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Modelers Lounge => Time to relax => Topic started by: pepperman42 on October 04, 2013, 01:06:54 AM

Title: Paris on the horizon
Post by: pepperman42 on October 04, 2013, 01:06:54 AM: Sue and I depart for Paris at the end of the month. We are doing our own thing and travelling as little as tourists as we can - but it IS Paris. A side trip to Normandy is planned but it will be very much a rush tour,staying in Caen for a couple then back to Paris. I did a quick google search but had no luck finding Paris hobby shops - again only a little time spent there as there are far more interesting things to do. If anyone knows of shop worth visiting let me know.

Steve
Title: Re: Paris on the horizon
Post by: coyotemagic on October 04, 2013, 02:30:45 AM: Have fun Steve!
Cheers,
Bud
Title: Re: Paris on the horizon
Post by: Nigel Jackson on October 04, 2013, 05:23:33 AM: Hi Steve

A shop called Euromaquette (Euromodel) is literally a couple of minutes from one of the mainline stations - the Gare Paris-Lyon. Their website http://www.euro-maquette.eu/ contains a map, address details etc. They're big enough to command a full page advert in Tamiya Model Magazine International and the shop covers 200 square metres.

Be warned though that it is only open from Tuesday to Saturday, from 10:00 to 19:00. I made a visit there last year. There's lots to look at in terms of stock and built models, but I found WWI material pretty thin on the ground.

Best wishes et bon voyage
Nigel
Title: Re: Paris on the horizon
Post by: PrzemoL on October 04, 2013, 07:55:00 AM: Model shops are one thing but being in Paris as a WW1 fan you mustn't miss Le Bourget. Their WW1 hall is unrivalled!
http://www.museeairespace.fr/expositions/les-as-de-14-18/
Title: Re: Paris on the horizon
Post by: mike in calif on October 04, 2013, 08:33:00 AM: Safe travel!
Title: Re: Paris on the horizon
Post by: Dal Gavan on October 04, 2013, 11:21:25 AM: G'day, Steve.

Enjoy the trip, mate. If book shops can be fitted in, look at:

http://www.histoireetcollections.com/en/
8, rue de CRUSSOL
75011 Paris
Tél. : 01 47 00 68 72

http://www.lelivrechezvous.fr/
25, rue Bargue
75015 Paris

Cheers.

Dal.
Title: Re: Paris on the horizon
Post by: pepperman42 on October 04, 2013, 11:33:45 AM: Thankyou gentlemen. I had tracked down some of the things you mentioned but not others. Thanks for the tips!!!

Steve
Title: Re: Paris on the horizon
Post by: uncletony on October 04, 2013, 11:36:31 AM: Quote from: PrzemoL on October 04, 2013, 07:55:00 AM
Model shops are one thing but being in Paris as a WW1 fan you mustn't miss Le Bourget. Their WW1 hall is unrivalled!
http://www.museeairespace.fr/expositions/les-as-de-14-18/

Ah, thank you Prze, we hope to be there next September...
Title: Re: Paris on the horizon
Post by: Ernie on October 04, 2013, 11:39:42 AM: Bon voyage, Steve!

Cheers,
Ernie :)
Title: Re: Paris on the horizon
Post by: drdave on October 06, 2013, 08:07:44 AM: I'm going there tomorrow for a conference!
Title: Re: Paris on the horizon
Post by: Des on October 06, 2013, 08:36:09 AM: I hope that Sue and yourself have a very safe and enjoyable trip to Paris, enjoy, it is a beautiful place.

Des.
Title: Re: Paris on the horizon
Post by: IFF1418 on October 11, 2013, 07:20:23 PM: Hi Steve,

Have a very nice trip to this wonderfull city. Don't forget the small vineyard in Monmartre. Bon voyage!

Kind regards

Patrick
Title: Re: Paris on the horizon
Post by: IvotB on October 11, 2013, 07:43:43 PM: Have fun in Paris Steve! I was there this week the night between wednesday and thursday. The usual stuff: arriving around 17.00 with the TGV from Strassbourg (nice: is a double decker high speed train which travels with a speed of 320km/h), checked in at the Hotel, had a business dinner and left early in the morning with the Thalys back to the Netherlands. I have been in Paris, they say...
But I have been to Paris often, but never seen any modelling stuff. You have to know where to look and I will store the suggestions in this topic. I must go to le Bourget I now understand.

regards,
Ivo
Title: Re: Paris on the horizon
Post by: lcarroll on October 11, 2013, 10:43:12 PM: Steve,
Enjoy your holiday and take the time to smell the roses as they say. Can't imagine why a Controller at "LB" could possibly need a break?!
Cheers,
Lance
Title: Re: Paris on the horizon
Post by: mc65 on October 14, 2013, 08:51:57 PM: hi steve,

going to paris and looking for modeller's shops? mmmmmmmmmmh... sounds unsafe! I mean, if you are travelling in pair...

nowadays it's so easy to shop by web, and paris it's so big and full of other attractions, that going for shops seems (to me) a waste of time!

planning a couple of days out of paris, I suggest you to going to caen just to the memorial, otherwise you'll be trapped in traffic jams just like in paris...
I was there last year, and found to sleep in BB on the coast, visiting a number of beautiful historic spots and landscapes.

a must it's the restaurant "l'estaminet", in saint marie du mont, behind utah beach. I'm not a gourmet, but as italian, I love the good food, and I'm suspicious about the french chefs. believe me, if I say go there.... go!

have a nice trip, p.
Title: Re: Paris on the horizon
Post by: mike in calif on October 15, 2013, 07:54:18 AM: Steve, are you going to Saumur, the tank museum?
Title: Re: Paris on the horizon
Post by: mgunns on October 16, 2013, 08:27:20 AM: Hello Steve:

Have a great trip and good luck with the model shops. Any chance of visiting a WWI Battlefield? Verdun?

Stay safe

Mark
Title: Re: Paris on the horizon
Post by: pepperman42 on October 17, 2013, 06:06:38 AM: Whew, just got back from Peterborough-hockey tourney/work-zzz/Thanksgiving-stuffed. Model shops will be a brief encounter while Sue digs in fabric stores. Thanks for more tips guys!!

Steve