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Travel: ‘Best Of 2020 Paris Christmas Lights’ (Video)
In this video, a compilation of my walking tour in some popular places , streets with the beautiful Christmas lights and decorations in Paris on December 2020/2021.
►WALKING ROUTE TIMESTAMPS◄ 00:00:00 Intro 00:00:36 Galeries Lafayette 00:20:17 Passage du Havre 99:24:33 Rue du Faubourg-Saint-Honoré 00:51:22 Le Bon Marché 01:02:43 Rue Saint-Placide 01:08:29 Rue du Bac 01:26:17 Avenue des Champs-Élysées 01:46:06 Avenue Montaigne 02:08:44 Place de la Concorde 02:12:20 Rue Royale 02:17:02 Le Village Royale 02:26:46 Tour Saint-Jacques 02:29:00 Rue de Rivoli 02:34:31 Hôtel de ville de Paris 02:55:12 Place de la Bastille
Walks: New Year’s 2021 On The Champs-Élysées, Paris
PARIS NEW YEAR 2021, Champs-Élysées This video filmed before curfew.
Tributes: French Fashion Designer Pierre Cardin Dies At 98 (Video)
Legendary French fashion designer Pierre Cardin died Tuesday at the age of 98 at a hospital in Neuilly in western Paris, his family told AFP.
Pierre Cardin, was an Italian-born naturalised-French fashion designer. He is known for what were his avant-garde style and Space Age designs. He preferred geometric shapes and motifs, often ignoring the female form. He advanced into unisex fashions, sometimes experimental, and not always practical.
Walking Tours: ‘Collioure – Pearl Of the Vermillion Coast’ In Southern France
The pearl of the Vermillion Coast, the little town of Collioure, prized by painters, makes an incredibly picturesque, enchanting scene…It is a picture postcard place, with its royal castle by the sea, its port with local boats, its small pebbly beaches, the old town with its coloured façades and its emblematic pink-domed bell-tower!
Collioure is a town on the Mediterranean coast of southern France. On the sea, the medieval Château Royal de Collioure offers dramatic coastal views. The bell tower of 17th-century Notre-Dame-des-Anges Church was once a lighthouse. The Modern Art Museum includes paintings by Henri Matisse. Nearby is the Moulin de Collioure, a 14th-century windmill. South, the hilltop Fort St. Elme has a museum with medieval weapons.
Walking Tour: ‘Christmas In Latin Quarter, Paris’
Also known as the 5th arrondissement, the quaint Latin Quarter is home to the Sorbonne University and student-filled cafes. It’s also famed for its bookshops, including the landmark Shakespeare & Company. Family-friendly attractions include the Jardin des Plantes botanical gardens and the National Museum of Natural History. The stately Panthéon building holds the remains of notables like Voltaire and Marie Curie.
World News Podcast: Brexit Deal, A Look Back At 2020 And Forward To 2021
Georgina Godwin and guests set the tone for the weekend. Top news and a look back at 2020 and forward at 2021.
Walking Tours: Christmas 2020 – Avenue des Champs-Élysées, Paris (Video)
Filmed on December 20th, 2020.
The Avenue des Champs-Élysées is an avenue in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France, 1.9 kilometres long and 70 metres wide, running between the Place de la Concorde and the Place Charles de Gaulle, where the Arc de Triomphe is located.
Video Profiles: French Nobel Prize Author Albert Camus (1913 -1960)
This week, we’re putting the focus on Nobel Prize-winning French author Albert Camus. As 2020 saw France mark 60 years since his death in a car crash, Camus’s seminal work “The Plague” was unexpectedly thrust back into the spotlight by the Covid-19 pandemic.
From the UK to Japan, the 1947 novel established itself as a global sensation, topping sales charts and pushing publishers into a rushed reprint. But Camus’s prolific and multi-faceted career extends far beyond this viral hit. We tell you more about the author’s life, starting with his humble beginnings in French-ruled Algeria.
Home Tour: Chamonix – Mont Blanc, France
Le Lustre, a beautiful modern-contemporary duplex penthouse, located in the historic heart of Chamonix. Covering more than 400m2 and with a rooftop south-facing terrace of more than 100m2, the duplex offers breath-taking 360 degree views of the Mont Blanc mountain landscape. Over a 2-year period, with the involvement of leading architect firms from Hong Kong and Chamonix in conjunction with the best local artisans, Le Lustre moved from concept to reality and this iconic building came back to life in the center of town.
Chamonix-Mont-Blanc (usually shortened to Chamonix) is a resort area near the junction of France, Switzerland and Italy. At the base of Mont Blanc, the highest summit in the Alps, it’s renowned for its skiing. Year-round, cable cars take visitors up to several nearby peaks with panoramic views, including Aiguille du Midi above town, and Pointe Helbronner, across vast glacier fields on the Italian border.
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