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    Salon du Chocolat is One Big Candy Store!

    by Colleen's Paris October 30, 2023
    by Colleen's Paris October 30, 2023

    Welcome to the largest chocolate store in the world! In 2023, the Salon du Chocolat store supplies gigantic chocolate croissants, a 5-meter tall spire topped with a chocolate puppy (LuLu), …

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    Inventions and Fun at Foire de Paris 2023

    by Colleen's Paris May 2, 2023
    by Colleen's Paris May 2, 2023

    Where can you see 400 inventions for 2023 under one roof? My first stop at the Foire de Paris, the Lépine Competition (Concours Lépine, Pavillon 1 Porte de Versailles). My …

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    Printemps and Galeries Lafayette Christmas 2022 Windows in Paris

    by Colleen's Paris December 20, 2022
    by Colleen's Paris December 20, 2022

    Have you ever felt a bit of pressure to beat the clock? Looking at my photos, I found Boulevard Haussmann’s Printemps and Galeries Lafayette Christmas 2022 window, interior and sunset …

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    Christmas Magic Begins at Jardin des Tuileries Market

    by Colleen's Paris November 20, 2022
    by Colleen's Paris November 20, 2022

    What greets you when you enter the Annual Christmas Market at the Tuileries Gardens?  Nutcracker Soldiers. And before the market opens? Where are they? Hidden, waiting to get out in the …

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    The Salon du Chocolat 2022 Offered Fashion and a Chocolate Bugatti

    by Colleen's Paris November 1, 2022
    by Colleen's Paris November 1, 2022

    What do you do with 400 kilos (881 pounds) of chocolate? You build a Bugatti Grand Prix type 35, of course! The Bugatti was one of the numerous creative chocolate …

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    Chocolate Lovers: 27th Salon du Chocolat in Paris

    by Colleen's Paris October 24, 2022
    by Colleen's Paris October 24, 2022

    Are you a chocolate lover? Are you ready to travel around the world and discover chocolate countries? Have you ever seen a chocolate fashion show? Get ready for the 27th edition …

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    Experience Illuminated Evolution-Jardin des Plantes

    by Colleen's Paris January 9, 2022
    by Colleen's Paris January 9, 2022

    Have you walked among giants lately? The other night I walked among some giants at the Évolution en voie d’illumination (Illuminated evolution)-information in English) at the Jardin des Plantes. All the …

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    Father Christmas at the Bastille in Paris

    by Colleen's Paris December 21, 2021
    by Colleen's Paris December 21, 2021

    One day walking through the Bastille plaza, I saw the Christmas trees being set up around the green July column. By the next evening, purple was once again the sparkling …

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    Life-Size Marionettes at Paris’s Opéra Comique

    by Colleen's Paris January 23, 2021
    by Colleen's Paris January 23, 2021

    Watching Opéra Baroque was the most entertaining virtual event that I have seen lately. Basil Twist has modernized a 1753 opera-ballet using life-size puppets. In the New York Times article: …

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