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Eternal
Paris
- 2 Days / 1 Night
DAY ONE
Guided bus tour of Paris
( including: Ile St Louis and Ile de la
Cité, Latin Quarter, Luxembourg, St
Germain-des-Prés, Louvre, Place Vendôme,
Opéra, Madeleine, Concorde, Elysée,
Champs-Élysées, Arc de Triomphe, Trocadéro,
Eiffel Tower, Invalides, Rodin Museum,
Alexandre III Bridge, Orsay, Pont-Neuf
Bridge, Hôtel de Ville, Bastille).
Lunchtime free.
Guided tour of the Louvre (spectacular
collections dating from antiquity up until
1850 housed in the world’s largest
palace; discover the museum’s
masterpieces or examine a theme in detail,
or discover a particular artist’s works
led by a national museum tour guide).
Dinner at the MIJE cafeteria.
Night-time cruise on the Seine departing
from the Pont-Neuf bridge or the Eiffel
Tower (Discover Paris and its bridges,
architecture, monuments and history on
this one-hour cruise down the Seine with
commentary).
Night at the youth hostel.
DAY TWO
Breakfast
Discover a district on foot with a
specialised guide :
Ile de la Cité,
the cradle of Paris and its medieval
masterpieces such as the Conciergerie,
Sainte-Chapelle and Notre Dame.
Or
Montmartre, the Butte,
the Moulin de la Galette, vineyard, quaint
old streets and steep staircases, the
Bateau-Lavoir, the Sacré-Coeur, the
village-like atmosphere of the Place du
Tertre.
Or
The Latin Quarter,
headquarters for students and film-lovers:
Place St Michel, Saint-Séverin, boulevard
Saint Michel, rue St André des Arts, the
Sorbonne, St Etienne du Mont chapel, the
Panthéon and the thermes de Cluny.
Or
The Marais with
its private mansions converted into
museums ( Hôtel de Lamoignon, Carnavalet
Museum, Hôtel de Sully), its small
tranquil gardens clustered around the
famous Place des Vosges; the Marais of the
Middle Ages with the Hôtel de Sens and
the walled Philippe-Auguste area; the
Saint Paul ‘Village’; the rue de
Rosiers in Paris’ Jewish quarter.
Dinner in a university refectory.
Afternoon free ( why not visit one of the
great national or smaller Parisian
museums, temporary exhibitions, parks and
gardens, cemeteries, covered passages,
other districts…)
Departure from Paris.
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FROM
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FROM
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69 € |
74 € |
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Literary
Paris
- 3 Days / 2 Nights
DAY ONE
From the heights of Sainte-Geneviève in the middle of the Latin Quarter
and its schools and universities stands
the Panthéon : visit the
crypt which houses the tombs of
dignitaries such as Voltaire,
Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Alexandre
Dumas.
Lunchtime free.
Guided tour of the Musée Carnavalet in
the Marais district : gallery devoted to
Madame de Sévigné or evocation of
Paris during Alexandre Dumas, Emile Zola
or Marcel Proust's lifetime,
reconstitutions of famous writers's
rooms.
Or guided tour of the home of Balzac in Passy,
where this writer wrote the Comédie
humaine and some of his greatest works.
Or guided tour of Musée
de la vie romantique in
the Nouvelle Athènes district :
artistic and literary life in the middle
of the 19th century with the
main house evoking the everyday life of
George Sand.
Dinner at the MIJE cafeteria.
Evening at the theatre (programmes on
request).
Night at the youth hostel.
DAY TWO
Breakfast
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Tour and workshop at the BNF - site
Francois Mitterand about the
temporary exhibitions of the season or
about the library
Lunch in a university refectory.
Guided walking tour of the Père-Lachaise Cemetery, the final
resting place of famous poets and
writers. The countless French and
foreign personalities who here rest in
peace retrace two centuries of history
and culture.
Dinner at the MIJE cafeteria.
Night at the youth hotel.
DAY THREE
Breakfast
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Day devoted to Molière :
Walking tour organised
by the Comédie Française, commented by
specialized lecturers, that lead the
students in Molière's footsteps : from
the Saint Eustache church where he was
christened to the rue de Richelieu where
he died, the Halles district where he
lived, to the Louvre where he became
famous to the Comédie Française where
he’s still “The Boss” and where
the actors, heirs of his troupe, still
serve his works.
Lunch at the MIJE cafeteria.
Escapade to the Château de Vaux le
Vicomte : (60km south-west of
Paris) : evocation of the French society
in the 17th century :
Colbert, La Fontaine, Versailles, and,
as an extra,
“La Malle de Molière”,
participative show where you'll get to
meet the characters of his books,
humour, farce, educational theatre.
(Duration-90 minutes).
OR
Day devoted to Victor Hugo :
Guided teaching tour of Victor
Hugo's house, on the place des
Vosges : his life and his work, or his
fight against death penalty, or the man
and the writer at work, or Victor Hugo
through his brief exchanges - duration :
75 minutes (temporary exhibition from
2008-10-17 until 2009-02-01 : "les
Misérables, roman inconnu"). Lunch
at the MIJE cafeteria. After visiting
the house in the morning, workshop in Notre-Dame
discussing the book
Notre-Dame-de-Paris through two
complementary point of view (other
possible tours : in Victor Hugo's
house and in the Marais district
"Paris ville natale de mon
esprit" about the relationship
between the writer and Paris, or tour of
the château des Roches in Bièvres,
the literary house of Victor Hugo)
OR
Day devoted to Emile Zola :
Commented tour of the Musee d'Orsay : "Zola critique
d'art" and his naturalist motto in
paintings
. Lunch in a cafeteria at the Tuileries
garden
. Departure to Medan, 30 km away from
Paris : free tour of Emile Zola's
house and its garden (photographs
from the writer, manuscripts, diaries,
small objects), "Zola in
Medan" movie and "Zola -
Dreyfus : la souffrance des hommes"
exhibition
.
Departure.
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NOW TO 10/31/08 |
FROM
11/01/08 TO 01/31/09 |
FROM
02/01/09 TO 06/30/09 |
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participants + 4 : |
146
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142
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151
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148
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144
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Scientific
Paris
- 4 Days/3 Nights
DAY ONE
Morning free.
Lunchtime free.
Commented tour of the Palais de la découverte
: all of science presented in a simple and
interactive way, experiments (astronomy,
mathematics, physics, chemistry, life
sciences, geosciences), planetarium,
temporary exhibitions.
Dinner at the MIJE cafeteria.
Night at the youth hostel.
DAY TWO
Breakfast.
Departure from the Port de l'Arsenal at
Bastille for a 2:30 hours long commented
boat tour to the parc de la
Villette, going through the
spectacular vault of the Bastille, two
bascule bridges, four double locks and of
the raising bridge of Crimea.
Fast-food lunch at the Villette.
Self-guided tour of the Cité des
Sciences et de l'Industrie: permanent
exhibitions where the accent is put on the
questioning, the observation, the
interaction and the critical mind
(possible animations in certain
exhibitions, supervised by a scientific
mediator) and temporary exhibitions
(until 2008-12-31 : "Ombre et lumière",
until 2009-01-01 : "Zizi sexuel,
l'expo").
Movie at the Géode, the Cinaxe
or the Planétarium.
Dinner at the MIJE cafeteria.
Night at the youth hostel.
DAY THREE
Breakfast.
Self-guided (or guided, under certain
conditions) tour of the Musée des Arts
et Métiers : the permanent exhibition
looks at the history and current
developments in chronological order of
seven different domains – Scientific
Instruments, Materials, Construction,
Communication, Energy, Mechanical
Engineering and Transports.
Lunch in a university refectory.
Guided tour of one of the Musée
National d’Histoire Naturelle’s
galleries: the Great Gallery of Evolution
(evolutionary theory of the species)
(temporary exhibition until 2009-05-25
: "Incroyables cétacés"
or the Gallery of Palaeontology
(fossilised vertebrates, dinosaurs and
reptiles of the Mesozoic era) or the
Gallery of Mineralogy (giant crystals) or
the Greenhouses (reopening end 2008).
Dinner at the MIJE cafeteria.
Night at the youth hostel.
DAY FOUR
Breakfast.
Self-guided tour of the Musée de
l’Homme and the “L’homme exposé”
exhibition, the first episode of a saga,
the beginning of a journey into the
discovery of human nature, introspection
and a step towards a new museum, one of
the unity of humankind.
OR
Self-guided tour of the Musée National de la Marine Navy museum
– discover the fabulous three-masters,
steamers, the revolution of propellers or
the most recent liners.
Lunch in a university refectory.
Self-guided tour of the Musée de
l’Air et de l’Espace in the
Bourget :
pioneers of the skies from the
Ariane rockets to Second World War planes
to the two Concorde planes.
Departure.
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NOW TO 10/31/08 |
FROM
11/01/08 TO 01/31/09 |
FROM
02/01/09 TO 06/30/09 |
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participants + 4 : |
173
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167
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180 € |
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171
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Town
Planning and Architecture in
Paris
- 4 Days / 3 Nights
DAY ONE
Guided or self-guided visit of the Pavillon
de l’Arsenal : discover Paris’
architecture through the centuries, its
current projects and plans for the future
in this themed and chronological
exhibition.
Lunchtime free.
Themed guided visit of the Institut du
Monde Arabe and its permanent
collections exploring different aspects
and dimensions of Arabic-Islamic culture.
Dinner at the MIJE cafeteria.
Night at the youth hostel.
DAY TWO
Breakfast.
Visit of the Cité de l’Architecture
et du Patrimoine located in the Palais
de Chaillot, the largest architectural
centre in the world : modern and
contemporary gallery, mural gallery,
mouldings, gallery of temporary
exhibitions, educational workshops on
architecture and heritage are planned (
"Elle décoration" seen by
Christian Lacroix temporary exhibition
until 2008-12-04).
Lunch in a university refectory.
Architectural walking tour organised by
the Palais de Tokyo – discover
the architectural achievements of the
Alma-Marceau area.
OR
Guided tour of the Palais du Tokyo, the architecture and history
of the building (temporary exhibition from
2008-09-25 until 2009-01-04 "carte
blanche à Jeremy Deller").
OR
Discovery tour of the Centre Georges Pompidou and his urban
environment: walk around the building, its
facades, its insertion in the area, access
to the belvedere (or, for professional
schools students, architectural or
descriptive and design of space tour)
(temporary exhibitions; from 2008-10-15
until 2009-01-26 October : "le
futurisme et Paris" , from 2009-03-18
until 2009-07-07 "Calder, les années
parisiennes - 1926-1933").
Dinner at the MIJE cafeteria.
Night at the youth hostel.
DAY THREE
Breakfast.
Guided tour of the Opéra Garnier
(architectural masterpiece built by
Charles Garnier at the end of the 19th
century) or the Opéra Bastille
(grand modern theatre, the work of Carlos
Ott, inaugurated almost 20 years ago).
Lunch in a cafeteria.
Guided tour of the Stade de France
in Saint-Denis, modern-day arena: the
guide’s commentary is reinforced by
scale models and videos; the thematic
visit brings us back to ancient times and
helps us to understand the evolution of
stadiums; we also discover that just 31
months of building work sufficed to build
France’s biggest stadium and to
integrate it into the urban landscape,
just a few hundred metres from the
historical centre of Saint-Denis.
Dinner at the MIJE cafeteria.
Night at the youth hostel.
DAY FOUR
Breakfast.
Day in western Paris :
Guided
tour of La Défense area, buisness
city but also an artistic neighbourhood
with many outdoor contemporary sculptures.
Go up the Grande Arche, the heart
of La Défense, which stands at the end of
the long perspective running from the
Louvre to the Concorde and the Arc de
triomphe to the western Paris.
Lunch in a university refectory
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Self-guided tour of the Villa La Roche, headquarter of the Le
Corbusier foundation or of Le
Corbusier's apartement in the Molitor
building.
OR
Day Paris Rive Gauche :
Guided tour of the new BNF district,
the flagship Bibliothèque Nationale de
France François Mitterand is part of
an urban renewal scheme on a scale unseen
since the days of Baron Haussmann in 19th
century Paris; the perimeter stretching
from the Gare d’Austerlitz station to
the boulevard Masséna, spanning the Seine
on one side and the rue du Chevaleret on
the other ; the Simone de Beauvoir
footbridge, Paris’ 37th
bridge, links Paris Rive Gauche to the
parc du Bercy, bringing two modern and
complementary districts closer together.
Lunch at a university refectory.
Take metro line 14, (named METEOR)
a driverless train traveling at 40km/ph
which links the banks of the future (the
Grande Bibliothèque) and the heart of
Paris (Madeleine); along the way you may
appreciate the beauty of the stations and
the modern materials used..
Get off at the Cour Saint Emilion stop to
find yourself at Bercy, revolutionary
commune then world-known wine-making
estate which is now known as Bercy
Village, its commerce based on
leisure, wine, lifestyle and culture.
The emphasis has been placed upon
keeping the spirit of the area alive with
the renovation of its 19th
century storehouses, preservation of the
rail tracks, architectural details such as
the beams, exceptional stones and the
roofs have been underlined.
Departure from Paris.
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NOW TO 10/31/08 |
FROM
11/01/08 TO 01/31/09 |
FROM
02/01/09 TO 06/30/09 |
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189
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183
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196
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187
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180
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Cultures
and Civilisations in Paris
- 4 Days / 3 Nights
DAY ONE
General or thematic guided visited of the Musée du Louvre, in
either the Ancient Egyptian or Ancient
Greek,
Etruscan and Roman departments,
or the Ancient Oriental, or Islam Arts
departments (temporary exhibitions –
"Andrea Mantegna" from
2008-09-26 until 2009-01-05).
Lunchtime free.
Guided visit of the Musée d’Art et
d’Histoire du Judaïsme which aims
to share the riches and the specifics of
the Jewish heritage by opening doors to
other cultures; with diverse sections
such as "Histoire d’une famille”, “Sur les traces des Hébreux”, “Juifs,
chrétiens et musulmans”, “Le Marais
juif”, "L'affaire Dreyfus",
“Histoires des juifs de
France”…
Dinner at the MIJE cafeteria.
Night at the youth hostel.
DAY TWO
Breakfast.
General guided visit of the Musée du
Quai Branly, organised around a
selection of the museum’s masterpieces
in order to allow an introduction to its
collections ; a tour of the world’s
arts and civilisations for a better
understanding of the multicultural world
in which we evolve (temporary exhibition until 2009-07-19 : "planète métisse : to mix
or not to mix".
Lunch at a university refectory.
Self-guided visit of the "Femmes,
dans les arts d'Afrique” exhibition
(from 2008-10-09 until 2009-07-12) at
the Musée Dapper (the very
particular place of African women in the
rural societies and their representation
in the African arts).
Dinner at the MIJE cafeteria.
Evening at the theatre (programmes
available on request).
DAY THREE
Breakfast.
Delve into Asian civilisations and
religions at the Musée Guimet :
guided tour to discover the Asian
civilizations and religions (temporary
exhibition from 2008-10-15 until
2008-12-08 : "Konpira - sanctuaire
de la mer").
Fast-food
lunch.
Self-guided visit of the "WA
l'harmonie au quotidien - design
japonais d'aujourd'hui" (from
2008-10-22 until 2009-01-31) or
"Kurosawa : dessins du cinéaste"
(from 2008-10-16 until 2009-01-04)
temporary exhibitons at the Maison de
la Culture du Japon à Paris.
OR
Self-guided visit of the "Le zen et l'art à Kyoto" exhibition
at the Petit Palais (from 2008-10-10
until 2008-12-16).
OR
An aesthetic promenade through Chinese
civilisation at the Musée Cernuschi:
the great discoveries, the three major
schools of Chinese thought, the history
of ancient China…
Dinner at the MIJE cafeteria.
Night at the youth hostel.
DAY FOUR
Breakfast.
Self-guided tour of the Cité
Nationale de l’Histoire de
l’Immigration at the Palais de la
Porte Dorée, symbol of France’s
colonial past, intended to recognise and
promote awareness of the role played by
the immigrant population in the
construction of France; the project is a
national museum, a resource centre, a
place of discovery, exhibitions and
living culture all rolled into one ; and
must also be used to educate the
population, showing the continual
enrichment of French culture through
immigration and to contribute to social
cohesion - permanent collection
"Repères, deux siècles d'histoire
de l'immigration en France" or
temporary exhibition "Etranger -
Fremder en France et en Allemagne du 19e
siècle à nos jours" (from
2008-12-12 until 2009-04-15).
Lunch at the MIJE cafeteria.
Themed guided visit of the Institut
du Monde Arabe and its permanent
collections exploring different aspects
and dimensions of Arabic-Islamic culture
(temporary exhibitions : "Oum
Kalsoum" until 2008-11-02 ;
"Bonaparte et l'Egypte" from
2008-10-13 until 2009-03-29).
Visit of the Paris Mosque (the
Cour d’Honneur, the Grand Patio, the
Prayer Room, the Minaret, the Hammam and
the annexes).
Departure.
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NOW TO 10/31/08 |
FROM
11/01/08 TO 01/31/09 |
FROM
02/01/09 TO 06/30/09 |
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participants + 4 : |
159
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153
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166
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participants + 2 : |
156
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Artistic
Paris
- 5 Days / 4 Nights
DAY ONE
Self-guided tour of the completely renovated Orangerie: Monet’s
“Water Lilies” bathed in natural light
just the way he intended them to be, Jean
Walter and Paul Guillaume’s collection
made up of masterpieces by Renoir, Cézanne,
Rousseau, Matisse, Picasso, Soutine are
displayed below the garden and allow us to
understand the historical identity and the
aesthetic originality of this collection
unique to Paris.
Lunchtime free in the Tuileries garden.
Guided tour of the Musée d’Orsay
french artistic collections of the 19th
and 20th century, realism and naturalism,
impressionism, art nouveau, symbolism
(temporary exhibitions : "Hector
Guimaud, dessinateur de meubles",
"Vues d'Italie",
"Pastels" from 2008-09-30 until
2009-01-04 ; "Masques : de Carpeaux
à Picasso" from 2008-10-21 until
2009-02-10 ; "Wilhelm Lehmbruck et la
sculpture à Paris" from 2009-03-09
until 2009-06-14).
Dinner at the MIJE cafeteria.
Night at the youth hostel.
DAY TWO
Breakfast.
Guided tour of the Musée du Quai
Branly, where the world’s cultures
meet; African, American, Oceanic and Asian
art and civilisation in a completely
innovative museography, live programmes
– theatre, dance, music – in harmony
with the different works and temporary
exhibitions presented.
Lunch at a university refectory.
Self guided tour of a great exhibition
gallery : either the Petit Palais,
Paris' museum of fine arts, which has been
completely renovated, with its inner court
(temporary exhibition : "la mode au
Petit Palais : Patrick Demarchelier,
photographe" from 2008-09-30 until
2009-01-04) or the Grand Palais,
(temporary exhibitions : from 2008-10-07
until 2009-02-02 "Picasso et les maîtres"
and from 2009-03-16 until
2009-07-15 "Le grand monde
d'Andy Warhol : les portraits") or
the Jeu de Paume (from 2008-10-14
until 2009-01-11 "Jordi Colomer,
artiste catalan" ; from 2009-01-18
until 2009-03-22 "Sophie
Ristelhueber, photographe", from
April until mid-June 2009 "Rodney
Graham et Harun Farocki") or the Hôtel
de Ville (from 2008-10-07 until
2008-12-31 "Jacques Prévert - Paris
la belle") or the Pinacothèque de
Paris (from 2008-09-25 until
2009-01-18 "George Rouault, à
l'occasion du 50ème anniversaire de sa
mort" ; from 2008-10-15 until
2009-02-15 "Pollock et le
chamanisme").
Dinner at the MIJE cafeteria.
Night at the youth hostel.
DAY THREE
Breakfast.
Self-guided tour of the Musée
Jacquemart-André: built at the end of
the 19th century in
Haussmann’s new Paris by a couple with a
passion for collecting, this private
mansion offers a glimpse of 19th
century living: ceremonial rooms, marble
staircase, winter garden, private
apartments, reception rooms (permanent
collection : French Painting, Dutch
Painting, Italian Renaissance, Furniture
and Objet d’Art collections) (temporary
exhibitions : from 2008-10-15 until
2009-02-01 "Van Dyck" ; from
2009-03-15 until 2009-08-25
"Primitifs italiens").
Lunch at a cafeteria.
Guided tour of the Musée d’Art
Moderne du Centre Pompidou (graphic
arts, photograph, architecture, design,
cinema and artist's videos, 59000 art
works from 1905 until today) (temporary
exhibitions : from 2009-03-18 until
2009-07-20 "Calder" ; from
2009-04-08 until 2009-08-10
"Kandinsky").
OR
Guided tour of the Musée d’Art
Moderne de la Ville de Paris which
reopens its doors on the 2008-10-16 with a
new presentation of its collection (great
rooms dedicated to major groups : fauvism
and cubism, Robert and Sonia Delaunay,
Andre Breton, decorative arts of the
30's... new acquisition of
contemporary art : paintings, videos and
installations) (retrospective Raoul Dufy
from 2008-10-16 until
2009-01-18).
Dinner at the MIJE cafeteria.
Evening at the theatre (programmes on
request).
Night at the youth hostel.
DAY FOUR
Breakfast.
Self-guided tour of the Musée des Arts
Décoratifs which reopened September
2006 after being completely renovated,
back to its original size and lighting:
prestigious collections, a unique account
of the French way of life from the Middle
Ages to today. (temporary exhibitions –
"Légèreté (prix Emile Hermès)" from 2008-09-18 until 2009-01-25 ;
"Sonia Rykiel, exhibition" from
2008-11-20 until
2009-04-19).
Lunch
at a university refectory.
Guided tour of the Rodin Museum :
500 pieces of the sculptor and his
personal collection displayed in the hotel
Biron.
Promenade in the sculpture garden.
Dinner at the MIJE cafeteia
.
Night
at the youth hostel.
DAY
FIVE
Breakfast.
Day at the Cite de la Musique :
From
end of October until March the 1st
2009 : Theme tour of the museum (the key
of sounds, the Romanticism in music, the
new sound worlds, instruments of the
world).
Fast-food lunch.
Discovery tour of the Serge Gainsbourg
exhibition, homage to one of the greatest
French musicians of the 20th century.
OR
From March the 3rd 2009 on,
date of the complete reopening of the Cité,
cultural courses with musical practice
workshops, museum tours, listening
sessions, musicals :
- On mondays, from 2009-04-27 on,
from 1st year secondary school to final
year : electric guitar workshop and DJ
workshop linked to a listening session at
the Mediathèque.
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