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Sep/2/2010 Event in PARIS
from the
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2010
Dear food-lovers, big and small
Enjoy your visit and bon appétit !
Eating is one of our main preoccupations as human beings. Barely out of the womb, newborn infants clamour for the breast or bottle. They discover the taste of fats and their first flavour, sweetness.
Once they reach adolescence, will these almost independent eaters still be capable of finding their way across the food landscape? Do they know why and what they are eating? Are they able to discover happiness and health on the dinner plate?
This page was designed especially for you who may visit Paris for the first time. The idea is to give you advices and help you prepare for this trip.
Districts of Paris
Paris is made up of 20 arrondissements (districts) from 1 to 20. The first arrondissement is in the center of the city on the right bank. The arrondissements are layed out in the form of a spiral and turning clockwise. There is a direct relationship between the last two numbers in the Paris zip codes and the arrondissements. For example, an address with a zip code of 75012 (all Paris zip codes start with 750) is found in the 12th arrondissement, 75004 is in the 4th arrondissement.
Gratuity
Your restaurant/cafe check already includes a 15% gratuity. But a gratuity around 5/10% is expected at restaurants. Your credit card receipt won't show any gratuity line.Taxi and guides of organised city excursions will appreciate a small tip. Don’t forget to tip the lavatory attendant !
Holidays/Festivities
Banks, government services, most museums and all department stores are closed on the following days: January 1, Easter Sunday and Easter Monday, May 1 and 8, Ascension Day, Whitmonday, July 14 (National Day), August 15 (Assumption Day), November 1 (All Saints Day), November 11 (Armistice Day), Christmas Day.
Lunch and dinner
French people do lunch between 12:30 and 2:30 PM, and dinner between 7:30 and 10:00 PM. If you wish to avoid the crowd, lunch at 12:00 tops and dine out from 6:00 to 7:00 PM. Restaurants rarely serve between 2:00 and 6:00 PM.
Street
There are three general rules to know regarding the orientation fo the streets:
- The streets running perpendicular to the Seine (North-South) are numbered in starting from the Seine.
- The streets running parallel to the Seine (East-West) are numbered in the direction that the Seine flows.
- If you place yourself at the beginning of a street (next to the address #1) and look towards the other end of the street, the odd numbered addresses are on the left side of the street and the even numbered addresses are on the right.
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Hotels with a WIFI Internet access
Hotel
Tivoli Champs Elysees Paris
3 star Design hotel, near the arc de Triomphe.
Hotel Ceramic Elysees Paris
3 star hotel with its famous ceramic facade a step from the Champs Elysees.
Hotel Etoile Trocadero Paris.
3 star hotel between The Trocadero square and The Champs Elysées and The Eiffel Tower.
Hotel Tilsitt Champs Elysees Paris
3 star hotel near Arc de Triomphe
Hotel Motte Picquet Invalides Paris.
Left bank 3 star hotel, Invalides and St Germain des Pres.
St Petersbourg hotel Paris Opera.
3 star hotel located near the Opera House and the Department Stores.
Hotel Louvre Marsollier Opera.
3 star hotel near Louvre and Opera.
Hotel Marignan Champs Elysees Paris.
4 star hotel in Paris located beetween the champs Elysees and Arc de Triomphe.
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