called FNAC, many hotels, apparel outlets, an indoor swimming pool and garden for the children to play. The specialty is that all these are underground!! Au Printemps is a dream come true for any shopper. This is a place for you if you are a shopping maniac. Address: 64, boulevard Haussmann, 8th Arrondissement [Read more]
French Impressionism in the Heart of Paris
June 5, 2007
It’s safe to say that for many of us, when we think of the centuries of art that have served to fix Paris as the cultural capital of Europe, what comes to mind above all else, perhaps even the soaring towers of Notre Dame and the Place de la Concorde’s gold capped obelisk, is the work of the French Impressionists. Manifesting a sense of urban bustle that is unexpectedly punctuated by moments of aesthetic sublimity, it is no wonder that these painters of light have come to define a collective and indelible visual representation of the City of Light’s true vibrancy..... [Read more]
