{"id":31974,"date":"2020-05-12T05:30:53","date_gmt":"2020-05-12T03:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=31974"},"modified":"2020-05-10T22:14:30","modified_gmt":"2020-05-10T20:14:30","slug":"french-culture-new-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/french-culture-new-day\/","title":{"rendered":"French Culture – A New Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

As of Monday, France has started the slow process of opening up<\/a> for business. And while travel within 100 kms of home is now permitted, foreign visitors will still need to quarantine for 14 days if they travel to France. So no trips for me anytime soon … but the news did get me thinking about when I might be able to go back to my favorite city in the world.<\/p>\n

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Des id\u00e9es<\/strong> insolites<\/strong> \/ Unusual ideas<\/em><\/p>\n

I’m sure on my first trip back I’ll fill a lot of my time exploring some of my old favorites<\/a>. But I will want to mix in some new experiences as well, like when I visited the Place Dauphine<\/a> for the first time last fall.<\/p>\n

Fortunately Paris still has much for me … and you … to discover!<\/p>\n

\"\"La crypte de la colonne de Juillet<\/strong><\/p>\n

While anyone who has visited the city is likely familiar with the July Column, rising as it does over 50 meters (164 feet) above the famous place de la Bastille<\/a>, what few know is that there is a crypt underneath<\/a>!<\/p>\n

The crypt, open to the public since 2018, houses remains of not only participants of the 1830 revolution that ended the reign of Charles X (and which the monument commemorates), but also from the 1848 revolution.<\/p>\n

On a panel at the base of the column one can read \u00c0 la gloire des citoyens fran\u00e7ais qui s’arm\u00e8rent et combattirent pour la d\u00e9fense des libert\u00e9s publiques dans les m\u00e9morables journ\u00e9es des 27, 28, 29 juillet 1830.<\/strong> \/ To the glory of the French citizens who armed themselves and fought to defend the public liberty on the memorable days of July 27, 28, 29, 1830.<\/em><\/div>\n

Du Japon \u00e0 Paris<\/b><\/p>\n

Le d\u00e9paysement <\/strong>(change of scenery \/ <\/em>lit. ‘uncontrying’<\/em>) that comes with any travel is doubled in the gardens of the H\u00f4tel d’Heidelbach<\/a> au Mus\u00e9e national des arts asiatiques<\/strong> (Heidelbach House at the National Museum of Asian Arts<\/em>).<\/p>\n

Complete with\u00a0pavillon de th\u00e9\u00a0<\/strong>(tea house),\u00a0<\/em>the gardens, designed by the Franco-Japanese architect Agn\u00e8s Latour-Kurashige, will transport visitors from the heart of Paris’s 16th arrondissement to the tranquility of the Japanese countryside<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Les rues presque vides …\u00a0<\/strong>\/\u00a0The nearly empty streets …<\/em><\/p>\n

One thing that I won’t ever get to see – at least in person – are the streets of Paris as they have been these last few weeks during le confinement<\/strong><\/a>. If you can access it, check out this Facebook album<\/a> for an idea of how Paris changes without people. Or watch this great video<\/a> … and be sure to watch till the end to see Parisians\u00a0sortants pour applaudir le personnel soignant ainsis que tout ceux qui sont au front pendant l’\u00e9pid\u00e9mie\u00a0<\/b>(coming out to applaud health professionals and all those on the front lines during the epidemic).<\/em><\/p>\n

Euovision Alert!<\/strong> As I mentioned previously<\/a>, the live Eurovision finale has been cancelled for this year. Instead, you can watch Europe Shine a Light<\/a> on line on the organization’s official YouTube channel<\/a> le samedi 16 mai \u00e0 21:oo CEST<\/strong> (Saturday, May 16 at 9 p.m. Central<\/em> European Summer Time<\/em> … click here <\/a>to see what time that is where you live!<\/div>\n

Main image by Pierre Blach\u00e9<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0from\u00a0Pexels<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Colonne de Juillet courtesy Tim Hildreth<\/p>\n

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As of Monday, France has started the slow process of opening up for business. And while travel within 100 kms of home is now permitted, foreign visitors will still need to quarantine for 14 days if they travel to France. So no trips for me anytime soon … but the news did get me thinking…<\/p>\n

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