Carol Pio Pedro, Autor em 30 Jours à Paris

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Localers – tailor made walking tours

9 de March de 2016 — by Carol Pio Pedro — 0

It’s a great pleasure to announce my partnership with Localers, a Parisian agency specialized in tailor made walking tours and private experiences! All of Localers’ tours are created from the ground up, with excellent standards of authenticity and quality, offering an incredible opportunity to experience the city like a local, without clichés.

Their team of guides range from photographers to art historians, and from chefs to fashion designers. They all have been through a rigorous recruitment and monitoring process, and are continuously building their specialist knowledge.

Followers of 30 Jours à Paris have a 5% discount on booking any of Localers’ tours, just use the promo code 30joursaparis.

Check the website www.localers.com to find out about all the possibilities, such as the Canal Saint Martin Food Tour!

Oh, and let me know all about your experience!

Bisous

Carol

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June 2016: UEFA Euro and David Guetta

8 de March de 2016 — by Carol Pio Pedro — 0

June is usually a busy month in Paris, but this year will be particularly intense!

Football fanatics already know that UEFA Euro 2016 will be held in France from June 10th to July 10th. The matches will be played in ten cities: Bordeaux, Lens, Lille, Lyon, Marseille, Nice, Paris, Saint-Denis, Saint-Etienne and Toulouse.

It will be a great opportunity to watch the best teams in Europe compete! The opening match will take place at the famous Stade de France in Saint-Denis (city next to Paris), between France and Romania. Check the schedule and ticket availability here.

A Fan Zone will be located at Champ de Mars and will be open until midnight on all game days! There will be a stage for concerts, a village for the UEFA sponsors, food stalls, giant screens to watch the games and entertainment in the secure enclosure.

A great attraction promises to shake up the city! The famous French DJ David Guetta is the tournament’s music ambassador. He was assigned to compose the official music and will promote a free concert on June 9th at the foot of the Eiffel Tower! The attraction promises to gather thousands of people!

If you are planning on riding the Eiffel Tower on the 9th, be aware that it will be closing at 4pm, according to its official site. I advise you to avoid the ride on this day if you can.

For those, like me, who will be attending the show: pay attention to your belongings, take with you only the necessary items! I’m sure the security will be very high, but better safe than sorry! Other than that? Enjoy!

Where: Champ de Mars
Address: Quai Branly – Avenue de la Motte Picquet, Paris, 75007
When: June 9th 2016
Metro: École Militaire – line 8 and Bir-Hakeim – line 6

Bisous

Carol

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L’ Éclair de Génie

18 de February de 2016 — by Carol Pio Pedro — 0

Think of a delicious éclair! Now imagine having several options of it in a stylish colorful store that has reinvented this classic French pastry and offers unexpected flavors according to Autumn/Winter and Spring/Summer collections!!!!!

Every season, new flavors! The Autumn/Winter collection, for example, is loaded with chocolate, coffee, walnut, pistachio, etc. While in summertime they bring refreshing versions with lemon, raspberry and passion fruit.

Besides the éclairs, L’Éclair de Génie, also offers many sorts of sweets, such as chocolate bars, chocolate hazelnut butter, pots of caramels and crunchy caramelized hazelnuts (good choices for gifts)!

Prices are fairly high, but it is worth every penny and calorie. The éclairs range from 4.50€ to 6.00€. The candy boxes (2 to 16 units) cost between 3€- 23€. They also have wonderful kits to sell on special holidays (Christmas, Easter, Valentine’s Day).

I watched the éclairs production at “La Fabrique”, their shop responsible for producing and distributing all pastries in Paris. Of course I tasted some of them!

La Fabrique is located on 32 rue Notre Dame des Victoires, 75002. For other shops addresses click here.

The person responsible for taking éclairs to the next level is the well-known pastry chef, Christophe Adam, head of legendary French épicerie Fauchon for more than 15 years. In 2012 he opened his first L’Éclair de Génie boutique in the heart of Paris. Nowadays there are six boutiques across the city + 3 in Japan and he is now expanding his business to Hong Kong.

Please, please, when is it coming to Brazil?

leclairdegenie.com

Bisous,

Carol

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