Dragon's Lair Fans - Arcade Lifestyle
General Chat => Arcade Lifestyle => Topic started by: uncletom on July 19, 2013, 11:04:03 AM
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So, I have been touring with my nervous cat around Europe, and now we have arrived in Paris. Yes, the city of many colors and even more smells.. But, because I am an avid arcade game life-styler I dont care about the smells. What I care about is ARCADES!
Now my fellow french allies; where are your arcades?
(Any information will be treated highly confidential)
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In Paris arcades are the arched sidewalks on the grande projects! Ditch your arcade fever for a few days and enjoy the most beautiful city in the world.
Do you now why Paris is so beautiful? Because of the smart way the building blocks are constructed. Most of central Paris has blocks that are made of one big entrance to a courtyard with left and right a space for commerce, and above it 6-7 stories with apartments. Guess what: it is the ideal mix of work and living: exactly the right amount of working space for the people that live above. This means: Paris works everywhere, the distance between work and living is nowhere as short as in Paris, and they can handle massive amounts of tourists without becoming touristy, as the working Parisian is always more visible than the tourist. Together with a big boom of cycling, and the great weather at the moment, it can't get better.
And RENT A BICYCLE! Cycling the roundabout at the Arc the Triomphe is more fun then the line of the Eiffel Tower.
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Wow! Thank you Blanka. That is really interesting information (you work as a tourist guide?). My arcade fever has been quite cool for a while due to the fact that I have been racing my rented Nissan Q through all the various scenery Europe offers, just like GTI Club but in real-time. I figured that inbetween all the tourism and city browsing, including your profound system of living (we rent a small appartment here) maybe I could squeeze in something less amazing like some good old interactive digital art.
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We where on holidays 2 weeks ago in the south of france.
on the way back we stopped over night in Paris.
I defenetely recomend to go to the eiffel tower between 21:00 and 23:00.
Then you can see the sun go down and the lights lit up !
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Do not miss the Neo Legend shop @ Paris! Check this out (https://www.dragonslairfans.com/smfor/index.php?topic=2438.0).
Say hi to them for me ;)
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Thanks, Bruno. I will.
Thank you, Eti. It is very nice of you. However, it isn't my first time in Paris and, as strange as it may seem, I am not impressed by the eifel tower. If l want an overview of the city I would take a trip to Montparnasse and their '360 cafe' at the top. The Eiffel is just a dangerous piece of metal waiting to be recycled. Sorry, but that is the truth.
To give you an example of what I am doing here: walking around the Latin Quarters eating crepes, taking a tour with the tourist bus just to get a nap, sitting at the outside tables drinking beer watching beggars use their kids as bait, and taking the heat of the sun vaporizing my brain.
We've been on road through Berlin, Prague, Chrudim, Oswiecim (and their awesome human recycling plant), Vienna, Lichten..., Sweitz (and the current jazz festival), ... well you name it. So, I figured that once back in the seemingly civilized world I'd be able to get some sort of look at an arcade in business, if there still is such a thing left in the world today.
Does anybody know if there is an open arcade somewhere here in Paris?
(playstation & xbox doesn't count)
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What address is this shop at?
Ok, got it.
NEO LEGEND | 71 rue Crozatier 75012 Paris ...
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a new place in Paris 10 'Le nouveau Baron' in french :) a 'ghost bar restaurant' it looks pretty original
http://www.mylittleparis.com/restaurant-bar-fantome-paris-le-baron.html (http://www.mylittleparis.com/restaurant-bar-fantome-paris-le-baron.html)
(http://img3.uplood.fr/free/fwxx_photo_big7217.jpg)
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Thanks, Hi. Now it seems we are progressing. I would look great on photo holding that Afterburner stick. Now I need to convince Camilla to take me there, she thinks she knows Paris well so this will be a challenge.
I also bet that people there speak english, I am always very stunned by how little english people know here in France. I wonder why... You know?
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Why ?
Some obscure reasons but first a poor education system especially in learning language and an image of a certain idea of the "France" in the past. (there was a time when everyone had to speak French)
Otherwise we have lots of problem here, with the "French matter of thinking" :arrow: ( I am French (and I live in Paris area since 1999 ))
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Oh, and do not miss this huuuugege arcade (1500 square meters) : 'La tête dans les Nuages' (previously "SEGA WORLD)! We used to organize nice arcade meetings with the french board gamoover & all my arcade friends over there :) All the details here : http://www.ltdn.com/en/
Back in the days, there was a ... Galaxian Theater over there, yes!
Oh, and If you go there, ask to speak to 'Bigjeje' if he's still there... he helped me to get some Galaxian Theater parts still left! Maybe some other 'items' still available?
Have fun!
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another one
Meltdown, 32, rue Albert-Thomas, Paris Xe.
it is the 1st bar in the capital dedicated to e-sports (competition of video-games) Ans the is also a bunker againt zombie .. :spaceace:
(http://img3.uplood.fr/free/30ac_2391092.jpg)
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::) ;D Blanka stop smoking pot. let's talk of so many great 9.3. & 9.5. paradise places ::)
this le baron & the "dernier bar avant la fin" sounds so good for "false" hyped nostalgic..hipsters :-\. yep retrogaming is hype now & $$$ there :roll:
damn..no one mentioned THE arcade ?.. (yep but nearly 90% japanese influenced) loads of fighting games, shmups, dedicated Darius burst chronicles, etcc
http://www.arcadestreet.fr/log/?page_id=19
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Wooooww !!! arcade scene rulez in france ... :spaceace:
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;D yes, the french take good care of their good old stuff, a good example of this would be the Louvren. But damn the city is hot, and I do mean cooking. I need a shower every hour here.
Anyway, today I managed to haul Camilla to La Fantome. It is a nice place, bar, with aircon and a few cabs. At least three cocktails with Galaga, Donkey K..., also a NeoGeo inside an old Nintendo cab (Sherrif... something), a ms Pacman, upright Space Invaders (out of order) and ofcourse an upright but sadly somewhat invalidized Afterburner. I did play the Afterburner some, 1€ 2 credits, but the rumble pack/stick was loose inside the machine, so playing well was not possible. Oh, and they had a Sega Astro with SF Generations as well.
I see, thanks for your info, Hi. That old imperialism is visble everywhere here. You guys paint your roof tops in gold, and especially keeping that old tower alive and standing just shows you are a bunch of tough guys. I guess it was the french against the britts (but the battle is still on?). History is full of adventure. Althoug in sweden we focus more on the flowers and bees, occasionally some arcade games.
Thanks for the new suggestions guys! I will sure check out the old Sega World, and the Arcade Street looks awesome.
Now I am forced to drink some port wine and eat cheese that we bought in the shop around the corner.
(Caincain, you need more pot)
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you need more bees & flower power ;D. i quit Paris because of this false superb appearance. be a tourist & living working (especially in suburbs) there is not the same thing (see some things about Trappes & Bretigny recently.. it's the boiling room more & more... ::)) .. renting in central paris ? no kidding, who can with normal incomes ? .. it's useless at a time, you see zombies everywhere wasting their energy. if you dont have will to quit it at a time, you'll be dry.
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I understand, Cain. It is more or less the same in any larger city, you see it in Stockholm as well and ofcourse I hate that. Prague and Berlin also had this with russians and italians buying building spaces opening shops and restaurants for tourists. I feel ripped off just buying a beer in the centre, and as if that isn't enough the waitress asks me and Camilla to pay and leave after about 30 minutes. Now, what kind of stress is that, like a ride on some attraction in Disneyland - in, take my money, and out.
About the appartment that we rent, it belongs to a colleague of Camilla's. We pay only the actual cost for 2 weeks. I think it was €250 a week, a small sized 2 bedroom flat plus a kitchen space with TV room/dining room in "Paris 10". Haha... Actually I feel more that I am in africa than in France, every night you hear some sort of police involvment or some quarrel. Which in my terms makes things more exciting, but not for Camilla, she is very nervous.
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I strongly recommend you to spend some time in 'Paris 13ème'. It's the Asian (Chineses/Japanese/Vietnames) area of the town. Great (means 'authentic') & cheap food, nice place to walk, good 'mood', safe area... one of my favorite sector in the town. :)
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I strongly recommend you to spend some time in 'Paris 13ème'.
I was doing a picture search on that....
What a find:
http://astudejaoublie.blogspot.be/2012/08/paris-13eme-bureaux-serete.html
Cool!
Another one in the 13th:
http://astudejaoublie.blogspot.be/2012/11/paris-ensemble-universitaire-tolbiac-m.html
That area is dope! Want to go to Paris now.
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if you live and have $$$ blanka, sure the place can be cool. i really enjoyed some places as you stated (gardens, cinemas, cool squares places , near "bercy" in south paris). but the areas were so damn expensive to live i couldnt even imagine :-X. the architecture of floors & nearly hiden spots you show is just perfect for dope dealers & stealers places ;D :-\ . not all suburbs are insecure, but you need some guts to go to some weird places that sounds more ghettos... loads of chinese tourists are so insecure about Paris.. their government claimed more of our politics about this :lol: :roll:
;D :P yep i guessed same thing when tripping in Goteburg with sven666 & his pals, it's certainly sweet.. if you have a good living way. prices are 2x times more than Paris :ghost:
it's not dream, france is about to go after greek, italy, spain in the same hole. enjoy new world order :-\
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the problem with big towns is too for raising child.. another experience of hardness and time spent in trains/railways/underground is so infamous, more couples quit big towns to "re"live again in small places.
for Bretigny.. imagine a railway problem, some dead people.. not good.. but when youngsters from local blocks come to scavenge & steal goods from dead and throw stones to enforcers & rescue teams :shock:.. and politics say nothing happened.. yep france suburbs downtown..
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for Arcade street, it's in "Nation", you have to go there for a glance of japanese full arcade !
(http://i1158.photobucket.com/albums/p610/mickeybender/dariusburstanotherchroniclesarcadestreet_zpsb803c047.png) (http://media.photobucket.com/user/mickeybender/media/dariusburstanotherchroniclesarcadestreet_zpsb803c047.png.html)
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Another one:
http://astudejaoublie.blogspot.be/2012/07/paris-13eme-caserne-de-pompiers-massena.html
Not so negative Caincan! What are you doing there anyway if you feel like that in Paris?
Paris can be done on small pockets, no problem. And use the bike instead of the public transport. Lot of fun. The most ghetto I found in Paris was when driving the bicycle into La Defense (as you cycle into the parking layers way below the surface), but it is very child friendly compared to Detroit, and even that was not too bad.
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i said i quit (2 years ago). some times you dont have choice for a "job" but accept the worst places during yearrrs (public statement for my job condition :-\ :? ). had time to see that big towns drain you :P. i'd like go back some times but just for fun people i met (arcade fellas). only an euromillions would be a way to go there again and take good time as a real tourist :lol:
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Whew! Today was flee-market day. We went to ... Puce something, where they had this very big market of second hand stuff. But they also had alot of new wares like shoes, hats and clothes. And *so many homeless and poor people*!? So no arcades today.
I am noting down every place you guys recommend, china town would be nice to browse through. I see that there is alot of interesting architecture in Paris 13 (thanks Blanka), but that is for me enough to see in the pictures.
And yes, in the tourist areas eating and drinking is very expensive, I'd say about the same as in sweden and the tourist areas in stockholm, or gothenburg cities. But because we have a kitchen here, I cook.
Yesterday I made a pot of 500g pasta, fried some onions, paprika and chopped bacon, with a sauce provencal and a little chili-garlic hot sauce. This is enough dinner for two people over two days, and it doesn't cost much if you shop at Sparks. Tomorrow I will probably fix some good meat, alot of walking makes the feet sore. Also you need to drink lots of water in this heat.
Tomorrow I will probably have to subdue myself to some cultural torture again, but the day after it will be my day to decide where to go.
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Even in tourist area's you can eat cheap. I had a good dinner for two with wine near the Sacre Coeur for 40€ in total, espresso's for 1€. You can forget about that in Amsterdam, but in Paris it is easily possible. Just take a street corner others don't take.
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Blanka, how many of those dinners are you planning to eat each week, 5 or 7? Because 7 x €40 is €280, and thats only for dinner. What do you have for breakfast and lunch? I will not ask you to summerize it into one month because you were probably on holiday, and as such one does allow for certain exeptions. But to call a two person dinner at €40 cheap makes me wonder in what line of business you are, (diamonds? ;D). I'd much rather have a kebab, or a sandwich for €3.50 than sitting at a table paying more. But that's just me I guess.
I also think I ought to mention that I am not a tourist, at least I try not to be even though my Camilla is one. Yesterday we were walking around this huge cemetary with these funny looking graves like little houses, Camilla was searching for the grave of Jim Morrison, and some other grave of Alain Bash... something, and I wondered if my brain would explode from the heat, or from the awesome boredom I was experiencing at the time. On top of this I was being eaten by mosquitos.
In all the cities we have been this far I have fallen asleep on the sight-seeing bus, I have never bought a souvenir (I did pick up a small rock in the alpes though), and I have not taken one picture of any typical monument or place in any country except of castle Neuschwanstein, which I honestly did find interesting due to its playful appearance.
Today I hope to visit the Street Arcade and that other place on Rue Italian, sitting inside in an airconed environment having a coke and perhaps a sandwich, if I am allowed to eat there. I feel really done walking around Paris looking at stone walls and strange doors (even though they are supposed to have certain cultural value), done with sitting in cafes watching people, walking past cafes having people watching me, ... I need a beach.
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Today was a success. I was really happy to be able to see real arcades today, and in particular very well kept and serviced games. I would post some pictures here but I am using Camillas's ipad so I can only type.
The "Tete... nuages" was a typical modern arcade, just as I had imagined it. Fortunately there weren't many people so I could do just as I had planned; walking slowly through the arcade drinking a cool juice.
The dominating genres were racers and shooters, but they had a corner with several Sega Astros with Raiden Fighters, Metal Slug (?) and even some dance machines, and there was also a small bowling alley. I didn't play anything, I never do, not even the Let's Go Jungle Special. It impresses me as an interesting experiment by Sega, but that is about it. Sadly their King of Route 66 was down, and their StarWars Racer could do with new CRTs, otherwise all games looked OK.
The Street Arcade seemed a bit less commerce inclined but had alot more enthusiasm, with modern fighting games and tournaments. Two floors with sit-at cabs, mostly Astros, also these flat ones Viewlix (?) cabs with LCDs. The guys working there were very friendly, they were playing SF13 (I think it was) close to the front door there, then one asked me if I wanted to play, ofcourse I declined being a total noob on fighters.
Browsing the top floor was exciting, but the real fun was their basement full of 29" CRT Astros, however quite empty. I think there was just one guy playing ... can't remember what, but they had Demon Front, two Bombermans next to each other, and much more. I have to check the pictures to see what games there were.
As today was mostly a rainy day, one of the three guys playing upstairs (the tall one, i forgot his name) offered us an umbrella. Camilla was very pleased, and charmed, something that she will remember Paris for.
So now I have a few pictures to bring home to Sweden to make the guys on AT drule over. I am happy to have been able to see some still functional arcades with well maintained games, and I think that the Paris arcades are in better shape than those in Vegas and even Santa Monica Pier, where I was last year and became gravely disappointed.
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By the way, tomorrow we will be checking out Le Havre. Anybody knows anything about Le Havre, besides what is in the wiki? ... And Omaha Beach? Any arcade there?
I'm not sure what Camilla wants to do there, I think she saw some film or read something about it. Anyway, I'm driving a rented Polo so I'm happy.
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I think she saw some film or read something about it.
Think I saw that film. Was not much of an advertisement for Le Havre though.
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..and I have not taken one picture of any typical monument or place in any country except of castle Neuschwanstein
Germany 1
Rest of Europe 0
;D ;)
Waiting for the pics...though a row or even room filled with plastic cabs doesn't bother me very much ::)
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Well, one could say that, but France has many other things to be happy about.
Yesterday:
I drove a Peugot 208, by the way. The Polo was just as reference; "Polo or alike...". But the Pegout, being a french car, wasn't bad at all to drive. After an hour of blindly blundering through Paris La Defence district avoiding trucks and busses in all that french day time traffic ( we had two GPSs, none of them was updated) I became quite familiar with the controls. But the meter layout and placement was horrible, the wheel was infront of the meters so I couldnt see how fast I was driving. Anyway on the autostrada it performed like a little rocket (diesel rocket).
Le Havre was a nice, quiet, not so little town with really strange architecture. I was informed that the city was pretty damaged by bombs in the war, so there were very few old buildings left. All the other houses was built in a style like art deco, or something it. Often square with many right angles, still stylish. However no arcade games. I think I saw one pinball machine in a pub there.
Omaha Beach, well, a beach with lots of sand and rocks higher up on the shore. And the small towns you can drive by on your way there are so nice, like disney land but for real. However no arcade games there too, not at the quick look I was able to take while stopping there. Unless you guys know of anybody in a small village who collects games ... ;)
Yes well, today:
... another culture torture. I had to go watch some american, dead, gay artist again. But they had aircon & wifi so I guess I shouldn't complain. Then I had a litre of "pure orange jus" which made my stomach go blaaahhh. And I am getting pretty sick of the Metro, so many people, so many smells. I want to go home now.
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I'm a bit lost .... :-\ you are driving the autostrada?? To Le Havre to find a smelly metro and a death gay, american artist ??? ???
What is happening?.. The french like to call there highways ..autoroute, or are you in Italy? Who is the smelly american gay who they burried in the never (as far as i know) finished metro of le havre (I) :D :D :D
What is happening over there :o :o
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LOL...I can imagine a better smell than inside a crowded metro train with all the people sweatening at those temperatures ;D
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Luigi knows what I'm talking about. It is supposed to be a holiday but it turned out to be more like a mission of being a custodian to a mad ape trying to make a documentary on the city. It started out really super, I was driving a Nissan Quashcai with all the luxury accesories, the alpes were awesome, as was the festival in Switzerland. But now in Paris we're stuck in this appartment, no aircon, and no car, with only the subway and our shoes.
"Autostrada" or "Autoroute" same thing. Or "motorway" in swedish, and "autobahn" german. On the road was better, or if I would hang out in a airconed arcade would be better. Everybody here is so thin and that makes me feel fat. I think I ought to start smoking but I need a pipe. For the moment I am stuck here with Camilla's ipad.
Today will probably be another walking day as C wants to see the arch, again. I fear she's mentaly ill but we bought another 5-day visitor's subway pass so it looks like we'll be tourists for 5 more days. All this is just piling up in my brain to create an overload. I hope time will fly, or I will be flying.
Last night we were at the "grand canal", a sort of cool reservoire of water in the middle of town. But there were so many people there, students or something, some playing on guitarrs and singing, it was too crowded. Camilla wanted to sit down at the canal like everybody else eating and drinking, so we went to buy a baguette and something that looked like cheese. It is confusing in the grocery stores as you never know what you are buying because of the language. Anyway, we never sat down by the canal due to the crowded state it was in, everybody seemed to have their picnic at the same time, baguettes and cheese everywhere, so I ate while walking. C was taking photos of anything and everything, and well back at home I put the rest of the cheese in the fridge - a very bad thing to do. As I opened it this morning to get some juice I was struck by a horrible smell, ofcourse I had to buy the smelliest cheese in the store. So it has to go. No more cheese for me this month.
There's more, so much more, I'm getting it all mixed up though, the temperature is coolest in the mornings so the best time to think is between 08 - 11. The afternoons and evenings ought to be spent at a beach or by the pool. But where can I find that here?
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After the smell in the metro you had the smell of the cheese in your fridge.... :lol:
Seriously...write a (thin) book about it...this turns out to be one of the funniest travel reports I've ever read :D ;)
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Looks like "lost in translation" in french with cheese...
Seems to be like that everytime someone goes in a foreign country.
Le havre wasn't the place I would have adviced to visit. There are so many nicer place to see in France.
Maybe you should have ask here before planing your trip. Even some Paris inhabitants outta here would have guide you. Paris is always full crowded. It's the most visited town in the world. So....
But I agree, the metro is one of the most horrible thing to use in summertime. Heat and smells. :?
And about cheese, believe it or no, it's one the thing (with wine) that makes me think "thank god, I live in France". Especially when I come back from a trip in a foreign country.
If you want some advice, feel free to ask !
Regards,
Pierre
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Thanks, Pierre. But it is't our first time in Paris, or France. However it is our first time actually living here. Even though I can make myself understood in english, as well as understand some of the french I hear, I feel that the city is too big for me, any large city is.
The times we've been here before was maximum a week, and then we lived in a hotel closer to the centre. Camilla has always been the one to drag me along, I always came with her but only for her purpose, not mine. I try to avoid large cities. I've seen the tower now maybe four times, the arch also, and taken the sight-seeing busses surely five times.
Le Havre was actually a somewhat relaxing side trip for me as I got to drive again. Why Le Havre: because Camilla saw a film once called "Le Havre" and wanted to see more of the town. Which subsequently brought us to Omaha beach and the small town villages there. That was really awesome, getting lost in those little streets of ...ville Sur Mer was just like driving GTI Club again. I love driving.
Now we've been here in Paris for almost two weeks, and because I don't have anything to do other than follow Camilla around town, doing her stuff, I feel lost and trapped. All We do is ride the metro, or the buss, or walking to some shop or just getting lost. And now Camilla is complainig that her feet hurt, ofcourse. And there are so many tourists everywhere.
Today Camilla wants to go to a shop called "Repetto" to buy some shoes, and then to monmartre again for the third time in one week. Very well, this is like running through a quake level ten times without shooting. But by now I'd much rather prefer to play some football or basketball with any of our african neighbors here. I mean anything just to get out of this tourist trap. I don't take drugs, I don't drink alcohol (even though we have a bottle of great port wine in the fridge), I don't eat cheese or even smoke here anymore. I only want my life back. All my energy is gone. We are flying back to Sweden in three days but I thik it will take a long time before I will get back to normal. I doubt even sitting in a Star Wars Racer drinking a cool juice will make me well now.
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Sorry, I really laughed when I imagined you stumbling behind your missus through the streets of Paris, being sticked in the metro between sweatening people..... ::)
Oh dear, two weeks in Paris? Would be too much for me as well. I know what you mean 'the city is too big'. New York is an amazing city, but for me it's faaar too big, too crowded, too loud.
Crossing fingers you will survive this trip and that you can relax after that 'vacation' ;)
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I agree, holidays in such big cities (whetever city it is) isn't really for rest !
and yeah, tourist traps is really a shame !
Trip to Caen and D-day beaches is a must.
I'm sorry that it's such a pain trip for you, uncletom.
If you want to bring back nice (and not too expensive) macarons, I can advice you a good address:
(http://www.chocolaterielarnicol.fr/104-236-homeslide/macarons-aux-fruits-frais-confits-.jpg)
Maison LARNICOL
132 bd St Germain
75006 Paris
or
14 rue de Rivoli
75004 Paris
depends on were you're closer.
imho it's better than any other overpriced brand like "La durée".
These amazing specialities will make you forget your cheese nightmares.
you won't regret...
http://www.chocolaterielarnicol.fr/content/12-nos-boutiques (http://www.chocolaterielarnicol.fr/content/12-nos-boutiques)
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I've been to New York too, just a couple of years ago. They have order in their streets, wide sidewalks and alot of space. NY felt much easier than Paris for me, and I really loved the chinese buffets open 24/7. Even though I couldn't find one arcade there all was cool. The smells were pleasant, either hotdogs and pretsels, or roasted sweet almonds around every corner. It really was a happy time for me. Oh but they did have an arcade... That "Mars 2112" or something. Or was that a restaurant? And they did have a few smaller arcades in chinatown, I remember now.
Paris:
Well, it isn't quite that dramatic, infact I have become more fit walking up all those stairs and slopes. I have no problem with my feet or legs. It's just that feeling of pointlessness and the fact that I cannot do what I am used to at home.
We've bought some bread at Spar, and some eggs, so every morning we have omelett with toast and instant coffe. Then usually during the day we get a sandwich or kebab. In the evenings it is usually pasta with some sauce and added veggies and some chopped pork.
Thanks for the tip on the macarons. However they are everywhere, in every patisseri and boulangeri. They are very sweet so I cannot eat them. Camilla loves them though, macarons have only recently started selling in sweden. For quite a while only one shop had macarons, now they're in almost every cafee in every mall so they have become sort of 'passe' being so overexposed.
Yesterday we were at Repetto, a specialized shop for dance-equipment and also women's shoes. Camilla bought herself a pair of very expensive black shoes, ofcourse 'made in France' (not made in China). Then we wanted to try to walk home from Opera, but somewhere after montmarte Camilla freaked out and we had to take the bus. But somehow the bus took a wrong turn somewhere and we ended up walking home quite a distance anyway. I actually happened to see a pinball machine on the way in a restaurant, "Monster..." something.
Tomorrow we're leaving for sweden, so today we need to clean the appartment and also not forget to feed the fish. There's a goldfish here. Quite a social little fellow, every morning it swims around in a cheerful way. Camilla named it "Amellie", I named it "Camilla", it wasn't untill two days ago we were informed that she is a he, and that he has killed three of his previous goldfish friends and now there are only three alge-suckers left, they seem to survive ok because they are quick enough to swim away when 'he' attacks. So, I renamed him "Killer Karl".
Camilla is still shooting stuff around her, the spice shelf, the kitchen, the furniture, even the old floor... Like some mental freak, anything she thinks she can blog about regarding our Paris stay. I just want to get out of here now.
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Thanks for sharing your experience!
I don#t know these macarons at all...I only know those Madeleines...very tasty and not that sweet at all.
Have a safe trip home!! :)
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It's quite funny, as I'm living in the area where these specialities were born :
http://www.macaron-de-nancy.com/boutique_us/liste_produits.cfm?type=19&code_lg=lg_us&num=0 (http://www.macaron-de-nancy.com/boutique_us/liste_produits.cfm?type=19&code_lg=lg_us&num=0)
In fact those macaroon are a bit different as the one above, as there is no fodder inside, it's like a soft almond cookie.
Madeleines (top with tea) :
http://www.madeleine-commercy.com/ (http://www.madeleine-commercy.com/)
http://www.madeleinesdelorraine.com/ (http://www.madeleinesdelorraine.com/)
Commercy and liverdun claim as being the true genuine origin. In fact both are great and slightly different.
Not only wine and smelling cheese outta here 8)
I feel a bit like a tourist guide ;D
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Thanks for all that info, I will educate Camilla.
I see, so you live in Nancy, Funky? I think I have passed that metro station a few times here. So you are living and working in Paris? What to you do? You're not one of them crazy scooter drivers flying around the streets? ... eating alot of macarons?
Personally I try to avoid the sweet stuff as it makes me hyperactive at first but then very tierd. I mean, try eating a few of them macarons and then play Crysis or something that requires attention. At first you will rock, but soon you will become lazy and make mistakes. If at all sweets then only as medicine, and only a little piece just enough to gain some health. However in this case fruit is better. Or a glass of juice.
Yes, today we're leaving for home. I am looking forward to get back to my home, my PC, my games and our three cats. They are at my motherinlaw's now, Birgit has been their guardian while we were on holiday. I think it has been very difficult for her as those little trolls have no respect for her, and one of them has destroyed some items.
Anyway, I will be posting some pictures tomorrow, or so. I need to sort the pictures from all our trips through Europe, there is alot.
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Thanks for all that info, I will educate Camilla.
I see, so you live in Nancy, Funky? I think I have passed that metro station a few times here. So you are living and working in Paris? What to you do? You're not one of them crazy scooter drivers flying around the streets? ... eating alot of macarons?
Yes, uncletom. But nothing to do with Paris. :)
Nancy is about 400 kms away in the east of France. It's not far away from belgium, especially the nuno's Lair ! :)
It's the home of "Art nouveau", materialized in Paris by some stylish Metro gate, direct from the early last century :
(http://www.larousse.fr/encyclopedie/data/images/1002282-Hector_Guimard_bouche_de_m%C3%A9tro_Paris.jpg)
the designer, Louis Majorelle and his school are from Nancy, So here there's a lot of famous buildings in this style outta here...
Brasserie Excelsior (with its famous "Gigerish" organic ceiling) :
(http://files3.structurae.de/files/photos/64/nancy/dscf0641.jpg)(http://static.canalblog.com/storagev1/aubistrotducoin.canalblog.com/albums/l_art_nouveau_et_ses_creations_diverses/Louis_Majorelle___Brasserie_Excelsior_Nancy__2_.jpg)
and yeah you can have a drink or lunch here, even for an affordable decent price. No tourist trap here.
street view :
https://maps.google.fr/maps?q=place+stanislas&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:fr:official&client=firefox-a&gws_rd=cr&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=fr&sa=N&tab=wl (https://maps.google.fr/maps?q=place+stanislas&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:fr:official&client=firefox-a&gws_rd=cr&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=fr&sa=N&tab=wl)
Villa majorelle :
(http://www.ecole-de-nancy.com/web/uploads/images/majorelle/maison_artiste/image_04.jpg)(http://jcb1.pagesperso-orange.fr/ny1/imny1/17.jpg)
street view :
https://maps.google.fr/maps?q=place+stanislas&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:fr:official&client=firefox-a&gws_rd=cr&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=fr&sa=N&tab=wl (https://maps.google.fr/maps?q=place+stanislas&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:fr:official&client=firefox-a&gws_rd=cr&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=fr&sa=N&tab=wl)
place Stanislas :
(http://www.lesroulottesdelameurthe.fr/images_site/place-stanislas.jpg)
Street view :
https://maps.google.fr/maps?q=place+stanislas&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:fr:official&client=firefox-a&gws_rd=cr&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=fr&sa=N&tab=wl (https://maps.google.fr/maps?q=place+stanislas&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:fr:official&client=firefox-a&gws_rd=cr&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=fr&sa=N&tab=wl)
Personally I try to avoid the sweet stuff as it makes me hyperactive at first but then very tierd. I mean, try eating a few of them macarons and then play Crysis or something that requires attention. At first you will rock, but soon you will become lazy and make mistakes. If at all sweets then only as medicine, and only a little piece just enough to gain some health. However in this case fruit is better. Or a glass of juice.
Agree, I almost only eat this once or twice in the year :)
Compared to Paris, Nancy is a quiet peaceful City. i Couldn't live in Paris and its crazy taffic jam and pollution. :-[
As an example, the "place Stanislas" is now only for walkers. Motored Vehicules of any kinds have now denied access.
It was a great breakthrough.
Anyway, I will be posting some pictures tomorrow, or so. I need to sort the pictures from all our trips through Europe, there is alot.
event if it's tedious, once it's made, it changes life.
iPhoto, aperture, lightroom or picasa (depends also of your operating system)
have a good flight !
Pierre
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Thanks for all the pictures and info, Funky. Really interesting to see, we should have gone to Nancy instead.
I've been home now a couple of days and I'm still totally flushed :-\
Tomorrow I hope to start doing the pictures section by section; Berlin, that castle, Insbruck, the alps... and a separate section for the arcades in Paris. That's what I remember most anyway.
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And now, I have compiled a webpage with many pictures with brief descriptions for you. Thank you very much for your tips and advices so that I could visit a few of the arcades in Paris.
http://www.albyhus2.se/_paris/arcades/ (http://www.albyhus2.se/_paris/arcades/)
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Nice webpage. :)
I definitely have to go to this new restaurant with some Arcadians! :D
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:) nice pictures & fun term space invalid ;D! you should be proud of Camilla she's worth it, she's "arty" simply for good memorabilia intemporal stuff ;) (for the cemetery, it's about Gainsbourg serge)
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And now, I have compiled a webpage with many pictures with brief descriptions for you. Thank you very much for your tips and advices so that I could visit a few of the arcades in Paris.
http://www.albyhus2.se/_paris/arcades/ (http://www.albyhus2.se/_paris/arcades/)
Thanks to you for the ride, Uncletom ;)