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gaijin

28 Feb 2005, 08:05 PM

I usually try and get a game in during Easter time. I think it will more likely be the Auxerre match or failing that, Nice a month later.

;)

Levante

28 Feb 2005, 10:54 PM

I have no doubt that this is the case. As with the rest of society, it is aways a small minority that make the majority look bad (or in the case of the US, the 51% that voted for Bush!..oops did I say that?:D)

Either way if anyone is going to that game let me know!

You mean the Nantes game? I'm there.........

Pyro

28 Feb 2005, 11:46 PM

levante - the April 9 game vs. Bordeaux - Plus, we could just go a Fire game! 2 Chicagoans going to a PSG game. lol

Levante

02 Mar 2005, 08:16 PM

levante - the April 9 game vs. Bordeaux - Plus, we could just go a Fire game! 2 Chicagoans going to a PSG game. lol

Cool beans. I'll be at a few Fire games. See you there.

Pyro

11 Mar 2005, 12:12 PM

gaijin

11 Mar 2005, 07:34 PM

BUMP!

Kind of sad, that this PSG forum turns into a discussion between two guys from Chicago. Come on PSG fans, where should I go pre game? Where should I head to watch Champions leage (I'll be staying in arrondissment 1).

They don't make a travel guide for Football fans! :)

1er eh? Thats pretty central.

PdP is in the 26th........I think.

You should be slap bang next to Les Halles no? Forum des Halles is a cool place to check out. Its like a little garden carved in the Parisian centre. http://www.insecula.com/musee/M0104.html/

Depends what you interested in. I'll check out some bars for you. I must warn you these come reccomendations of friends. And some of them tell me stuff that is not exactly suitable for the first-time / newbie Parisian.

Christ where's Jonathan when you need him? He's my Paris bar buddy.

gaijin

11 Mar 2005, 08:10 PM

I'm assembling a list as we speak but its late - so I'll go to bed and finish it up then. :)

gaijin

12 Mar 2005, 06:31 AM

Bars / Pubs

Corcoran's Clichy
110 bld de Clichy
75018 Paris

Metro: Blanche
Phone: 01 4223 0030

Pretty lively bar. Has a large screen that shows matches. Weekends they have a live DJ. Sadly its way too far from where you are staying.

The Frog and Rosbif
116 rue St. Denis
75002 Paris

Metro: Etienne Marcel
Phone: 01 4236 3473

This is a great place. English food. English TV - Home to a thousand expats like me. I'll get more info on this, because I have to make sure they have the Sky anymore - last time I went was six months back and they had it, but then I was told they didn't. :confused: EDIT: They do have it

Mc Bride's Irish Pub
52 rue Saint Denis
75001 Paris

Right next door to where you are staying. I've never been because its just opened. You might want to have a peer round and see if its good or not. Please tell me, I would like to know.

Le Café Noir
65 rue Montmartre
75002 Paris

Metro: Sentier
Phone: 01 4039 0736

Very nice cafe. And cheap beer. :)

The Long Hop
25-27 rue Frederic Sauton
75005 Paris

Metro: Maubert Mutualité
Phone: 01 4329 4054

A bit far but not too far from where you are. Serves good range of beers. Right next door to Notre Dame, so you should know its relative distance. Been here before. English newspapers. Live football as well. Be warned it can get busy during weekends and you can get refused entry.

The Merry Fiddler
5 rue Montorgeuil
75001 Paris

Phone: 01 4221 0350

Another on your doorstep. Never been, can't say if its good or not.

Harry's New York Bar
5 rue Daunou
75002 Paris

Metro: Opéra
Phone: 01 4261 7114

Homesick? American cocktail bar. Actually a very old joint.

Kitty O'Shea's
10 rue des Capucines
75002 Paris

Metro: Madeleine
Phone: 01 4015 0808

Best Irish pub in Paris. Obviously if you have been to the one in Boston, you know what to expect. Been, and its fantastic. If you can go on Paddy's day then do. You will not regret it. Live football, good food. Very crowded at times though.

The Freedom
8 Rue de Berri
75008 Paris

Metro: George V
Phone: 01 5375 2550

This is bar right in the middle in central Paris. I went to a student bash here and is ver lively, even a bit noisy. Thursdays is student night, Live Dj’s on the weekend. As well as Live bands. In the Champs de Eylsees area.

gaijin

12 Mar 2005, 06:45 AM

Cool Cafes in the 1st

Le Comptoir Paris Marrakech
37, Rue Berger
75001

Tel : 01 40 26 26 66
Metro: Les Halles

North African joint. If you're into all that kind of stuff, that is ideal.

Le Café des Initiés
3 pl des Deux-Ecus
75001

Tel: 01 42 33 78 29
Metro: Les Halles

Never been. But heard good things.

Le Fumoir
6 rue de l’Amiral-de-Coligny
75001

Tel: 01 42 92 00 24
Metro: Louvre Rivoli

Very elegant, home to the chic Parisian crowd. Has a very nice collection of books I'm told.

Kong
1 rue du Pont-Neuf
75001

Tel: 01 40 39 09 00
Metro: Pont Neuf

Trendy and chiq. Cocktail bar. Overlooks Pont Neuf, what more could one ask for? Seriuosly have to make an effort to look cool in this place

Pretty much, Les Halles is chiq when it comes to shops and cafes.

If you want anymore general suggestions, aside from the 1er, then let me now.

cass75

13 Mar 2005, 04:20 AM

:eek:
Nice work ganu!
I like the Montecristo Café ( 68 av Champs Elysées,8th district,metro F.D Roosevelt) and Latina Café ( 114 av Champs Elysées ,metro George V ),nice places with beautiful parisian girls...

gaijin

13 Mar 2005, 06:35 AM

Pyro

17 Mar 2005, 01:37 PM

Thanks a bunch Ganu!! :cool:

And if any PSG fans are going to the Bordeaux game and would like to meet up before or after, drop me a PM!

Pyro

Pyro

23 Mar 2005, 01:20 PM

Just ordered my tickets

Sitting I bleu haut.

I didn't have them mailed overseas, so I guess I have to go to a store or something to pick them up? Ganu can you verify?

gaijin

23 Mar 2005, 01:57 PM

Just ordered my tickets

Sitting I bleu haut.

I didn't have them mailed overseas, so I guess I have to go to a store or something to pick them up? Ganu can you verify?

Correct. Turn up with some form of idenfication (mainly your passport.)

bleu haut? What stand? Presidentelle?

I'm not going to this one. I'm trying to get some tickets for the Nice match.

Fingers crossed. ;)

cass75

24 Mar 2005, 04:22 AM

You can pick up your tickets in all Virgin,Fnac,Samaritaine,PSG shops...You just need your credit card and a print of your order.

Levante

24 Mar 2005, 02:30 PM

gaijin

24 Mar 2005, 02:49 PM

Well..... I came back a little of a PSG fan.

No one will replace my Club America....but it's nice to have a French team I can like.

The game was ok and then it was just fantastic after Pauleta's late strike (Nantes game).

I also could tell that Rotchen and Yepes were crowd favorites.

By the way, you Parisians have a beautiful city and you were also wonderful hosts to my girl and I. Thank You. but damn you ganu for not posting that info before I left.about where to go in Paris. Oh well, still had a wonderful time.

Can't wait to go back to the Parc de Princes and Paris soon enough.

by the way......

Larrue Demision!

Merci. ;)

I'm just glad that we won.

Sorry about not posting that earlier. One of two reasons. I didn't see it and I probably couldn't have spent the time getting the info together. In the coming months I intend to get cracking on a guide to Paris for this forum, to help people going to watch the team play.

Rothen is my fave player - mainly because he has PSG in his heart. Yepes too has the admiration of the fans with his recent performances.

And yeah, Larrue and the LFP can go ******** themselves. :D

Pyro

14 Apr 2005, 12:17 PM

I just got back from Paris and thought I'd throw up a few pix from the PSG vs. Bordeaux match on 4/9/05. Had to bring the FIRE scarf too!

http://images.kodakgallery.com/photos1170/2/44/2/70/34/3/334700244203_0_ALB.jpg

Me at Parc des Princes

http://images.kodakgallery.com/photos1170/2/44/2/53/57/2/257530244203_0_ALB.jpg

My Fiancé at Parc des Princes

http://images.kodakgallery.com/photos1170/2/44/2/70/34/6/634700244203_0_ALB.jpg

North End Zone @ Parc des Princes

http://images.kodakgallery.com/photos1170/2/44/2/53/57/4/457530244203_0_ALB.jpg

Away Fans @ Parc des Princes Note the protective covering to the side and above the Bordeaux fan section.

Game comments: The atmosphere was incredible and what I expected (my first game outside of US). The Parc roared when PSG staked out a 1-0 lead 20 minutes into the match. PSG conceded a PK with about 15 minutes left and the Parc was screeching with whistling that almost shattered my glasses.

BEWARE CRITICISM:
Sadly if 41,000 fans at an average of 44 Euro each can only buy you a team the quality of PSG, then MLS is doing something right. The quality of play was simply awful. Some clever touches here and there, but at the expense of smarter passes. Cisse and especially Yepes were disasters. Aside from the two expansion teams, I'd expect any MLS team to draw either of these French sides (currently 11th and 12th in League 1) at a neutral ground.

The fans were great and I had many broken English/French conversations about the Fire and the NBA "Tony Parkeur!"

General Paris Reflections:
Overall the city was spectacular. We watched the first leg of Chelsea/Bayern at O'Brien's Irish Pub on Rue St. Dominique. I'd suggest having a tad bit more than the basics of French down when you arrive in Paris. If you stick only to the main touristy areas, you can get by with English, but if you like traveling off the beaten path, know a bit of French.
The Metro is great and seems to be everywhere (except very near the Eiffel Tower?). Paris seems to have on display the highest highs and the lowest lows of urban living. The highs being the architecture, the food, the language, the arts, and the extensive public transit. The lows being the bathrooms (no thrones in some places, just squat holes!), homeless and garbage. The dog poop problem isn't that bad any more after the passage of a 2004 law, but dog pee is still common on the sidewalks. (Dogs are treated as members of society in Paris. They are welcome in restraunts and the Metro!)

It was a great experience and we would definately go back!

gaijin

14 Apr 2005, 01:56 PM

Great post, Pyro. ;) :)

You were lucky in so much as the Auteuil were back on form and singing. The Boulogne is still pretty quiet though - you should it hear when both start singing off to eachother; it makes the hairs on the back of your neck stick up.

As for our peformance, it wasn't the best. Bordeaux aren't exactly the best team either. The 2nd half was totally abysmal. :(

Even though, that was your first PdP trip, I won't try and sugarcoat it - we are crap at the minute.

Paris is a great city, but like most major European cities, it does have its ugly side.

Pierre-Henri

14 Apr 2005, 03:05 PM

Nice post, Pyro. I can only agree with Ganu : watch PSG-Bordeaux this season was a bad luck, since both teams are really low (of course, you can't choose your vacations according the league schedule !).

I must admit the Ligue can be pretty boring: as a Strasbourg supporter, I've followed some games as thrilling as.... let's say a "Matlock" episode played on slow-motion. You have to really love your home city in games like this.

You're right about the "darkside" of Paris, and it's the same in Strasbourg. I'm sure you can say the same about nearly every city on earth (except maybe Monaco). If you step aside the tourist's quarters, you see things the brochure didn't tell about. Plus, France is currently in deep economic crisis : unemployement is at it's peak and average public debt is 16 000 € per citizen. We're low, and not only in soccer.