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Je T’aime,…Moi Non Plus
“I love you… me neither”
1967 song written by Serge Gainsbourg for Brigitte Bardot
Birkin Gainsbourg The Symphonic Starring Jane Birkin
with full orchestra special appearances by Iggy Pop & Charlotte Gainsbourg
https://www.msg.com/calendar/beacon-theatre-march-2020-birkin-gainsbourg-the-symphonic-starring-jane-birkin/3B00573BE7F03A42#about-the-event
Room Size
Classic Room
280 Square Feet (Soffitel – La Defense)
Priviledge Room
280 Square Feet (Mercure Paris Montmartre Sacré Coeur, Paris)
Premium Room
400 Square Feet (Miramar Barcelona)
Junior Suite
398 Square Feet (Hôtel Le Louis Versailles Château-MGallery by Sofitel, Versailles)
484 Square Feet (Pullman Paris Center – Bercy)
Suite
602 Square Feet (Novotel Bangnolet)
Books Online
Saving Mona Lisa: The Battle to Protect the Louvre and its Treasures from the Nazis
Gerri Chanel
https://books.google.com/books?id=0-tmDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT22&lpg=PT22&dq=denon+wing+parquet+floor&source=bl&ots=A8gD4ZULN8&sig=ACfU3U02MYNrBzntUuKzGJEAHiC08jntcA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjzuMzdsr_nAhUNTKwKHfmYAjEQ6AEwDXoECAwQAQ#v=onepage&q=denon%20wing%20parquet%20floor&f=false
Running Paris (2019)
I look forward to running in Paris each year
Versailles
A run through the Gardens of Versailles alone in the dark is thrilling
This year, I cancelled
The Transit Strikes reduced available trains, espcially Christmas Day
So I left Versailles early, and cancelled the run
La Defense to Louvre
La Defense offers various running alternatives, but recently I head back into Paris, perhaps down the Champs Ellise to La Louvre
The Tuilleries Gardens were closed, the gates locked, so we proceeded down the Rue Voltaire on the North Side of the Seine
Finding a gate open, we entered the Tuilleres, ran in the dark towards La Louvre, but that Gate was closed. We were trapped in the Tuillies, like being in a cage, exited where we came in (almost a mile of running)
Proceeded East to Louvre which was also fenced off
And we turned around, back to La Defense
There is construction West of Le Arc and inadvisedly we ran on the narrow margin of very busy major street, lots of horn honking, it becomes obvious when you do something really stupid
Let Run Paris
During the Transportation Strikes, the Saturday morning MeetUp runs were cancelled. A disappointment
Last Day in Paris Run
(see Roundabout Post)
https://wp.me/p3hvvc-2rU
Roundabouts in Paris
https://www.google.com/#q=roundabouts+paris
Roundabouts are in interesting element of Paris
There is usually a monument in the middle
Whenever I enter a Roundabout on a Bicycle is plenty of car horn honking
Recently I went out into the dark, my last morning in Paris
hoping to run into Paris, along the Seine amidst the Eiffel Tour, Louvre and Notre Dame
The route encountered an Roundabout where I would enter in one side and exit the other side, proceeding into Paris
As it turned out, I entered the Roundabout, proceeded completely around and exited where I came in, now running completely in the opposite direction then I intended
(what can not be explained is how I could run completely around the Roundabout, why my backtrack was not recognised, why I continued so long after it was clear that something was terribly wrong. Perhaps I thought that I was on a parallel route.
A
A defining moment was when I came upon St. Louis. Lost in Paris, in complete darkness, it was both uplifting and spiritual, but it emphasized my plight. I was passing Metro entrances which I could not locate on my map.
After some back tracking and even more back-and-forth, I made it back to the hotel after a good run and memorable experience of being Lost in Paris
Paris (Spring 2021)
We may not go to Paris in 2020
Although we admire the Social Protest in some repects
This made our visit very inconvenient
We will go elsewhere for the Holidays in 2020
But will return to Paris shortly for the Paris Marathon
Wednesday
Tuesday
Depart for Paris
Arrive Wednesday
First Short Day
Thursday Museums
Museum Day #1
Friday
Museums Day #2 and
Marathon Exhibition
Saturday
Museum Day #3
Transfer Hotels
Sunday
Paris Marathon
Monday
Depart Paris
Pavillions of the Palais du Louvre
Pavillon de Flore
https://www.google.com/#q=pavillon+de+flore,+du+louvre
Triomphe de Flore
Pavillions du Louvre (Sully Wing)
https://wp.me/p3hvvc-24R
Strike Routes
We we visited Paris during Yellow Vest Protests (Mouvement des gilets jaunes)
Some public transportation was closed
We needed to take alternate routes and often rode the Velib Bicyle
How to you go from CDG to Versailles on a Monday
-CDG to Gard du Nord (don’t know why the “B” stops there
-Walk to Gare St Lazar
–Gare St Lazar to Versailles Rive Droit
(and walk)
Stay in Versailles, Good Hotel, Good Room and it might be unusually not-crowded
-Run in the Garden
-Christmas Eve Church Service
-Run Again
How to Go from Versailles to Montmartre
-Walk to Versailles Rive Droit
-Versailles Rive Droit to Gare St Lazare
-Walk to Montmartre
How to Travel Downtown from Montmartre
-Bicycle (although the Velib’ app shows bike racks at a low level)
-Walk to Saint Lazare and the the Metro
Travel to Bercy and La Defense are on the two Open Lines over the weekend (“Sweet”)
How to Travel to Bangnolet
-Take the 3B Tramway from Port de Vincennes (#1 Metro)
Back to CDG Aeroport
-3B Tram to Port de Vincenenes (#1 Metro)
-1 Metro to Chatelet
-4 Metro to Gard du Nord
-B RER to CDG
(maybe take a taxi)
Paris for the Holidays 