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One of the initial difficulties of understanding French is understanding the logic of the language. For instance the order of certain words in French will be the opposite of word order in English.
Norm Goldman, Editor of Sketchandtravel and Bookpleasures is excited to have as a guest, world- wide Paris expert, Thirza Vallois. Thirza is the author of the three volumes of "Around and About Paris", and yet another excellent book," Romantic Paris".
She contributes to tv and radio and has appeared on PBS, BBC, The Travel Channel, Discovery, CNN, The French Cultural Channel, among others. She also writes for The Economic Times, United Airlines' Hemispheres, Condé Nast Traveller, among others.
She will be the author of Three Perfect Days in Paris, aired as a film on all United Airlines international flights and on tv throughout the world. The article has won her the very first award of NATJA (the North American Travel Journalists' Association).
Thirza has also contributed the Paris entry of the latest edition of The Encarta Encyclopaedia.
Thirza is also an expert on the Aveyron region in southern France. She is now completing a brand new book on this final hidden area of France, to be published in 2006.
Thirza has also informed me that she has been travelling extensively in the USA, specially to California, about which she has written a few articles, with extra to follow
Today, Thirza will likely be discussing with us why Paris is so romantic?
You know that in French most adjectives come right after the noun. So, we have:
Norm:
Thirza, could you tell us one thing about yourself, how you started as a travel author and writer, how quite a few travel books have your written, and why have you chosen to write about Paris?
Thirza:
A extended time ago, when I was nonetheless a child, and travelling was still the privilege of the "happy enlightened few", I occurred to be blessed with an exceptional mother who believed that the greatest school was life itself and that the very best method to embrace life was by travelling.
une voiture chère 'an expensive car'
My exposure consequently started at a very young age, as did my really like for writing, by way of which I expressed myself the way one does by way of painting, singing, playing an instrument, dancing.... I in no way meant to develop into a writer, it was just component of me.
Being a savvy traveller, it upset me to see how most visitors to Paris (and any other place), do it the incorrect way, making use of directory-like guidebooks that make them go by way of all the endless lists of touristy "musts", rather than point them to the "real" place, which is the city itself.
Paris has changed considerably since, but in these days it was an exasperating place, inhabited by really tricky people, to say the least, and my feelings for it were far from the phony "I really like Paris in the spring time" image postcard cultivated by Hollywood. It was actually a really like and hate passion, and I needed to know my own heart, which could only happen by means of understanding the city.
You probably know that specific adjectives which include grand, bon, petit, beau, nouveau; ordinals (premier, deuxième, etc.) and possessive adjectives (mon, ma, son, ses, etc.) normally come before the noun.
It will be the combination of the above that gave birth to my 3-volume series, "Around and About Paris". As for "Romantic Paris", it was their natural extension in a way. It was a book written for lovers, past, present, and future, for whom Paris, more than any other city I can consider of, has been designed by the gods. This also answers your other question. I've so far written four books on Paris.
Certain adjectives are employed in either position:
Norm:
Can you explain to our audience why Paris is amongst the top romantic
venues inside the world?
la prochaine station 'the next stop'
Thirza:
la semaine prochaine 'next week'
mon cher ami 'my dear friend'
And sometimes there is actually a nuance of which means if the adjective is prior to or after the word.
The answer I give is usually the same, and best resumed in the introduction to "Romantic Paris".
"For decades I attempted to figure out why Paris is shrouded in such mystique. Granted, walks at night along the Seine are enchanting, but that alone cannot explain why the really mention of Paris had continually conjured up tales of romance, well prior to it was blessed with gas or electricity, well just before its exquisitely lit street-corners had been replicated the globe over in black-and-white print. After all, medieval Paris was a dark den of filth, reeking with nauseous stench, and the two sinister prison fortresses that jutted out of its skyline could hardly have been conducive to romance. Not to mention the 32 rotting corpses dangling within the offing when the royal gallows was utilised to full capacity. Yet the myth has been perpetuated for a good thousand years.
I racked my brains, I dug into the past, I travelled into my personal psyche looking for an answer, but I came back empty-handed. There lies the beauty of the enigma. Paris is poetry, Paris is mystery, Paris is beauty-an exasperating decoy that in no way quite delivers, all the extra compelling for its imperfection, the archetypal reservoir of all our passions...."
Norm:
If you had to choose six distinctive romantic venues in Paris, exactly where would they be and why?
Very tough question, and it sometimes depends upon the season or time of day or night, for the reason that "romantic" implies seclusion.
*Definitely the two western tips of the two central islands, Ile de la Cité and Ile Saint-Louis, but down the steps, at water level, and in the case of Ile Saint-Louis, preferably following dark.
*The tiny location de Fürstemberg, close to the church of Saint-Germain-des-Prés: it can be a uncommon jewel after dark, but is also quite heavenly inside the morning, when one can meanwhile take in the delightful little Delacroix Museum.
*Place Dauphine, on the western side of Ile de la Cité, also preferably right after dark.
*Buttes Chaumont, which has all the ingredients of a Brahms symphony that would have appealed to the likes of Lord Byron: a grotto, a dramatic waterfall, a lake with weeping willows, sheer cliffs topped by a Temple de l'Amour-what far better location for a lovers' kiss with eastern Paris spread like a carpet at your feet!
un grand homme 'a fantastic man'
un homme grand 'a tall man'
* Montmartre, especially on the small frequented side streets, once more in the early hours of the morning, or right after dark.
Norm:
Could you describe to our audience six exceptional wedding venues in Paris to celebrate a marriage, and explain why you'd look at these venues to be most unique?
Thirza:
Once more the choice is tough, so I am attempting to be as eclectic as I can, to match people's distinctive tastes.
You can combine adjectives in both locations, as in:
These are available in distinct categories and distinct price ranges, my favourite fleet being "Les Yachts de Paris". Nothing equals when it comes to urban beauty and glamour the city's river views, even more so when seen from the water. Attempt to prolong your festivities into the night so as to delight in the splendour of the floodlighting.
un nouveau petit ordinateur puissant 'a new modest powerful computer'
Les Yachts de Paris
English easily makes use of nouns in a way that resembles adjectives. But there is genuinely a significant complication. Here are some examples:
10, quai Henri IV, 75004
une boîte de chaussures 'a box of shoes'
une tour de bureaux 'a tower of offices'
If I have been to hire one of them (or just aspect of one) for my wedding, I would possibly go for the Jacquemart-André Museum, due to the fact as the one-time property of the popular art collectors Edouard André and Nélie Jacquemart, it has a private feel,to a specific extent, despite its palatial glamour, which makes it an ideal venue for a wedding occasion. The couple's fabulous art collection is on permanent display on the magnificent premises of the museum.
Musée Jacquemart-André
158, Boulevard Haussmann, 75008
*Countrified weddings are continually appealing, and also the Bois de Boulogne is as countrified as you could get inside the boundaries of Paris. Le Pré Catelan delivers luxury and refinement amidst gorgeous green surroundings, combined with the the renowned Le Nôtre's top-quality catering.
un magasin de vêtements 'a clothing store'
une voiture de luxe 'a luxury car'
Bois de Boulogne
une arme de poing 'a handgun'
Route de Suresnes, 75016
Tel 01 44 14 41 14
*If you wish to have it countrified when staying in central Paris, you are able to opt for the discreet magnificence of the peach-coloured Laurent, within the lower gardens of the Champs-Elysées, and still get pleasure from the leafy surroundings of one of the city's most prestigious neighbourhoods (the presidential residence is across the street). Make positive to hire a dining room that comes having a terrace.
41, avenue Gabriel, 75008
Tel: 01 42 25 00 39
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