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Authors
French Authors
Guy de Maupassant “A legal kiss will never equal a stolen kiss”
https://www.google.com/#q=guy+de+maupassant
Books: Paris Crime, Murder, Mystery Series
There are a variety of Mystery Series Books centered on Paris
Cara Black (Aimee Ladou)
John Pearce
Treasure of Saint-Lazare
Last Stop Paris
Mark Pryor (Hugo Marston Series)
The Book Artist
Martin Walker (Bruno Chief of Police)
Countdown (2019)
Use the Three Weeks Remaining
Two Weeks in Advance
Last Week
Prep for your First Week Back at the
Each year we provide participants with a daily countdown till our departure to France
Packing List
Start Packing (Put it is a Box)
Put it in a Suitcase
Take care of your other Holiday, Year End Responsibilites ahead of time
Travel Desk: Reservations, Tickets, Maps with Directions
Things to Do
Start Walking
We are not heavy walkers. We run several times a week for marathon training and commute to work on a bicycle, but we don’t walk.
This will catch up with you after spending a day in Paris walking
-walking to Museum
-walking through Museum
-walking back home
(exhausting)
Stop your mail delivery
Notify Credit Cards of travel
Learn French
Haircut
Get Into Shape
Clean the Nest (you don’t want to leave your home in shambles
(garbage and dirty dishes in the sink)
Confirm Flight times and reservations
Research current exhibitions and Local Paris News
Paris Morgue (2019)
Hammam de Medina Centre
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=Hammam+de+Medina+Centre+
The Best Hammams in Paris
https://www.tripsavvy.com/top-hammams-in-paris-1618904
Henri Matisse
Celebration of Henri Matisse 150th Birthday
Centre Pompidou (May 13th – August 31st, 2020)
“To look all life long with the eyes of a child”
Henri Émile Benoît Matisse (1869-1954)
Paris Peintures (Paintings) 1910–1917
Centre Georges Pompidou (10 Paintings)
Musée Nazional d’Art Modern
Woman Reading
The Dance (The Dance)
Auguste Pellerin II
Le Peintre dans son atelier (The Painter and His Model)
Les poissons rouges (Interior with a Goldfish Bowl)
French Window at Collioure
Matisse at Centre Pompidou | Exhibition Tour https://youtu.be/uLOQIIxnVsI
Musée de l’Orangerie (10 Paintings)
Jardin des Tuileries
Place de la Concorde
Les trois sœurs [The Three Sisters]
Femme au violon [Woman with Violin]
Odalisque à la culotte rouge [Odalisque with Red Trousers],
Odalisque à la culotte gris [Odalisque in Grey Trousers],
Odalisque bleue [Blue Odalisque] and
Nu drapé étendu [Draped Nude Reclining]
Musée d’Orsay
Former Gare d’Orsay
(a Beaux-Arts railway station built between 1898 and 1900)
Luxe, Calme et Volupté (Luxury, calm and voluptuousness)
Centre Pompidou celebrates Matisse’s 150th birthday (May 13th – August 31st, 2020)
The Sorrows of the King (La Tristesse du roi)
Centre Pompidou
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/henri-matisse-the-red-studio-museum-of-modern-art/
Picpus Cemetery
Cimetière de Picpus
http://www.pariscemeteries.com/picpus-1
https://en.parisinfo.com/paris-museum-monument/71410/Cimetiere-de-Picpus
https://www.google.com/#q=picpus+cemetery
Generally, Picpus is open Tuesday-Sunday,
From October to mid-April it is open 2-4
Closed Monday
Dedicated to the victims of the Terror (Reign of Terror 1793-1794)
Created from land seized from the convent of the Chanoinesses de St-Augustin, during the French Revolution
General Lafayette
Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
Honorary United States Citizen, Key Participant in the American Revolutionary War at George Washington’s Side
An U.S. Flag flies over his grave with contains soil taken from Bunker Hill
July 4, 1917 in Paris and the oath on the tomb of the Marquis de la Fayette
http://archives.ecpad.fr/le-4-juillet-1917-a-paris-et-le-serment-sur-la-tombe-du-marquis-de-la-fayette/
1794 Executions
Between June 14 and July 18, 1794, one thousand three hundred and six (1,306) men and women were guillotined at Place de la Nation (previously named Place du Trône, renamed then Place de Trône-Renversé)
as many as 55 a day
just a few short blocks away, What had been a local neighborhood garden soon became a series of mass graves for the decapitated bodies from the guillotine
The cemetery is reserved only to the family members of the victims
It is composed of an enclosure closed off from the public and an adjoining small cemetery, visible through the metal gate which separates it from the main cemetery.
The enclosure holds two mass graves
Pack (Toiletries)
Bring a Good Razor and Electric Toothbrush
Bring Mouthwash, Toothpaste and Floss
Bring Deodorant
Bring a half bar of Fels Naptha Laundry Soap Bar & Stain Remover
Bring light-weight “liner” underwear, undershirt and socks”
The Hair, The Soap, The Conditioner and Moisterizer will all be provided by the Hotel
Get a Hair Cut before Travel
In Paris:
Buy the Economy Size Bottle of Paris Cologne
Pack (Plane Ride)
Pack for Plane Ride:
Ear Buds to plug into the planes entertainment system
(ideally with an “L” shaped plug)
Empty Water Bottle
(you can’t take a bottle of water through security, but you can take an empty water bottle and fill it up inside the airport)
Gather your documents, flight tickets, flight numbers, customer numbers, etc.
Sign-Up and Check in on Line for upgrades, meals, etc
Buy tickets directly through airline
Paris for the Holidays 