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We recommend the following goods
and services available to the American (and English-speaking)
community in France and which could correspond to some of the
needs of the visitors of the site, in addition to our favorite links. |
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Travel
- Secret Journeys: unusual curated experiences with top guides and private access ("Secret Journeys trades geographic breadth for depth" Travel & Leisure)
- Photo tours of Paris : learn about French history and improve your camera skills !
- Paris Guide : your Paris travel guide to all that there is to see when visiting the city of light.
- A Paris Travel - a good source for group tours, private tours, and trip planning for your travel to France.
- Paris Tourist guide is a complete guide with all the amazing historical places, best restaurants, hotels, etc.
- Visit
Paris on a bike with Mike's
Bike Tours
- Paris Through Expatriate Eyes : insider cultural tours for small discerning
groups
- Visit Paris in a cute 2 CV (the"sardine-can"
car)
- Visit the city's
great museums
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Guides
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- Book the Paris Pass with GetYourGuide.com and get free
entry to over 60 attractions in Paris! Skip the line, save time and
get great value for money!
- Weather in Paris
- French-Culture-Adventures : a guide to traveling beyond the superficial touristy experience
- Travel and tourism guide to France - About France.com, a guide to France for travellers, tourists and students
- Lost-in-France : Online magazine for expats anywhere in France,
lively discussion forum, articles, help & advice, directory
of English speaking trades & businesses, holiday accommodation,
online photo albums, classifieds, chess and much more. All Welcome!
- A good site
for Japanese visitors in Paris...
- Anita Owens-Bertuzzi has an
interesting site (for French people) to plan an unusual trip to
the U.S.A...
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The soul of Paris
Do you miss Paris sometimes and want to treat yourself to an original French product ? Or would you like to offer a typical Parisian gift ?
Thanks to Faubourg203.com, it is now possible to discover the most authentic arts and crafts made in Paris : we have carefully selected the best locally-made products for all lovers of the City of Light and are happy to share the secrets of Paris with you ! |
Original souvenirs from France
Faubourg 203 offers authentic Parisian products. With our wide variety of categories, you will be sure to find what you need : interior decoration, tableware, Parisian honey, chocolate, stationery, fashion and beauty care, etc.
We value high quality work and slow tourism
Paris is a lively, dynamic city, with thousands of passionate and enthusiastic craftsmen. It is unique, both modern and rooted in its traditions.
We want to favor and encourage a new art of travel. For this reason, you won’t find on Faubourg203.com any plastic Eiffel Towers made in factories located thousands of miles away. Sorry ! All our items are handcrafted in Parisian workshops. Thanks to our deep knowledge of the city, you will be sure to find an original object, 100% made in Paris. |
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French a La Carte provides private French lessons in Paris to match your needs, schedule and location. |
- Frantastique provides daily, fun, personalized French lessons which adapt to your level and interests. 10-15 minutes a day is all it takes to improve your French over the long-term. Sign up for our 7-day free trial and laugh while you learn!
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The French Lesson is a language school offering private French courses with a qualified |
| team of professors, each focusing on different subject matters ranging from French history to literature, arts and culture. Our main focus is achieving language objectives of each student with Paris as the the primary topic. Our classes take place in the most beautiful places of the city, many of them unknown to most visitors and even most Parisiens. Our customers are adult learners from different walks of life: professionals, retirees, expatriates or anyone finding themselves in Paris for an extended period of time and desiring to study French and learn about the French culture. |
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Learning French |
- Secret Journeys: unusual curated experiences with top guides and private access ("Secret Journeys trades geographic breadth for depth" Travel & Leisure)
- Photo tours of Paris : learn about French history and improve your camera skills !
- Paris Guide : your Paris travel guide to all that there is to see when visiting the city of light.
- A Paris Travel - a good source for group tours, private tours, and trip planning for your travel to France.
- Paris Tourist guide is a complete guide with all the amazing historical places, best restaurants, hotels, etc.
- Visit
Paris on a bike with Mike's
Bike Tours
- Paris Through Expatriate Eyes : insider cultural tours for small discerning
groups
- Visit Paris in a cute 2 CV (the"sardine-can"
car)
- Visit the city's
great museums
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Guides
& tours
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Products, activities and English-speaking businesses
in Paris
- A handy English-language tool that helps small and medium sized businesses find office space in France.
- An American webstore: "The 1-stop online shopping for your American food and goodies"
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American-run
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- Faubourg203 : an innovative platform for high quality gifts "made in Paris" (honey, perfume, decoration, kitchenware,..) by young designers and chefs.
- Bilingual and Audio E-magazine for
Expatriates in France, French Students and Francophiles
- Best prices for French books
at online bookstores...
- Dazzling gifts from France at
QuelObjet.com
- For creative and innovative
ECards
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- Lost-in-Frenchlation : the best French films with English subtitles
- A club for people interested
in wine
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- Attend an auction
Salle Drouot, every day...
- French
for a Day program : Cooking class with Sue Young
- The first English-speaking concierge
in Paris !
- Play
paintball near Paris ! Paintball-connexion
(2, bis rue Victor Hugo 95650 Boissy l'Aillerie Tel : 01.34.42.68.68
Fax : 01.34.42.76.36) offers 50 free balls to the visitors of
this Website !
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Activities |
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Services
- Discover luxury campervan hire in France in your own time, made available to you by Compare and Choose.
- Rue Amandine : Discover and experience Paris in the real parisian way: apartments to rent in Paris and all the services and assistance to make the most out of your stay and to make you feel Parisian!
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Service for travelers |
- a good site to French
- more links
on learning French
- A
useful guide of sites for managers by the Association of
alumni of Paris IAE (Institut d'Administration des Entreprises)
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- Parcelshipper offer discount shipping to and from the UK
- Hand-on cooking school
- Student exchange, with ELCD, an organization in the South-West
of France, to facilitate
direct individual homestay exchanges and homestays only between
students or people of all ages and from all walks of life.
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Please email
me and help to complete
this list and let me know if any of these links does not work
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To related pages : See my new section Job Offers, favourite links, to a page of links focused on property & rental, Paris For Americans,
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Harriet Welty
Rochefort writes articles and books about France and the French.
Order her books:
- "Joie de Vivre", Secrets of Wining, Dining and Romancing like the French, St.Martin's Press, New York, 2012
- "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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