TRAVELLIVE 2-2016
I have a three-year old daughter. To teach her basic science knowledge, I always play some interesting games with her. One of her most favorite games is “raining ice cube”. We put an ice cube above a glass of a little hot water. Some seconds later, tiny water droplets will fall down like a lovely “rain”. February comes, new season greets us with drizzling rain whose tiny droplets dampen our hair and shoulders, running down our windows and blurring the world across the pane. Once my daughter woke up early in the morning and pressed her face against the glass pensively, and asked me “Mommy Mommy, there are some ice cubes on our roof, right? Our house is warmer so it rains like this, huh?”
I have a three-year old daughter. To teach her basic science knowledge, I always play some interesting games with her. One of her most favorite games is “raining ice cube”. We put an ice cube above a glass of a little hot water. Some seconds later, tiny water droplets will fall down like a lovely “rain”. February comes, new season greets us with drizzling rain whose tiny droplets dampen our hair and shoulders, running down our windows and blurring the world across the pane. Once my daughter woke up early in the morning and pressed her face against the glass pensively, and asked me “Mommy Mommy, there are some ice cubes on our roof, right? Our house is warmer so it rains like this, huh?”
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The cafä is designed like a house<br />
that the owners are still living in.<br />
The kitchen is radiant with the<br />
glimmering of so much metal<br />
cookware. In the living space, there<br />
are still traces of breadcrumbs on<br />
the edge of the table, as if someone<br />
had bought bread from the bakery<br />
in such a hurry that she left them<br />
on the table when heading back<br />
home the night before. And tonight<br />
there will be jackets and hats<br />
hanging on the clothesline!<br />
In this cafä-like house, every nook<br />
and cranny has been utilized<br />
to serve guests. You can crawl<br />
into the bathtub with a cup of<br />
hot chocolate or cover up in the<br />
bed among a plethora of dolls of<br />
different sizes with a book and<br />
a cup of tea. In the next room,<br />
a group of excited students is<br />
discussing their preparations for<br />
an up-coming presentation. One<br />
of them is relaxing on the bed,<br />
another lazily on a chair, while the<br />
other is thumbing through a book.<br />
They seem to make themselves at<br />
home as if they really were at one of<br />
their own homes. Though we are all<br />
strangers here, everyone can find a<br />
little space to call their own while<br />
here.<br />
The most interesting aspect of<br />
Le Pavillon des Canaux is that it<br />
is constantly changing its form<br />
regardless of the room and its<br />
traditional function. The bathroom,<br />
which you had once used to enjoy<br />
a cup of hot chocolate, has now<br />
transformed into a small hair<br />
salon. The courtyard between the<br />
house and the canal has become<br />
the space for an outdoor Yoga class.<br />
Le Pavillon des Canaux gives you<br />
countless reasons to come back<br />
again and again. If you like the<br />
brand, Love & Dress, come to the<br />
kitchen. Near the Christmas tree<br />
is the new collection. The cafä also<br />
offers some courses. If you want<br />
to take up a new course that few<br />
people know about, then Culinary<br />
Stylist would be an exciting<br />
choice. Or if you would like to stay<br />
here overnight to do something<br />
like work on your final thesis,<br />
come here and you will find your<br />
companions.<br />
Sometimes, you don't need a<br />
reason for coming here. As for me,<br />
I just visit this pavilion from time<br />
to time to reminisce about the time<br />
I stepped into Elise's world. As for<br />
Elise, Paris is her entire world.<br />
FURTHER INFORMATION<br />
- Official website of Le Pavillon des<br />
Canaux: www.pavillondescanaux.com<br />
- For updated information about the most<br />
inspiring cafä in Paris, please visit www.<br />
goodcoffeeinparis.com<br />
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