Travellive 7 - 2018

Best time to visit Paris
The ideal time to travel to Paris is
from April to June or from October to
early November when the weather is
dry and cool.
The period between December and
February is not a bad time either.
Although the weather is quite cold,
you can experience the Christmas
celebration when all the streets, parks
and shopping centers light up, perhaps
even under snow.
Must-try delicious dishes
‣ If possible, you should try as many
dishes as possible in Paris as these
experiences are worth it. However,
there are some traditional French
dishes you should not miss such as:
Magret de Canard: Made from
fattened duck liver. The meat is
sweeter, more delicious, and fatter
than other types of duck.
C´te de Boeuf: A roast beef dish
served with sea salt, thyme and French
fries. There are also restaurants that
serve this dish along with pepper
sauce, or cheese sauce accompanied
with salad and vegetables.
Mussels are cooked with butter,
white wine and parslly, and served
with French fries or seafood such as
live oysters accompanied with lemon,
butter and bread.
Tips
‣ The cafäs and restaurants you
should visit when coming to Paris:
Le Bouquet d'Alesia cafÈ (75
Boulevard Avenue du Gänäral Leclerc,
14 th arrondissement) opposite the
Saint-Pierre-de-Montrouge church.
Cafe De La Mairie (8 Place Saint-
Sulpice, 6 th arrondissement Paris): the
favorite address of many French.
Au Pied de Cochon located right in
the heart of 1st arrondissement Paris
(No. 6 Coquilliere Street). It is one of
the most delicious and famous Parisian
pubs opened since 1947.
Kintaro (24 Saint-Augustin Street,
2nd arrondissement): Japanese flavors.
Au Vieux Paris d'Arcole (No.
24 Chanoinesse Street, 4 th
arrondissement): It dates back to
the 16 th century (at the time of the
Notre Dame Cathedral) and has been
preserved until today.
You can also visit the Pompidou
Center, also known as the Museum of
Contemporary Art, named after French
President George Pompidou. Paintings,
artifacts, and videos hang from the
ceiling, mounted on the wall, or directly
printed onto the walls, these pieces take
viewers from surprise to surprise.
Along the Pompidou is Place de
Stravinsky (1983), where locals and
visitors leisurely chat in restaurants, on
the aisle in the noise of sprinkling water
from a nearby fountain decorated by 16
impressive colorful sculptures inspired
by a composition of the late Russian
composer Igor Stravinsky. Behind the
fountain is a giant wall-painting made by
John Hamon, a person that no one knows
anything information about him except
his messy-hair, portraits wearing glasses
sticked next to all of his artworks in Paris
and around the world.
We visit the Canal Saint Martin where
the romantic canal is dotted with turning
bridges, stairs, and chestnut trees along
its banks. This place has the best bakery
in Paris - Du pain et des idäes.
The bold red painted bookshop, Artazart
Design Bookstore, is also a must-visit
shop in Paris. Established in 2000,
Artazar is Europe's No 1 bookstore
specializing in design publications,
photography, graphics, architecture,
fashion, contemporary art and many other
creative pictures and products. It would
be a shortcoming to talk about art without
mentioning Montmartre hill. I had to
come back here the 3 times I visited Paris
because of the liberal atmosphere, the
pride of a place where many artists live
and perform. On the way, I purposely
visited a grocery store which is a setting
in one of my favorite romantic comedies,
"Amelie", played by actress Audrey
Tautou or attempted to catch a glimpse
at Au Lapin Agile Cabaret, where three
late acclaimed painters Pablo Picasso,
Maurice Utrillo, and Henri de Toulouse-
Lautrec often came. After wandering
around, I reached the top of the hill where
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