The Paris Fan Club in 2024
Paris New Year News
Happy New to You All
Welcome Back!
I hope the holiday season brought you precious time with loved ones, lots of fun, and perhaps some reflection.
Do you have travel plans for 2024?
It will be a big year for Paris with the Olympics coming up this summer.
Notre Dame Cathedral News
Also for Notre Dame Cathedral. The painstaking renovations after the fire in 2019 are scheduled to be completed by next December.
Work on the spire that toppled after being consumed by fire, is well on its way to completion any day now!
They have already hoisted the new golden rooster on top!
The spire is due to be finished any day now.
Notre Dame Cathedral got its rooster back on December 16th, 2023.
Eiffel Tower News
The 130-year-old Eiffel Tower, the most popular landmark in the world, will shut down for repairs and renovations on January 9th for a month.
So if you are traveling to Paris, keep that in mind.
Courtesy Google Images
Emily in Paris Season 4
With the cliffhanger of the Season Three Finale, the next season of Emily in Paris was a sure thing.
The writers’ strike this past year put the filming on hold.
Good news though — IF you are a fan — filming starts again this month and the show should air later this year.
Since they usually shoot the series in the summer, it will be fun how Emily and the gang shift to a dazzling winter wardrobe!
Upcoming FREE Workshop
How to Buy An Apartment in Paris!
When?
WEDNESDAY, January 24th
12:30 pm ET/9:30 am Pacific
6:30 pm Paris
/5:30 pm in London
CLICK HERE to REGISTER, IT’S FREE!
Christine Bacoup-Tidas, my co-host for this program
Are you and do you know anyone who is looking or dreaming of buying an apartment in Paris?
Had enough of finding a suitable Airbnb experience every year?
Maybe also thinking of renting the apartment when you are not using it.
Or maybe you are just curious about all of this?
Christine Bacoup-Tidas, a Buyer’s agent in Paris is my guest as we explore what’s involved in looking for and purchasing an apartment in Paris.
We will assess the current Paris market opportunities. Prices are down!
We will discuss the financial options and legal steps of buying from abroad, and how a Buyer’s Agent can help make this an exciting, smooth, and easy adventure!
You don’t have to be in the market.
You might just want to feel like you are!
So, bring your experiences and queries!
You can participate and ask Christine questions.
Once again this is a FREE online WORKSHOP open to everybody.
If you have friends who are not subscribed to this blog, please feel free to send it to them.
CLICK HERE to REGISTER for this Free Workshop
Paris Fan Club News
Hello Members! I want to thank you for subscribing as a member of the ParisFanClub. com in 2023.
Some of your memberships will be coming up for renewal shortly.
You will be receiving an email to that effect before your expiry date and I hope you will decide to renew again in 2024.
The offerings for the three Levels of Membership BAGUETTE, CROISSANT, AND PAIN AU CHOCOLAT have changed a little bit so please check them out near the bottom of that page before you register.
CLICK Here to go to the Paris Fan Club Page!
Reasons To Join
The Paris Fan Club in 2024
The Paris Club Workshops!
There are FIVE Workshops annually exclusive to Paris Fan Club Members.
Here are the first two in my 2024 Lineup:
Wednesday, February 21st
“Unleash YOUR French Chic”
with Marie-Anne Lecoeur
Marie-Anne Lecoeur was supposed to do this workshop with us last year but had a death in the family and could not accommodate us.
In February she is committed to Unleash your French Chic, an interactive workshop designed specifically for women of a certain age where we will explore and practice what it is that French women know about being chic and elegant.
Requirements: Bring your Favourite Scarf, Winter, Spring, Fall, or Summer, a square shape or a rectangle, or both to learn how to tie a scarf like the French!
Wednesday, March 20th
“Toujours Provence”
with Dee Pocquette
If you enjoy Peter Mayle’s books about his life in Provence, you will enjoy this program with Provence tour operator and guide Dee Pocquette of Jackdaw Journeys, and a special guest or two for an intimate portrait of a getaway vacation to intimate and authentic Provence.
Dee’s love affair with Provence began more than a decade ago after she attended her first cooking school at Julia Child’s home in Plascassier and now she guides at least TWO tours to France’s most beloved region.
With Dee, we will explore the hilltop medieval villages of Èze, and St. Paul de Vence, the seaside wonders of Cassis and Les Calanques, the inland villages of St.-Remy-de-Provence, and L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue.
Dee’s Provence is not just cities and towns, it is flower and antique markets, sumptuous meals, glorious vistas, local wineries, and perfumeries.
You won’t want to miss this!
Tour guide Dee Pocquette
Another Reason
To Join the
Paris Fan Club
With a $50 membership (Level One Baguette) and all that entails including the 5 workshops above, I will send you a Paris-themed Luggage Tag (and pen) at no extra charge that will set your luggage apart! And add a touch of Parisian elegance too!
Sturdy-designed Luggage Tap exclusive to the Paris Fan Club
Not a Member
of the Paris Fan Club Yet!
Check out The Three Levels
of Membership by CLICKING HERE!
A la prochaine mes amis!
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Diana Bishop the founder of The Success Story Program and A Woman of a Certain Age in Paris as well as a well-known correspondent with over 25 years working for CTV, CBC News, and NBC News. She loves travel, writing, and all things Parisienne.
Looks like 2024 will be as busy for you as ever … perhaps even more so!!!
Hope to see you and your BFF in April in Ottawa!
Gretchen
I went to Aix en Provence in 1971 right after I graduated from university. I took a 4 week course called “French for non-French speaking people:” All of us stayed in the dorms at the university there and I got to know three girls – 2 sisters from Chicago and one girl from Edinburgh. I was 21 and had never travelled that far before – especially alone!!! What a summer!!
Such wonderful memories Trudy. I am thrilled that you are still reading my blog. Thank you.
Now that I have an apartment in Nice, I hope to get to Aix this spring. A long time since I have been there too my friend. All the best, Diana