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Our favorite
links are all sites which deal with living in Paris, the French,
France, tourism in France, food in France, practical information
etc. Don't forget to bookmark our site and click on the following
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Read Harriet's monthly column
on the Paris Pages
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Best
sites on Paris
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www.paris.org |
Click on the
Paris Pages to read Harriet's monthly Letter from Paris and at
the same time enjoy this site which contains many useful links.
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if you enjoy Harriet's monthly column.
And if you have any favorite subjects you'd like to see addressed
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www.parisapied.com |
Paris à
Pied offers several walking tours (Old Paris, Latin Quater, Marais,
Montmartre), the best way to enjoy the full flavour of the city.
The site gives information on charming (and affordable) hotels |
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www.pagesjaunes.fr |
The
pagesjaunes.fr (yellow pages) site
gives addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, a picture
of ALL the buildings in Paris and how to get there ! It is
a VERY USEFUL site : you can see from the USA what your hotel
and the street it's on look like.... |
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www.parisinsites.com |
Long time Paris
resident Linda Thalman's letter to readers, with hundreds of
useful tips and links : travel in France, museums, weather, teaching,
etc... |
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www.jillbutler.com |
Jill Butler
is the author of three French/Paris related books ; she has an
interesting website where she displays her artwork and products. |
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www.pariscope.fr |
What shall we
do tonight? There's never a dull moment in Paris and week by
week, Pariscope lists everything from the latest wine bar to
what's on at the movies. In French, but with a small English-language
section. |
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www.parisvoice.com |
The website
of Paris's favorite free English-language weekly newspaper |
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www.wfi.fr/vallois |
Thirza
Vallois's books for the real lovers of Paris. An erudite historian,
Thirza makes the history of Paris come alive in her fascinating
books which are on sale at all major Paris bookstores. |
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www.parislive.fm |
The first radio station to braodcast exclusively
in English from France with daily half hourly news updates on
life in Paris and a mix of international, pop and rock hits. |
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www.chezfrog.com/
LeedsGood Value Guide to Paris Restaurants
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- Discover great meals
for as little as 20 Euros per person which include three courses,
wine and coffee. Keep the guide handy while you're in Paris because
it will put you directly in the shoes of a taste-seeking American,
Adrian Beerman Leeds, who has explored every nook and cranny
of Paris just for the pleasure of eating very well for very little
money.
- Learn French, rent/buy an
apartment etc.... with Parlerparlor
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www.frenchlinks.com |
Information
on Rachel Kaplan's informative books on Little Known Museums
in Paris, London and Berlin and her French Links cultural tours.
A must for those who think they've done it all! |
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www.discoverfrance.net |
A very
comprehensive and educational site on France and the French ;
a goldmine on the different regions of France (history, tourism,
etc...). |
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www.wfi.fr/ |
WebFrance
International is a Paris-based Web site developer primarily of
sites about Paris, France and the French culture and has published
a series of electronic "Paris Insider Guides". This
site is a comprehensive directory of its clients and guides and
provides valuable links to resources for Paris visitors. |
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and also :
- Photography, artwork, city guide and blog exploring the city
of Paris through the eyes of an artist
- An excellent interactive and
fully-searcheable street
map of Paris
- A great site to visit the city's
museums
- The RATP (public transport system) site contains
all the information you need about taking the bus, metro, etc...
in ParisThe site of the magazine This City
- Rick Erickson has a very interesting
WebSite : Metropole Paris
- Living in France : a very knowledgeable Web site (and magazine),
everything is in it !
- Paris Tourist Office has a very comprehensive site in English.
- Blvd Europe "The Magazine of European Culture"
- The official City of Paris
website
- Paris in Sites Newsletter : receive updates on Paris and WebFrance
International clients every 3 weeks, by subscribing to the Paris
In Sites Newsletter. Use the Web Subscription Form : this is
not a discussion list, it simply updates What's New and it is
free.
- Time Out
is a very useful magazine and runs a comprehensive WebSite.
- About Asian communities
in Paris
- For a list of commercial websites
(services in Paris), click here.
- More to come...
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Sites on France
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info@francetourism.com
New York : Tel. 212-838 7800 ; France On
Call Hotline 410-286-8310
www.franceguide.com
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This glossy publication is
put out annually by the French Government Tourism Office in New
York. It is written by American and English writers, most of
whom have lived in France for many years. Harriet is one of them
and has had the opportunity for the last 6 years to travel to
and to write about the Southwest, Southeast, Rhone-Alps, East
and West of France.
If you've never seen the publication,
contact the number we've given you to get a copy. But beware:
after you read it, you'll want to book a flight to France immediately!
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www.alloexpat.com |
Designed
to build a global expatriate community around the world |
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www.parlerparlor.com/ |
Parler Parlor : the most popular French/English
Conversation Group in Paris at Cetradel Language Center, hosted
by Adrian Leeds, Elisabeth Crochard and WebFrance International. |
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www.americansinfrance.net |
An
American living in Strasbourg, Jeff Steiner has a very informative
site, with many Q&A |
- Intercultural
differences
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www.pbaudry.com |
A
Frenchmwho lived many years in California, Baudry offers seminars
on intercultural differences and has a cyberbook with facinating
psycho-analytical views. |
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www.miquelon.org |
This
is a fantastic but quite depressing site with an extensive follow-up
of French bashing in
the USA, from journalists, politicians, anti-French websites,
etc... |
- France
and French regions
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www.francemagazine.org |
An
excellent magazine published by the French-American Cultural
Foundation in Washington D.C. |
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and also :
- Expatfinder : a search engine for people preparing to move
or working and living abroad
- www.expatwomen.com
Designed for women of
all ages and all nationalities living outside their home countries,
stories, resources and useful links
- For Canadian expats
and travellers in Europe
- A friendly and useful
site on France and the French language
- For a very large catalog of
sites on France and the French : lefrançais.net
- The American Embassy
site
- TheTravelzine.com is a very interesting travel site, full of information
- In French : a good site on France
and the French with a whole section on French-bashing (in English)
- The Association of Americans
Resident Overseas (AARO)
- An interesting site for expats
- For a list of commercial websites
(services in Paris), click here.
- More to come
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Blogs by Americans in
Paris (to be developed : give me the address
of your blog!)
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- Geopolitics, energy
and major world issues by Jerome Guillet, a young French banker
and a regular contributor to the Daily Kros
- Ms.B who
attended a Wine & Cheese Tasting at our place (sept 2005)
- An American who wishes to remain
anonymous
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| DID YOU KNOW THAT.....the French are
the world's most intensive bloggers ? According to the
International Herald Tribune July 28, 2006, they spend more time
blogging : more than an hour a day (USA : 12 minutes, UK and
Germany : less than 5 minutes), with 60% of the population of
internet users visiting blogs (USA : 34%, UK : 40%, Germany :
36%). More than 3 million have created a blog. Why ? Maybe because
the French, more than others, like to speak about themselves
? Compared with American blogs, "...French blogs are longer,
more critical, more negative, more egocentric and more provocative..."
. Some observers say that "...blogs have been embraced by
ordinary people and this will flip the rigid power pyramid of
the French society...." |
Sites on food and others
- Natoora supply
a range of fine fresh foods direct from individual French, Italian
and British producers
- Food
at www.zagat.com
- A friendly site
(with many recipes) for a friendly shop in the Latin Quarter
where you can find unusual products (many of which are from Provence)
such as Mimosa Jelly (to cook with chicken or fish) or Confit
d'Oignon
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- A very interesting site on French
cuisine, with links to hundreds of sites.
- If you want to visit French
with French experts in wine and food, contact Fugues en France,
a tour operator specialized in the discovery of France's regional
lifestyle, traditions and crafts.
- And more to come!
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If a suggested link
does NOT work, please let us know. We'll check the address and
remove the link if useless...
More links : For a
list of commercial websites (travel, products, activities, services)
click on services in Paris.
To related pages : more links,
my family
site, etc...
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Harriet Welty
Rochefort writes articles and books about France and the French.
Order her books :
- "French Toast, An American in Paris
Celebrates The Maddening Mysteries of the French", St.Martin's Press,
New York, 1999
- "French Fried, The Culinary Capers
of An American in Paris", St.Martin's Press, New York, 2001
More on Harriet's books (excerpts, upcoming
events, testimonials, etc..)
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