Panzer IV running at the Overlord Museum in Normandy, june 2019
The Panzer IV from the Saumur Tank Museum was on display at the Overlord Museum to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the battle of Normandy.
What's up in Paris : May 2018
Welcome to the May 2018 issue of “What’s up in Paris”.
This monthly magazine is dedicated to everything you need to experience, see, listen to and do in Paris!
So stay with us and discover the “What’s up in Paris” selection of the events you shouldn’t miss in May 2018!
Experience:
Spring is with us and there’s nothing nicer than spending a bit of time on a terrace with a cold drink! From 1st May, Les Maquereaux’s airy terrace will be re-opening on the Banks of the Seine. Looking out to Ile Saint Louis, the famous barge will be offering products from the French regions: Breton oysters from Côtes-d’Armor, butter from Isigny-sur-Mer and sardines from the Ile d’Yeu. A real fresh-air feeling!
The sea will also be in the spotlight in Paris’ 14th arrondissement from 18 to 26 May, with the Brittany Festival. Music, dance, walks, concerts and gastronomy, all organised by the “Mission Bretonne” to help you learn more about one of France’s most famous and delightful regions. And don’t miss the “In the footsteps of Paris’ Bretons” rally , the “La dans tro” conference on the origins of dance in Lower Brittany and, of course, the pancake competition! See the full programme on: missionbretonne.bzh
From 23 to 27 May, the Nature Festival will be taking place all over France, including Paris. The theme for this 12th year is “Seeing the Invisible”, with little-known ecosystems that conceal tiny, unusual and fascinating species for us to study. The many activities on offer include guided tours, games, introductory sessions, gardening and workshops. Of particular interest are “Invisible life on the farm”, “Vegetable dies, unexpected colours” and “The secret life of bees”! See the full programme on: fetedelanature.com
See:
Feel like getting away from the traditional exhibitions? Since 13 April and until 11 November, “L’Atelier des Lumières” is offering an immersive presentation of the work of the Austrian painter Gustav Klimt. How does it work? In a vast room covering 2000m², visitors walk amongst the painter’s finest works to the music of Vienna waltzes, the whole provided by 140 projectors and a spatial sound system that “dematerialise” the works of this artistic genius. A thrilling thirty-minute “son et lumière” show including iconic works such as The Kiss and the Portrait of Adèle Bloch-Bauer!
Information: atelier-lumieres.com
“Museum Night” returns throughout Paris on 19 May. Through the night, the Palais Galliera, Paris’ Museum of Fashion, will be offering a variety of free tours, along with most of the other museums in the capital. Children will be offered a storytelling tour.
At the Quai Branly Museum, immerse yourself in the “Asian underworlds and ghosts” exhibition, from 6pm to midnight, as part of the “Scary visits” event. At the Vuitton Foundation, experience the world of the Japanese artist Takashi Murakami with the “In tune with the world” exhibition that questions man’s relationship with the world that surrounds him. The Picasso Museum will be hosting a performance entitled “I will keep a light burning”, devised by Renaud Auguste-Dormeuil. A thousand candles reproducing the starry sky as it was the night before the bombing of Guernica on 26 April 1937 will light your way towards the Guernica exhibition.
If you want to visit the Palais de Tokyo on 3 May, you’ll have to go naked! The Paris Naturists’ Association has succeeded in organising a guided “birthday suit” tour of the building. The Palais will be open to participants from 8pm. For everyone’s comfort, only registered visitors may enter the room.
Bookings: anp.paris75@gmail.com
Do:
And finally, for Mothers’ Day, Bonne Maman opens its doors from 16 to 20 May, on the Concorde Atlantique barge on Quai Anatole France. The programme for the day looks to be as full as your stomachs will be: Yoga and meditation lessons and breakfast with “Mon Jardin secret” jam in the morning, relaxing in the garden in the afternoon and “after work” with mocktails at the end of the day.
At lunchtime, release the child within you for a ferocious game of Uno or sit in a cosy armchair and leaf through a magazine before putting your hands to work at a DIY workshop. Various activities will be taking place in the garden: for example, you can learn to design floral jewellery or try your hand at knitting. There’s something for everyone of all ages!
Information: bonne-maman.com
Thanks for joining us – we’ll be back again next month!
Wandelen Normandië, Frankrijk
West-Normandië is vlak, uitgestrekt en verlaten. De bodem is van graniet, het weer weerbarstig en de bezienswaardigheden zijn gezonken of door zoute zeewind vergaan, maar juist dat maakt het gebied zo aantrekkelijk. Langs de kust van het west-Normandische schiereiland Cotentin loopt de GR 223, een wandelpad van 436 kilometer lang, van Isigny-sur-Mer aan de oostkust via Cap de la Hague naar le Mont-St-Michel aan de westkust. De GR223 verbindt de kalme oostkust van Cotentin met de verraderlijke rotsige westkust. Op Pad nam de trein naar Cherbourg en wandelde 5 trajecten van de GR223, met als beginpunt St-Vaast-la-Hougue en Carteret als eindpunt.
I LOVE Normandy
Normandy WE trip
Music:
Cocoon - Chupee
Music: Broke For Free - As Colorful As Ever
Locations:
- Saint-Lô (FR)
- Isigny s/ mer (FR)
- Marigny (FR)
- Grandcamp-Maisy (FR)
Cameras:
- Dji Phantom 4
- Nikon D5300 +18-140mm + 50mm
Oradour-Sur-Glane - Motorhome Aire de Repos
The aire at Oradour-Sur-Glane (best known for La Village Martyr) is signposted Aire de Repos and is a popular location. Visit for more information.
WWOOFing in Yvignac-la-tour, France, Europe
Raegan Test pets a goat.
WWOOFing in Yvignac-la-tour, France, Europe
Our experience (Raegan Test and Kris Kemp) wwoofing at a house and farm in Yvignac-la-Tour, France. In this video, you will see Aman (who lives at the house), Chanoix (a schoolteacher from the United States), Raegan Test (my girlfriend) and me (Kris Kemp). If you want to learn how to travel Europe like we did, for about $1.50 a day, visit: We backpacked around France for 3 months and Germany for 1 month. It was a great experience.
Hendaye France 19.5.2017 #0962
Von Moscow bis Sizilia - wir fahren Goggomobilia.
Komm mit uns auf Tour durch das schöne Europa.
Club Motorhome Aires - Pont-de-l'Arche, Upper Normandy, France
The motorhome Aire at Pont-de-l'Arche, Upper Normandy, France. Full details on the Club Motorhome website
Caceres Motorhome Aire, All the Aires Spain and Portugal, www VicariousBooks co uk
An ever popular Spanish aire conv located for the yearly dash to the sun come the British winter