Paris is such a rich place in many ways in terms of interesting locations and streets, museums, pubs, music, dance, exhibitions…….The list is endless. And they don't have to cost an arm and a leg. You can get great enjoyment that is not very expensive or even free!
It can be easy to forget about fully experiencing them when living here. I certainly feel that I am not going to enough of them. So, one of my resolutions for 2011 is to do better future planning. I’ll start to add my list of activities that I’ll do in the coming weeks and months.
Sunday, January 16
Mass at 11.30 am welcoming the new Irish Chaplain Fr Sean Maher attended by members of the Irish community in Paris, and the Irish Ambassador HE Paul Kavanagh and is wife Rosemary.
Irish Cultural Centre
5, rue des Irlandais
75005 Paris
Website: http://parisgaels.celeonet.fr/chaplaincy
Website : http://www.centreculturelirlandais.com
Facebook: Les Amis de la Chapelle St Patrick
Métro: Cardinal Lemoine (line 10)
RER: Luxembourg
Saturday, January 15
Birthday party for a friend held in Café de la Plage, a café / bar / concert venue on two levels. There is a DJ or live music most evenings and a dancing area downstairs in the cave. On this evening the DJ is Funky Size and the music funk / soul.
Le Café de la Plage
59, rue de Charonne
75011 Paris
01 43 38 48 19
Website: http://www.laplage-lecafe.com/blog/
Métro: Ledru Rollin, Charonne
Tuesday, January 11
Andromaque is a tragedy in five acts written in 1667 by the French playwright Jean Racine. It was first performed before the court of Louis XIV in the Louvre attended by Queen Marie Thérèse. It was the third play by Racine and this performance established his career.
Comédie-Française
Place Colette
75001 Paris
E-mail : informations@comedie-francaise.org
Website: http://www.comedie-francaise.fr/
Métro: Palais Royal-Musée du Louvre
More details about the play:
Andromaque on Wikipedia in French
Andromaque on Wikipedia in English
Sunday, January 2
The first Sunday of each month is free entry to public museums in Paris so I might take advantage of this and go to the Musée du Quai Branly. Compared to most large museums in Paris the Musée du Quai Branly is more recent. It opened in 2006 and features art, cultures, and civilizations from Africa, Asia, Oceania, and the Americas.
It is open on Sundays from 11h00 to 19h00.
Musée du Quai Branly
37, quai Branly Portail Debilly
75007 Paris
01 56 61 70 00
E-mail : contact@quaibranly.fr
Web site : http://www.quaibranly.fr/
Métro : Alma Marceau (Line 9), Iéna (Line 9), Bir Hakeim (Line 6)
RER : Pont de l'Alma
Bus : 42, 63, 80, 92
Friday, December 31
Hogmanay Party in the Scottish Auld Alliance Pub from 15h00 to 02h00 on Friday, December 31, 2010. This could be a fun evening. I might pop in to see what is happening. I must remember the words of Auld Lang Syne!!
I typically go to The Auld Alliance when I want to see rugby and football matches, bring visiting friends and to have a fry up breakfast at the weekend!
80, rue François Miron
75004 Paris
01 48 04 30 40
E-mail: davidhamilton99@hotmail.com
Web site: http://www.theauldalliance.com/
Métro: St Paul (Line 1) or Pont Marie (Line 7)
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