Night in Paris,Trip in France.

Night in Paris in December.

I went few days to meet some friends, 3 years after my "départ" from Bordeaux, I have never came back to my country. Now this city is for me lovely, after 20 years living and working in Paris, now I really feel like stranger, however I know each streets, shops even Paris is changing each year.

Let me give few historic information about this magic city of love before to tell you my Night in Paris in December. ;-)

Paris is more than 2,000 years old. Gauls of the Parisii tribe settled there between 250 and 200 BC and founded a fishing village on an island in the river

that is the present-day Ile de la Cité -- the center around which Paris developed.
Known as Lutetia (Lutece) in ancient times, Paris was conquered by Julius Caesar in 52 BC, and existed as a regional center under the Romans and in the early Middle Ages. In 987, HUGH CAPET, Count of Paris, became king of France, and under his successors, the CAPETIANS, the city's position as the nation's capital became established.

Often characterized as spirited and rebellious, the people of Paris first declared themselves an independent commune under the leadership of Etienne Marcel in 1355-58. The storming of the Bastille in 1789 was the first of a series of key actions by the Parisian people during the FRENCH REVOLUTION. Paris also played a major role in the revolutions of 1830 and 1848. In 1871, during the FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR , the city was besieged for four months until France surrendered. After German troops withdrew, French radicals briefly established the COMMUNE OF PARIS.

During World War I the Germans were prevented from reaching Paris, but they occupied the city during World War II from 1940 to 1944. Paris was again the scene of violence during the student riots of 1968.

Paris today maintains its importance, character, and charm, though its appearance is being transformed by structures such as the BEAUBOURG and by the ambitious grands projets building program carried out under the presidency of François Mitterrand.

In addition to the La Défense arch and the Bastille Opéra, Mitterrand's projects have included the renovation of the Louvre by architect I. M. Pei, the La Villette complex on the northeastern edge of the city, and, in the southeast, the Bibliothèque de France, a great computer-age library.

Planning for Paris and the Paris Basin region includes consideration of large land areas in the Seine River valley all the way to the mouth of the river. New towns, parks, industrial locations, and expanded functions of existing towns are contemplated for this corridor on both sides of the Seine.

Night in Paris. Salon Natique

I went also to "Salon Nautique" in Paris to meet my friend Harold Quinquis and some others friends. Great event to check the last equipment in Kite surfing, the last shape... I designed his website and we have many projects for 2006, amazing kite trips are coming.

Night in Paris. Asian Restaurant

We went with some friends to a wonderful Restaurant in Avenue Georges V, closed to Champs Elysées. Amazing and Fashion place to eat Asian Food with really good service. Check to girls on the front desk. wow ;-). Please check their website, it's in French but I really like it. Well done and good art graphic. Click on this image to go to this site.

After I went to finish my trip to Bordeaux where my family is living after we left Paris in 1997 for Bordeaux.

Close the Atlantic Ocean, I learnt the surf and my first step in kitesurfing. However i will give more information with my nexr newsletter.

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