Highlights from the Secrets of Paris Community Meetup on Sunday, September 7th, 2025:
* Free tour in English of Eglise Saint-Sulpice
* Fête de Paris and the Grande Parade at Luxembourg Gardens
* Drinks at Treize au Jardin
Author - Heather Stimmler
Here in France we just celebrated La Fête Nationale (or Bastille Day, as Americans call it) on July 14th. Fred and I thought we’d share a bit of what we did over the three-day weekend, with a 10-minute highlights video including how we watched the military...
This morning Fred and I woke up early to head over to the Quai des Celestins, one of the three spots on the Seine River where Parisians would be able to swim for the first time since it was banned 100 years ago. And I did!
Heather and Fred take the Secrets of Paris Community members to the Parisian suburb of Boulogne-Billancourt for lunch and a private tour of the Musée des Années Trente (Museum of the 1930s), led by the local tour guide extraordinaire, Jean Manuel Traimond.
A quick visit to show you the Musée National Eugène Delacroix, hidden in a courtyard at 6 Rue de Furstemberg in the 6th arrondissement. This is where the 19th-century artist -- most famous for his painting "Liberty Leading the Masses, 28 July 1830" -- lived...
I used Notre Dame's new reservation system to get three tickets to visit on Tuesday, December 10th, at 9am. Here's my visit!
Heather and Secrets of Paris member (and longtime expat) Brian head to Versailles to check out the food market, the Trianons, Alain Ducasse's Ore restaurant, and the Vernet exhibit in the Château. This little video is a compilation of the highlights.
A very short clip from Le M. Musée du Vin (Wine Museum) with tour guide Jean-Manuel talking about the French poet and wine lover, Rabelais.
The Musée des Transports Urbains is in Chelles, an hour east of Paris by train. But it's worth the effort for anyone who loves to see vintage busses, metros, trams and more!
Highlights from the Château du Haut-Koenigsbourg in Alsace.
The terraces surrounding the Mont Saint Odile Sanctuary offer amazing views over the Alsatian countryside.
A few scenes from Strasbourg's charming Petite France district and iconic cathedral on our last - rather rainy - days in Alsace.
