I will be in Paris for the 4th time in September and I have never been on a Sunday. Being a NYer - it is always a bit shocking to me that things are closed on Sunday - is this true of all areas?
Is it a good day to take a day trip??
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It is a great day to go to the Marais. Start your morning checking out the market along richard Lenoir. You could buy a picninc here and then enjoy it in the Place des Vosges, but I recommend walking through and heading to the Picasso Museum, or the Carnavalet Museum (history of Paris, it is free, too). By then you may be hungry, so you can head through the Jewish Qtr. On the rue des Rosiers there is an EXCELLENT falafel joint called the Ace du Falafel (eat on site or take to one of the locla parks). On the rue Pavee ( the first paved street in the city) is an art nouveau synagogue designed by Guimart (the guy who did the famous Metro design). Around 2pm the shops along the rue des Francs Bourgeois open and you can head back up towards the Place des Vosges where there is usually a Klezer band and and youth orchestra, as well as a lively neighborhood scene to enjoy.
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Go to the gardens of your choice for some strolling. Choose a special restaurant and have a great afternoon meal. Buy a pass and board the buses that go to various neighborhoods that you have not seen. Don%26#39;t even have to get off. Sunday imorning is a good day to visit Sacre Coeur and then stroll the area and its flea market down below.
Take a train out to St Germaine en Laye. A lovely town with nice restaurant .
These are a few of the things we%26#39;ve done
Enjoy Liz
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Commerce in tourist areas is mostly open on Sundays. The Marais has been mentioned, but many shops are open on the Champs Elysées, or at the Louvre shopping mall as well.
A spelling comment, concerning the previous poster : why do English speakers insist on spelling Saint-Germain in the feminine form of %26quot;Germaine%26quot;?
Is there an analogy with an English word?
People must have trouble doing internet searches around %26quot;boulevard St. germaine%26quot;...
It is slightly funny in French because %26quot;Germaine%26quot; is a very old- fashioned female first name, conjuring up visions of elderly provincial matrons. Today, the French women named Germaine are in their 70%26#39;s and 80%26#39;s...
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I’m not sure if you are into this, but a few weeks back we spent a very peaceful Sunday morning on Ile De La Cite %26amp; Ile St-Lous. We arrived early, had continental breakfast at Brasserie Les Deux Palais, then strolled around and took in the sights and then walked through the marche aux Birds (I believe on other weekends it’s a flower market). We then attended mass at Notre-Dame Cathedral and the remainder of the day we spent at the Musee d’orsay. If you haven%26#39;t already been, you could also check out Pere Lachaise Cemetary-to the best of my knowledge it%26#39;s always open.
Have a great trip!
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Don%26#39;t want to be labeled an extremist, but what about going to church? We visited St. Sulpice one Sunday morning, couldn%26#39;t understand a lot of what was going on, but were asked to help carry the %26quot;elements%26quot; up to the altar during the service, and heard some absolutely magnificent organ music. St. Sulpice was the operating grounds of the two most famous organists of the last century, one of whom lasted there forty plus years. The organ there is one of the classical ones of Europe.
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%26lt;%26lt;Don%26#39;t want to be labeled an extremist%26gt;%26gt; We%26#39;re Jewish and went to Sunday mass in Italy last week, we were lured in my the music. And we%26#39;ve attended midnight mass at the Cathedral in Strasbourg.
As for Germaine... without the %26quot;e%26quot; it starts sounding an awful lot like German in English, so we add the %26quot;e%26quot; and make the %26quot;a%26quot; long. Probably further from the true pronounciation, but at least we get the country right :-) (if it makes you feel any better, the vast majority of posters also ask for advise, rather than advice)
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Trudaine - Perhaps a number of English speakers have added an %26quot;e%26quot; to Germain, but there are probably many others who have actually spelled it correctly. I assume that only the incorrect ones stand out to you. And when you think about it, there are many words/names that get mispelled, but that%26#39;s only natural coming from a foreigner, wouldn%26#39;t you say?
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Shoesy, I don%26#39;t know about you, but if I spend most of my time in the same place in a %26quot;foreign%26quot; country, well, I just get the spelling right after a while (granted, I would have some problems in Hebrew, let%26#39;s just limit this %26quot;prowess%26quot; to a Latin orthography! ). It%26#39;s also part of the famous %26quot;respect for other cultures%26quot; bla bla bla that many TA people talk about, and may they be blessed for that. But IMHO it%26#39;s more important to eventually correctly spell a simple name than spending hours in front of your screen wondering whether you should wear white sneakers or khakis not to %26quot;offend the natives%26quot;.
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I don%26#39;t know if spelling a name correclty is the most important thing when visiting Paris. Do you write down them for locals? So they%26#39;ll never know if%26#39;ve done a mistake or not. I have to admit that I am not even able to pronounce most of the names correctly! But I am not going to let it spoil my trip.
And if I started thinking if my English is good or not, I would never write anything here! And even in a short message like this, I had to check spelling of few English words to get them right.... So hope no one gets offended by my bad English :)
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