Yesterday evening, we attended a one-man show, "How To Become Parisian In One Hour". It's a satire and it's hilarious. Olivier Giraud, the writer, performer, and producer of the show brought the all-English show to life, despite everybody telling him it would fail. Well the show has been running for 3 months and has been selling-out for most performances. It is attended by both Parisians and non-Parisians. The idea of the show is to explain how to act Parisian i...

It seems as though every big city has its oddballs, eccentrics, and street performers. And so, it was true today in Paris on Rue de Rosiers in the Jewish Quarter of The Marais District. The fact that today is the eve of Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, seemed to make little difference to those who put on a show for the rest of us. In the accompanying photo, there is an old man who rides down Rue de Rosiers on a strange contraption built around a large tricycle,...

Yesterday, we took a tour of Claude Monet's home, gardens and small museum in the Village of Giverny, which is about one hour west of the west-end of Paris. It is in the hilly eastern region of Normandy (High Normandy), as opposed to the flatter western area (Low Normandy) where the beaches like Omaha and Utah (of D-Day Invasion fame) are located. Our tour was guided by Pascal who drove seven of us in a comfy Mercedes minivan. During our ride, Pascal explained t...

Today we went on a tour of Giverny and the home of Claude Monet. We started from the tour company which is right in the shadow of The Eiffel Tower, which is quite a bus ride from our apartment. Not that its very far, but with all the traffic, the ride took about an hour. Anyhow, before we got on the minibus for the trip to Giverny, we walked over to the base of The Eiffel Tower, and we snapped a few photos. The Eiffel Tower was built for the 1889 World's Fai...

Ever since our tour of The Marais District last week, Renee has been hankering for one of the fallafels they sell on Rue des Rosiers in The Jewish Quarter. Each fallafel place claims that they have the best in the world, but only L'as Du Fallafel has an aggressive young man out front, hawking the fallafels and shawarma, and practically dragging you into the line leading up to the service window. So, L'as Du Fallafel it was. And wow, was it great! Delicious and me...