[France] Paris questions
Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2015 4:03 pm
Hi, everyone with some experience with Paris
I'll be visiting the city in a few weeks for just a few days. It will be my (let me think a bit...) fourth or fifth visit. I'll be there for approximately two days with my family, planning to spend part of the time separately.
My questions and points of interest:
Any good book about Louvre, to study beforehand and get to know more than la Joconde? I've been there a few times, seen some of the expositions but not everything for sure. I'm looking forward to the next visit so much! Any experience with "parcours thématique" for children? This idea looks good and it could be a nice family activity to enjoy with my small siblings.
There is a temporary exhibition concerning Métamorphoses d'Ovide. I consider reading the book before going, as I have read only some parts so far. Have you read the English/French/Spanish translations? Any recommendation on choosing one? I suppose there should be all of the on project gutenberg but I am not sure.
Any tips about visit to Centre Pompidou? I've never been inside so far and the website doesn't help me plan the visit too much. Any tips? How much time should one have for a visit? Can you "see it all" in an afternoon or is it like le Louvre, a place you must return to repeatedly?
Any favourite bookshops? Second hand bookshops (I've been adviced one by a native parisien, so I'll let you know what it was like) or "just" awesome normal ones. I found a medical bookshop that should have something I've been wanting for a long time. So, anything more interesting than fnac that you can recommend? But I'll visit a fnac anyways, I suppose
Tips on interesting program for children? I've been adviced the zoos (there are two), the dinosaur exhibition... but that might be a bit too far from the centre and we don't have that much time. Perhaps a good natural history museum or something like that? Or a good technical museum could satisfy everyone. Any experience with those?
I hope to go shopping as well (I hate the fact the Czech Republic usually gets just what isn't wanted elsewhere or at least it looks like in most shops around here. Unfortunately, even our HM and a HM elsewhere is simply not the same, that's why I go shopping wherever I travel. I am not a barbarian! (I almost feel guilty asking about such things like shopping on this intellectual forum) I just like the same or better prices for better choice. And cloths that actually fit me ), any tips? I've gathered some online and will remember my previous trips as well but still. Anything particularily worthwhile for a "middle class" girl (not a milionaire) who needs to renew half her wardrobe? (That's the dark side of losing weight. Spending money on better food and sport leads to more money being spent on new clothes) Anything interesting most "shopping guides" online don't mention?
And most importantly: Anything awesome people tend to miss when going to Paris? I've probably seen all the commonly sought monuments, but there must be thousands of interesting places left to amaze me. Anything that excited your eyes/ears/heart/brain/tongue during your visits?
Thanks for all your tips, I suppose I'll be adding questions later today and tomorrow, as I explore all the other options we've been considering.
I'll be visiting the city in a few weeks for just a few days. It will be my (let me think a bit...) fourth or fifth visit. I'll be there for approximately two days with my family, planning to spend part of the time separately.
My questions and points of interest:
Any good book about Louvre, to study beforehand and get to know more than la Joconde? I've been there a few times, seen some of the expositions but not everything for sure. I'm looking forward to the next visit so much! Any experience with "parcours thématique" for children? This idea looks good and it could be a nice family activity to enjoy with my small siblings.
There is a temporary exhibition concerning Métamorphoses d'Ovide. I consider reading the book before going, as I have read only some parts so far. Have you read the English/French/Spanish translations? Any recommendation on choosing one? I suppose there should be all of the on project gutenberg but I am not sure.
Any tips about visit to Centre Pompidou? I've never been inside so far and the website doesn't help me plan the visit too much. Any tips? How much time should one have for a visit? Can you "see it all" in an afternoon or is it like le Louvre, a place you must return to repeatedly?
Any favourite bookshops? Second hand bookshops (I've been adviced one by a native parisien, so I'll let you know what it was like) or "just" awesome normal ones. I found a medical bookshop that should have something I've been wanting for a long time. So, anything more interesting than fnac that you can recommend? But I'll visit a fnac anyways, I suppose
Tips on interesting program for children? I've been adviced the zoos (there are two), the dinosaur exhibition... but that might be a bit too far from the centre and we don't have that much time. Perhaps a good natural history museum or something like that? Or a good technical museum could satisfy everyone. Any experience with those?
I hope to go shopping as well (I hate the fact the Czech Republic usually gets just what isn't wanted elsewhere or at least it looks like in most shops around here. Unfortunately, even our HM and a HM elsewhere is simply not the same, that's why I go shopping wherever I travel. I am not a barbarian! (I almost feel guilty asking about such things like shopping on this intellectual forum) I just like the same or better prices for better choice. And cloths that actually fit me ), any tips? I've gathered some online and will remember my previous trips as well but still. Anything particularily worthwhile for a "middle class" girl (not a milionaire) who needs to renew half her wardrobe? (That's the dark side of losing weight. Spending money on better food and sport leads to more money being spent on new clothes) Anything interesting most "shopping guides" online don't mention?
And most importantly: Anything awesome people tend to miss when going to Paris? I've probably seen all the commonly sought monuments, but there must be thousands of interesting places left to amaze me. Anything that excited your eyes/ears/heart/brain/tongue during your visits?
Thanks for all your tips, I suppose I'll be adding questions later today and tomorrow, as I explore all the other options we've been considering.