Carved pumpkins ready for Halloween, with a "French touch."
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A marronnier is a chestnut tree and now is the best time to get out and gather.
Below: chestnuts ready to fall; chestnuts carpet the ground beneath trees
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Forests to forage around Paris:
Forêt de Rambouillet
wild boar and hare; several species of deer large/small
Forêt de Marly-le-Roi
numerous species of chestnut trees
Forêt de Bois-d'Arcy
Forêt de Meudon
Fôret de la Grange
Forêt de Montmorency
Bois de Vincennes
Fôret de la Grange
Fôret de Malmaison
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A portrait artist on Place du Tertre.
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A door on a Montmartre side street peeks out from under a cascade of foliage just starting to change colors.
The end of the trail.
The festival's parcours du goût or "tasting trail" of food and wine booths lined the small streets leading up to the Basilica was packed with eager tasters.
"Donnez-moi l'amour et des sacs"
(Give me love and bags)
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- ALL WEEKEND -
LA VILLAGE EN FÊTE
Montmartre's annual Fête des Vendanges
October 11 - 15
Autumn vernissages and gallery openings in lively Saint-Germain-des-Prés.
First Thursday of the month
Almost two hundred engravings by the great masters of printmaking including Rembrandt, Dürer, Callot, Toulouse-Lautrec and Goya are being showcased at Le Petit Palais.
Trésors en noir et blanc / Treasures in black and white
Petit Palais Art Museum
Avenue Winston Churchill 75008