Another « TOUR EIFFEL » tour
A second “TOUR EIFFEL” tour Thanks to the participants, as for the first tour, a very good atmosphere, despite the rain 🌧 that kept us company throughout the visit. A tour that allowed us to evoke many aspects of the Iron Lady and to admire her from many different angles (we even finished under the tower). Many thanks to Alexia, Chloé, Claire, Ginie, Pauline, Pierre, Said and Stéphane! —- Paris Running Tours: private tours or free outings, stay tuned! See you soon for new themed outings, we are full of ideas to show you around Paris 😀 If you too, you come to Paris, we will be very happy to run with you. Join us and discover Paris with authentic Parisians guides who will take you on the best sight running routes in Paris and who always have tons of secrets to share with you:
A « TOUR EIFFEL » tour
A “TOUR EIFFEL” tour A great joy to run together, to chat about the Eiffel Tower (but not only, Art Nouveau, unknown passages, “country” path…) and finish the tour by drinking all together some well deserved beverages after about 15 km of Parisian stroll (thank you Justice!). Many thanks to Alice, Angélina, Annie, Chrystelle, Eric, Jérôme, Justice, Marie, Michèle, Patricia and Philippe! —- Paris Running Tours: private tours or free outings, stay tuned! See you soon for new themed outings, we are full of ideas to show you around Paris 😀 If you too, you come to Paris, we will be very happy to run with you. Join us and discover Paris with authentic Parisians guides who will take you on the best sight running routes in Paris and who always have tons of secrets to share with you:
Medieval art, Art nouveau, Modern Art, 10 miles (16 km) in Paris with Lysa
Lysa – Ile de la Cité (Island of the City) 7:03 AM – With Lysa, from Buffalo (New York), we made a 10 mile run (16 kilometers) to discover the numerous artistic facets of Paris. More than 2000 years of History… and artistic and architectural creations! Did you notice the numerous Parisian metro entrances with these arabesques forms, as the one that we see on the photo above next to Lysa? These entrances are typical artistic creations of the beginning of the 20th century, this art which we called the “Art Nouveau”. The creator, Hector Guimard, very representative artist of the “Art Nouveau” movement, realized 141 of these entrances of the Parisian subway from 1900 till 1912. Some entrance are even covered with a glass roof. Today, there are only 86 left, 2 with a glass roof as the “Porte Dauphine” one (West of Paris on the Avenue Foch): Hector Guimard’s subway entrances were offered to the subways of other cities as Montreal, Mexico City, Chicago, etc. There is even one in the Washington National Gallery of Art! Still on the Island of “La Cité”, we also admired two Medieval Art examples (vast ensemble of the Middle Ages Arts, covering a period of 1000 years): The famous Cathedral Notre-Dame-de-Paris, representative of the Gothic Art: Lysa and the Cathedral “Notre Dame de Paris” (on the left, the temporary installations celebrating 850 years of Notre-Dame) The Clock of the Conciergerie (for more information, read this article) : Lysa – Tour de l’Horloge (tower of the Clock) Further west, we met two forms of more recent arts: A plant wall! One of the first green walls realized by Patrick Blanc, who invented the concept of plant walls. This one was created in 2004, on one of the Quai Branly Museum administration building walls: Lysa – Vegetation wall (Patrick Blanc 2004) And of course, the famous Iron tower, the Eiffel Tower! The Tower was built for the World Fair of 1889. From 1889 to 1931, it was the highest monument in the world. During its construction, it was very criticized, but obtained a big success during the world fair of 1889, success which fell rather fast (in spite of a renewal of curiosity during the World Fair of 1900) We even intended to destroy it… It is now the most emblematic symbol of Paris! Lysa – Eiffel tower It’s a pleasure to run in Paris! Merci Lysa ! The route of the tour:
At the Champ de Mars with Janet
Janet – Champ de Mars 7:52 AM – Another very sunny day in Paris. With Janet of Singapore, we evoked the competitions in Singapore and in France. Because of the warm temperatures in Singapore, the races begin very early, for example, the departure of the marathon, which takes place in December, is at 5 am in the morning. Janet will redo it certainly this year but also thinks of making the marathon of Paris next year… The tour of this morning allowed us to notice in which point museums are many in Paris. On our route of about 10 kilometers, we crossed successively, the “musée Galliera” (“museum of Fashion “), the “musée Guimet” (“museum of Asian Arts”), la “cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine”, the “musée de l’Homme”, the “musée de la Marine” (Navy), the museum of Arts and Civilizations, the museums of the “Invalides”, the museum of the Legion of Honour, the “Musée d’Orsay”, the Louvre, the “Orangerie”, the “Jeu de Paume”, the “Petit Palais”, the “Grand Palais”, the “Palais de la Découverte”! More museums than run kilometers! And the art in Paris is not only in museums but, of course, also in streets. Below, on our route, an example of representative building of the “Art nouveau”: Avenue Rapp Merci Janet ! The route of the tour: