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Paris part 2
The real purpose for this visit was a dancing class for my beloved daughter to work a bit on classical-ballet techniques during the holidays .... what better place than Paris to do so ....
... and offcourse the "unofficial reason" (don't tell my wife) was meeting a good Purist-friend aka our beloved JLC-moderateur Nicolas
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We went to the adress he gave us and were a bit surprised at arrival, at least i had expected him to live in a 10,000 square foot appartment with a nice view over the river and the Eiffel-tower, but that seemed to be not so true ...
Nicolas wasn't there at the time of our arrival but left the key under the doormat .... and a note telling us to feel at home .... Now i have the impression our moderator has this strange hobby besides the watches .... a Barbie-kicker-table ????
Luckily we found the keys to Nicolas' car and left for some sightseeing in Paris ....
Jardin de Luxembourg ..
Traffic in Paris is also a "must-do-experience", be quick and bring a couple of extra eyes along ... LOL ....
Cathédrale de Notre-Dame ...
Famous tower at night (can't remeber the exact name ...) ....
The rest of the story continues in part 3: "Meeting the devil in person" ....
A trip to Paris ....
.. ... and to be clear: By "a trip" i actually mean a "journey" ... unlike any of you might be thinking ... . Going to Paris is always a nice experience, there is so much to see and experience ... the food is always amazing, the scenery is great, and alth...
Paris part 2
The real purpose for this visit was a dancing class for my beloved daughter to work a bit on classical-ballet techniques during the holidays .... what better place than Paris to do so .... ... and offcourse the "unofficial reason" (don't tell my wife) was...
Meeting the devil ...
... so before meeting a fellow Purist we went to the famous "Berthillon" ice-cream thing everybody is talking about ... and .... indeed .... after a good taste now i know why they are so famous ... After a short drive i finally arrived at "the centre of t...
If this is the Devil . . .
g . . . then I have the greatest Sympathy for him ;-) . . . cordially, Art...
Me too ...
have the sympatico for ze devil ... IMHO ... i think the devil is a bit crazy Filiip
The rise of the Fifty Fathoms ...
One evening we had a formal dinner in a very nice Vietnamese restaurant (the owner happened to be a watch-nut as well, what a coincidence ..) .... . If you want to have a great dining-experience in Paris, in this restaurant will give you one .... a royal ...
I forgot ...
When did you want the car back Nicolas ???? ... and the 5 50ies ? ;-)...
LOL! Great series of posts, Bim...
What a lot of fun! And to think I was stuck in stormy, brooding Scotland with another friend's car. You guys should have told me of your mini-GTG; shooting down to Paris from UK wouldn't have taken that long if I don't care about speeding citations along ...
Scotland isn't bad ...
A shame we didn'treally thaught about having a real Purist-gtg ... We should do a world-gtg next time ... Filip
Bim, I hope you didn't leave the car at Place Vendome!
Thanks for the great tour of Paris. That's an impressive arm shot of five watches! Five 50-Fathoms watches.
I did leave it at Place Fantoom ...
That bloody French guy took off with it ... LOL ... The 5 50ies where impressive indeed ... Filip
Amazong posts hermano!
Specially the fifty food one! These watches are to die for... Excellent work my friend! Best Emilio
Wonderful series of posts, Filip!
I loved reading about your adventure in France! The pictures were so much fun too! Why does it seem like noone has as much fun as you and Nicolas do when you're together? I must get to France or Belgium one of these days soon! I feel I'm missing out! Chee...
Always welcome ...
having Nicolas around is always (too uch) fun Maybe we'll meet next year at the world-gtg ???? World-gtg ??? Now that would be something !!!! Greetz, filip
Thanks for sharing, Bim
Looks like you guys had a lot of fun! I envy you for living so close to Paris and being able to enjoy this adventures quite often. Sourire de Saigon is an excellent restaurant! Richard, the owner, is a great guy! Thanks for bringing back some great memori...
Sourire de Saigon
An excellent restaurant by far !!! And indeed Richard proved to be a very nice host for the evening ... We had a great time together ... If you're coming to Paris or Europe next time, let me know ... filip
Awesome post!
You boys are having too much fun! That Pro Geo looks great on your wrist. But the steel AMVOX...that is the first photo I have seen thus far that has made me think twice about this new version. It's brilliant! I was, perhaps, too hasty in my initial judge...
Fun all the way
The Geo was a real stunner, what a beast, i really liked it but i'm a bit concerned about the price ... But my real favorite was the steel AMVOX II ... Brilliant all the way, the platinum version was as brilliant as the steel one, a bit nicer .... Watch o...
Great adventure Bimbeano!
Hello Filip! Thanks for sharing this adventure to Paris! Berthillion IMO is the best tasting ice cream ! Which Ile St-Louis location did you sample? Very fond memories of Paris, looking forward to go back. Yeah, That Nicolas is fun to hang around with! -M...
Ming !!!!
Berthillon was brilliant , but in general the Italians are even more brilliant ... about the location, all i can give you is a pic of the building ... If you ever return to Paris, please let us know .... i'll make time to come over again ... Cheer Filip...
FX !!!
A shame we didn't meet ... but meeting with Nicolas several times (and you know how busy he always is ... ), i barely had the time to favor my wife: "Are you going back to see that Devlish-French-lawyer again ????" LOLOLOL ... I'll let you know when i'm c...
Paris traffic ...
is fun to me ... as long as i don't have to experience it more than a week Filip
Great stuff!
Very enjoyable report. Thanks for sharing it with us. Can't wait to visit Paris again!
Making a post about Paris ...
... with it's strange inhabitants is always fun ... Filip
I see, Filip, I see
When the cat is away ( for a few days ), the mice ... Well you know! Thanks for this awesome report, my friend. It was, as always, my pleasure and big fun! Best, 666;
