Lido

If you like some expensive entertainment, the Lido on the Champs Elysées is a good choice. I went to the show Bonheur, which is still playing. I guess you can compare it with the Moulin Rouge, but it's better actually.

I've been to both and the Lido is more glamourous and there are more dancers. You really can't compare the show - it's just different. In the Lido the stage moves all the time. They have great dancers, clothing, light, water and even a real horse in their show. Of course all the dancers are topless and the dancer in the leading role can sing very well!

It costs a lot of money, but for the Lido is more worth it than the Moulin Rouge.

The Moulin Rouge, the Lido and...the Crazy Horse. The Crazy Horse is a famous erotic cabaret show. I have to say to it is a LOT more erotic than the Moulin Rouge or Lido shows, so don't go there if you can't manage nudeness :).

We were in the front seats, and it wasn't nice because we had to look up all the time and it was hard to see the big choreographical picture. They play a lot with light, the stage was very small and there aren't a lot of dancers. In between the dance acts there a little video was played. It kind of annoyed us at the end.

In general: too expensive, expected more of it. In other words: GO TO THE LIDO :)

The Moulin Rouge is definitely the most famous cabaret show in Paris and maybe in the world. It was constructed in the 19th century and has a great historical value.

In the Moulin Rouge you pay mostly for that the name. The show was nice and the service was good. The stage is very small and I was really amazed when I noticed some dancers (not all of them) were wearing skin colored clothing underneath there costumes. Not that I wanted to see boobies so badly :). But it IS famous for that as well, so I was disappointed. Kind of like going to Haägen Dasz without being able to eat hot chocolate sauce with your ice cream :).

So in general, the show was good, we had a great laugh. And it was nice to see that historic please. You can really tell it's old (positif or negatif? I don't know). So it is a good idea to go there, but I highly recommend the Lido which was a lot more spectacular and internationally orientated.

I spent my first three weeks (!) I was in Paris in the 3 Ducks Hostel. I had to wait to move to my appartment, and since I didn't have any friends yet, a hostel seemed a good solution.

It's one of the cheapest hostels in Paris which is the first good reason to go there. Breakfast is included, you can get a baguette and there are a few jams to chose from. For the drinks, you have some choice too: coffee, orange juice or tea.

Another good reason is the fact they all speak English - which is a big luxury in France. It's also close to the Eifel Tower and the subway station - you might hear a metro passing at night or in the morning, depending on which room you sleep in. I personally slept in 4 different rooms. Rooms for 10 people, which has his own shower. And the room where I spent my first and last days, a room above the bar of the hostel. That's also where the best and cleanest shower was (the building is "divided" in a few seperate little buildings). Of course, if you stay there that long, you know things like that :).

As I already said, there is a bar downstairs - which is also the entrance of the hostel. The bar is great! You have free access to internet an special computers and it's a great place to meet fellow travellers. The prices are rather high, but they are high in Paris in general. The bar has a curfew, 2am, so you don't have to worry about hearing music all night long. Of course, it's a hostel, and there will be some noice sometimes... I met a lot of interesting and fun people. There where a lot nationalities, but I noticed that a lot of Argentinians find their way to the 3 Ducks Hostel. I shared my room with Dutch, Americans, Argentinians, a Brazilian couple, a South African girl, a guy from New Zealand, Australians, some Italians and a girl from Austria. A very nice mix :).

The hostel also has an inviting patio, which is nice when the weather is good. Everybody sits outside, you get a real southern atmosphere thanks to this terrace.

What else can I say? They're always happy to give you some advice about where to go in Paris and how to get there. It was a great experience to stay in a hostel for 3 weeks, and I have some great memories!

Tokyo Eat is the restaurant in the Palais de Tokyo, a contemporary art museum.

This is also reflected in the restaurant. The interior of Tokyo Eat is create by Stéphane Maupin (architecture and light), Ivan Fayard (tables) and artists such as André, Marcus Kreiss, Oliver Babin, Kolkoz and Zevs (chairs) and Beat Streuli (the photographs on the windows).
I personally loved the chairs. Go and see their toilets too!

The food is great and the prices are very reasonable for a restaurant in Paris. I don't remember what I ate there anymore. The dessert was something with a lot of chocolate. I recall that I loved it. But it was a real sugar bomb :). That's probably why I liked it so much :)

If you like contemporary and modern art, Palais de Tokyo is definitely worth a visit. This museum has great exhibitions for a low price. You'll pay 6 euro. People younger than 26 or older than 60 pay 4.50 euro.

It's difficult to say something about the museum because, there isn't an art collection that you can see whenever you go. They have exclusive exhibitions.

The museum even has a boutique, a library AND a restaurant. You can find very cool stuff in the boutique and the library. Books about street art that are difficult to find and other exclusive goodies.

This museum rocks! It's the coolest I have ever seen!

Yesterday evening, we wanted to go and see a movie. Unfortunately we were too late, and all the tickets were sold out. So we decided to go to a restaurant in Paris near Nation called 'Chez Prosper'.

It wasn't the first time we went there, it's Amélie's - my friend - favorite restaurant. So the 'Which restaurant?' problem was quickly solved. We all like Chez Prosper because the food is good, you get a lot, you get it quickly and it's not expensive at all. Certainly not for a restaurant in Paris.

Their salads and dessert are huge, for a reasonable price. The only downside is the little tables. You don't have a lot of space to eat - but that's quite common in Paris. But the waitors are very friendly, young, dynamic and often funny.

I ate a steak with mashed patatoes and a chocolate mousse. I paid 17.50 euro. And believe me, I definitely wasn't hungry after our diner!

The Musée Guimet was constructed by Emile Guimet, a industrialist from Lyon who devised the grand project of opening a museum devoted to the religions of Asian art. And it's a good thing he did that, if you ask me :). The museum is not very far from the Eiffel Tower and close to Palais de Tokyo. You can get there easily by metro.

If you like Asian art, I highly recommend this museum. They have a great permanent collection. I loved it! Since January 2009, the acces to the permanent collection is free. They also have a library where you can find books about Asian art, cute postcards, pens, calendars and other gadgets.