Paris Lingerie Shopping

© Copyright Millie Brown 2012

Lingerie in the rooftops of Paris

Paris Lingerie Shopping: 

French women love their lingerie, it's all part of feeling and looking great. However; women being women means they are probably not alone in loving the luxury of gorgeous undergarments... so when in Paris shop till you drop at these addresses. 

Sabbia Rose

73 rue des Saints Peres 6th 

Le Bon Marché

22 rue de Sevres 7th

Chantal Thomass

211 rue St Honoré, 1st

Cadolle

4 rue Cambon, 1st

Fifi Chachnill

231 rue St Honoré, 1st

Aubade L'art d'aimer

Check their website for store addresses

Vannina Vesperini

4 rue Toumon, 6th

Check their website for store addresses 

Paris Lingerie shopping à petits prix (inexpensive lingerie)

Soleil Sucré
Online Store
Store Locator 

Tati
Online Store

Etam
Online Store

Oysho

Intimissimi
Online Store

Planet undies - for men & women

For the latest lingerie news pop into the blog The Lingerie Post 

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Millie x
© Copyright Millie Brown 2012

Bordeaux countryside & La Forge; one beautiful house for rent

© Copyright Carol de Montrichard
www.whatscookinginfrance.wordpress.com
La Forge

France is made up of many beautiful regions (22 in all), each one with its own unique character, history and beauty.

The Bordeaux wine region (south west) is one of France's most beautiful as well as being one of its best known, and why wouldn't it be; the countryside itself is breathtaking, it grows some of the world's best wines and the climate is temperate (being situated close to the Atlantic coast).

If any of you readers out there happen to have the first 2 weeks of August free and want to unwind, relax and live the 'life', I have a very lovely idea. 

Head to the Bordeaux region.... and to this divine French country house 'La Forge' , it's situated only 12 kms from the World Heritage listed medieval town of St Emilion, 30 kms  from the World Heritage listed city of Bordeaux , and an hour from the beach....not to mention the many world renowned wine estates just waiting for you on your doorstep (accessible by bike, car or foot).

So pack your bags, jump on the plane, train, bus or car and live the 'French life'.

Bon voyage 

Millie xx

Paris addresses; eating, walking, visiting Paris

© copyright Millie Brown 2012

As if returning to beautiful Paris is not exciting enough, the added excitement is that I am returning with my parents and other family members (so a lot of excitement and a lot of Paris to pack in during our time together).

Here are a few Paris pleasures I am looking forward to, some of which you may like to add to your Paris 'to do' book.

Included are a few dining out experiences that I have not yet tried but will definitely be doing my best to get to, they come highly recommended by a girl who knows her food.... Wendy Lyn, the definitive 'it' girl of Paris food and dining.

There is not much about dining out in Paris that this food guru doesn't make her business to know, and because of this I have included links that will take you directly to her individual recommendations, or you can visit her mouth watering blog all by yourself at The Paris Kitchen.

Eating

A good starter is Bistro aux deux amis in the 11th arrondissement 

Albion in the 10th

Wine Bar Vivant Also in the 10th 

One of my personal picks for the ambience and setting alone is the terrace at

Café Marly

looking onto the cour Napoléon and the pyramid entrance to the Louvre Museum (Photo above), is a hard view to beat!

Visiting

Jacquemart-André Museum
For another morning or afternoon of visual beauty visit the Jacquemart-André Museum, then make your way to the mansion's divinely decorated former dining room for a 'spot' of lunch or afternoon tea.

Nohant, House of George Sand

Spend a night in the countryside.
Here is a country house I would really like to visit... and it's an easy overnight trip from Paris (or perhaps a great place to make a break when traveling to the South). Situated 300km South of Paris is Nohant (in the region of Berry), the family home of one of France's greatest writers from the 19th Century, George Sand. 

It is here she spent much of her life and wrote many of her novels.  Frédéric Chopin her lover for many years also shared life here with Sand and wrote much of his work in Nohant.

The house and garden are open for guided visits.

Recommended reading 

Chopin's Funeral

Walking

Put your walking shoes on, because here may be a walk you have not done or heard of before. (I have only completed it once myself).

This walk takes you along old train tracks set amongst flourishing vegetation high above the ground on an old viaduct in the 12th arrondissement (just behind the Opera Bastille).

Promenade Plantée

Boating

(on a canal)

Yep, thats right in Paris!

Cruise along the Canal Saint Martin. Starting at the Paris Arsenal Marina at Place de la Bastille and finishing at Parc de la Villette (or the reverse)! with Canauxrama

Perhaps do this on a warm sunny day and not a freezing winter one as I did!

I can't wait to get back to you with many more posts from Paris.

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Millie xx