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Sales!
 Vive Les Soldes!
Paris shops will offer 30% - 70% off usual
prices starting this January 10 and ending
in mid-February, a total of six weeks of
bargains! By French law, these fabulous
sales may only occur twice a year: in
January and again in July. So if you happen
to be in Paris during these months, be sure
to take advantage of what many of us must
miss! You won’t see prices this low during
the remaining months of the year.
As the end of the sales period draws
near, the reductions get more and more
interesting. It’s a gamble: either buy early
and assure that you get the items you want,
or wait and possibly get a better deal, or
lose the item altogether! Either way, it’s a
lot of fun for January!
La Galette des Rois
 Just when you thought the eating was
over….not in France it isn’t!
January 6 is the Feast of the Epiphany,
honoring the Three Wise Men’s visit to the
baby Jesus. In France, this holiday is
celebrated in homes from Paris to Marseille,
who enjoy their annual “Galette des Rois” or
“King’s Cake”.
Made of a light puff pastry, the Galette
des Rois is filled with a delicious almond
paste and baked to a golden brown. It is
usually eaten as a dessert. Inside the
galette hides a “feve”, a porcelain figurine
that many children collect year after year.
The lucky person who finds the figurine is
crowned “king” or “queen”, and there is even
a paper crown for the coronation ceremony!
If you are lucky enough to be in Paris on
January 6, you can buy a galette in just
about every bakery or pastry shop in town.
Here is a list of the best according to Le
Figaro magazine:
- Stohrer: 51, rue Montorgueil
(IIe)
- Lenôtre: 10, rue
Saint-Antoine (IVe)
- Paul: 89, rue Saint-Antoine (IVe)
- Gérard Mulot: 76, rue de
Seine (VIe)
- Kayser: 10, rue de
l’Ancienne-Comédie (VIe)
- Pierre Hermé: 72, rue
Bonaparte (VIe)
- Monoprix: 50, rue de Rennes (VIe)
- La Grande Epicerie de Paris:
38, r. de Sèvres (VIIe)
- Rollet-Pradier: 6, rue de
Bourgogne (VIIe)
- Ladurée: 16, rue Royale (VIIIe)
- Dalloyau: 101, rue du
Faubourg-Saint-Honoré (VIIIe)
- Hédiard: 31, avenue George-V
(VIIIe)
- Fauchon: 26, place de la
Madeleine (VIIIe)
- Arnaud Delmontel: 39, rue des
Martyrs (IXe)
- Stéphane Vandermeersch: 278,
av. Daumesnil (XIIe)
- Boulangerie Pain et Passion:
117, av. d’Italie (XIIIe)
Le Rallye Paris Tour Eiffel
Attention
All Hikers!
Le Rallye Paris Tour Eiffel is on January 6
If you love Paris and you like walking,
this event on January 6 is for you. For 20
years, the Rallye Paris Tour Eiffel has
provided two circuits that take you through
the best known neighborhoods of Paris and
their monuments: Les Invalides, Eiffel
Tower, Concorde, the Louvre, the Hotel de
Ville are included in the 14 km (8.7 miles)
walk. Add to that the Opera Garneir, Les
Halles, Notre Dame and the Pantheon if you
choose to go all the way and walk the full
20 km (approxmately 12.5 miles)! There is a
third 14 km circuit this year which will
focus on the riverbanks and bridges of
Paris.
Walkers from all over the world and all
walks of life participate in the Rallye. It
even begins in the mid-afternoon, allowing
you to sleep in and get a good lunch before
taking off! What a great way to start your
New Year!
Find more information at the
organization’s Web site:
http://www.godillot-familial.com
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