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Directory of officially sworn translators and interpreters in France

admin — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:26:15 +0000

This French website is a directory of official translators and interpreters throughout France.

Slash.fr: The best online guide to art events and venues in Paris.

admin — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 14:43:38 +0000

“Slash.fr is a carefully curated bilingual guide to the best art venues in and around Paris and features up-to-date artist and event listings.”
Slash.fr classifies all art events in Paris by either medium (architecture, urban art, design, drawing, film, installations, new media, painting, photography, sculpture, sound, mixed media, video…) venues (art centers, foundations, galleries, museums, independant, temporary…) events (openings, screenings, lectures, performances, fairs, exhibitions…), dates (past, new, current, closing, ongoing, upcoming…) or location. You won’t find an online art guide of Paris as resourceful as Slash.fr.

You can also download the free Slash iphone app for the best pocket size Paris art guide, with an interactive map letting you know if venues are open and if they have a current event registered on Slash (no more walking into closed doors!)

24/7 pharmacies in Paris

admin — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 06:48:17 +0000

Pharmacies in Paris open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week:
Pharmacie Dhéry
84 Avenue des Champs-Elysées
Galerie des Champs
75008 Paris
tel: 01.45.62.02.41
Metro: George V

Pharmacie Perrault/Européenne
6 Place Clichy
75009 Paris
tel: 01.48.74.65.18
Metro: Place de Clichy

Other pharmacies in Paris open 7 days a week but not around the clock:
4th arrondissement
Pharmacie du Village
26 Rue du Temple
75004 Paris
tel: 01.42.72.60.71
Metro: Hôtel de Ville

M-Sat: 8.30am-9.30pm
Sun: 9am-8pm

Pharmacie des Halles
10 Boulevard de Sébastopol
75004 Paris
tel: 01.42.72.03.23
Metro: Châtelet

M-Sat: 9am-12am
Sun: 9am-10pm

8th arrondissement
Pharmacie du Drugstore Publicis
133 Avenue des Champs-Élysées
75008 Paris
Metro: George V

M-Sun: 8am-2am

Pharmacie Matignon
2 Rue Jean Mermoz
75008 Paris
tel: 01.43.59.86.55
Metro: Franklin D. Roosevelt

M-Sun: 8.30am-12am

9th arrondissement
Pharmacie Internationale
5 Place Pigalle
75009 Paris
tel: 01.48.78.32.65
Metro: Pigalle

M-Sun: 8am-12am (open until 1am on Friday and Saturday)

British and American Pharmacy
1 Rue Auber
75009 Paris
tel: 01.42.65.88.29
Metro: Opéra

M-Sun: 8am-8.30pm

10th arrondissement
Pharmacie Paris Est
Hall St Martin 4
75010 Paris
tel: 01.46.07.55.00
Metro: Gare de l’Est

M-F: 7am-9pm
Sat: 8am-9pm
Sun: 9am-8pm

11 arrondissement
Grande Pharmacie de la Nation
13 Place de la Nation
75011 Paris
tel: 01.43.73.24.03
Metro: Nation

M-Sun: 8am-11pm

12th arrondissement
Pharmacie Benhamou
2 Place de la Nation
75012 Paris
tel: 01.43.43.42.05
Metro: Nation

M-Sun: 9am-12am

Grande Pharmacie Daumesnil
6 place Félix Eboué
75012 Paris
tel: 01.43.43.19.03
Metro: Daumesnil

M-Sun: 8.30am-10pm

Pharmacie Forum Santé
86 Boulevard Soult
75012 Paris
tel: 01.43.43.13.68
Metro: Porte de Vincennes

M-Sun: 8am-2am

13th arrondissement
Pharmacie Italie Tolbiac
61 Avenue d’Italie
75013 Paris
tel: 01.44.24.19.72
Metro: Tolbiac

M-Sun: 8am-2am

14th arrondissement
Pharmacie Montparnasse
3 Rue Départ
75014 Paris
tel: 01.43.20.70.22
Metro: Montparnasse

M, Sat: 9am-10pm
Tu-F: 8.30am-10pm
Sun: 10am-10pm

15th arrondissement
Pharmacie Centrale
52 Rue du Commerce
75015 Paris
tel: 01.45.79.75.01
Metro: Emile Zola

M-F: 8am-12am
Sat-Sun: 9am-12am

18th arrondissement
Pharmacie Espace Conseil
64 Boulevard Barbès
75018 Paris
tel: 01.46.06.02.61
Metro: Château Rouge

M-Sun: 8am-2am

French emergency numbers

admin — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 12:20:38 +0000

24-hour EMERGENCY NUMBERS:
SAMU Hospital Mobile Intensive Care Units (Life-threatening medical emergencies)………………….15
Police Secours (Any infraction requiring police intervention)………17
Pompier Fire Department (Fire, accidents and medical emergencies)…..18

Other emergency numbers and help lines:
SOS Médecin 24-hour on-call doctors……………………………………3624 or 01.47.07.77.77 (Paris)
SOS Psychiatrie 24-hour psychiatric emergencies……01.47.07.24.24 or 01.40.47.04.47 (Paris)
Samu Social - Secours aux sans abris 24-hour homeless rescue……115 or 0800.306.306
Violence Conjugale Domestic violence (Victim and/or witness)………3919
Centre Anti-poison Poison control……………………………01.40.05.48.48 or 01.40.05.45.45 (Paris)
Urgences Dentaires Dental emergency………….01.43.37.51.00 (Paris)
Urgences Pédiatriques à domicile Pediatrics emergency ……………….01.43.94.35.01 (Paris)
Enfance et Partage Child abuse information center ………….0800.051.234
SOS Inceste, Viol familial Incest information center………..04.76.47.90.93
SOS Enfants Disparus Missing children information center…0810.012.014
SOS Femme Battue Battered women information center…..01.30.63.82.50
Viol Femme Information Rape information center……………0800.059.595
Contraception, IVG, MST Birth Control, Abortion, STDs information center………………………………………………………………..0820.331.334
Drogue, Tabac, Alcool Info Service Drugs, tobacco and alcohol information center………………………………………….113 or 0800.231.313
Alcooliques Anonymes 24-hour AA………………………….01.43.25.75.00
Urgence Psychiatrique Psychiatric emergency……………..01.45.65.30.00
SOS suicide Suicide prevention……………………………….01.40.50.34.34
Discriminations Raciales Racial discriminations (Victim and/or witness)…………………………………………………………………………114
Croix Rouge Red Cross………………………………………….0800.858.858
SOS Carte Bleue/Visa/Eurocard/Mastercard volée ou perdue 24-hour Lost or stolen bank cards………………………………………..0892.690.880 or 0 892.705.705

SOS Help Line English speaking support service in France..01.46.21.46.46

How to get to and from Paris and its’ airports (CDG & Orly).

admin — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 17:57:35 +0000

Traveling to and from Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport by train:
-TGV, Thalys or Mainline rail services
-RER B
Traveling to and from Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport by bus:
-RoissyBus
-350 bus
-351 bus
-Air France Buses
-Noctilien (Night bus)
Traveling to and from Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport by taxi:
-Taxi

Traveling to and from Paris-Orly airport by train:
-RER C (then airport shuttle from and to the RER C station Pont de Rungis Aéroport d’Orly) and RER B (then airport shuttle Orlyval from and to the RER B station Anthony.)
Traveling to and from Paris-Orly airport by bus:
-Orlybus
-Bus 183
-Bus 285
-Air France Buses (line 1, line 2, line 3)
Traveling to and from Paris-Orly airport by taxi:
-Taxi

Bus map of Paris

admin — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:11:37 +0000

Interactive bus map of Paris.

Metro/RER map of Paris

admin — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:27:51 +0000

Interactive Metro/RER map of Paris.

August in Paris: CLOSED for SUMMER VACATION.

admin — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:02:06 +0000

If you are visiting Paris in August and you are planning on checking out this fancy bakery or that popular restaurant, buying this and that here and there, I highly recommend you call before heading for the place for it may very well be closed.

Hysope & cie: flower shop in the 3rd.

admin — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 22:49:19 +0000

Address and opening hours of Hysope & cie flower shop in Paris, 3rd arrondissement.

Hysope & cie
104 Rue Vieille du Temple
75003 Paris
tel: 01.44.59.3.00
Metro: Saint-Sebastien - Froissart, Chemin Vert

T-Sat: 11am-7.30pm
Closed on Sunday and Monday

Paris Museum Pass

admin — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:40:40 +0000

First and foremost, know that a Paris Museum Pass DOES NOT offer free access to TEMPORARY exhibitions (except for the Musée des Arts Decoratifs). Also, a lot of Paris’ museums offer free access to their permanent collections.
That said, there’s nothing like having a Paris Museum Pass when you decide to visit some of the most touristy places in Paris such as the Louvre museum (5.7 million/year), the Centre Georges Poupidou (also called Beaubourg—5.5 million/year) or the Château de Versailles (2.8 million/year). I won’t mention the Eiffel tower that beats all records simply because the Paris Museum Pass is of no use there (for my idea on how to go up the Eiffel tower without waiting for two hours in line go read my blog entry on this subject.)

The Paris Museum Pass offers free access to over 60 places (in and out of Paris) while avoiding the lines, for as many times as you want during the length of the pass. The Paris Museum Pass is activated on your first visit for however many consecutive days it is valid for (2, 4 or 6).
Who wants to wait up to 45 minutes in line (sometimes in the cold rain) to get into a museum? Being able to skip the line can be priceless. Using your pass for only one entry instead of two or more, such as for the Château de Versailles visit (15€), can be worth it.
The Paris Museum Pass offers three options:
2-day pass for 30€ (if you visit only 2 sites over two days without the pass it will cost you less than 30€ but you might spend a lot of time waiting in line.)
4-day pass for 45€
6-day pass for 60€

Before buying a pass, know that most Paris museums and monuments are free:
-for people under 18
-the first Sunday of the month (all year long or for certain months only)
When you decide to activate your pass, keep in mind that those museums and monuments close during the week on certain days (usually Monday or Tuesday) and during some holidays such as January 1st and May 1st.
In some cases you might not be given privileged access for security reason (i.e: the towers of Notre-Dame) or still have to get in line to get a “free admission” ticket.
Once bought, the Paris Museum Pass will not be taken back or exchanged. And NO refund of one or more days or extension will be granted in case of exceptional closure (i.e: a strike… you are in France after all) of a museum or monument!

For more information about the pass check out the Paris Museum Pass website.
Here’s the list of locations where to buy the Paris Museum Pass (online, in Paris, at the airports or abroad).
And here’s the list (by name, by theme or by geographical zone) of museums and monuments the Paris Museum Pass gives you access to.
Also, the Paris Museum Pass website has practical information (opening hours, maps…) for every museums and monuments it offer access to.