Sunday, February 01, 2009

A restaurant like a museum in a station in Paris

I did not expect to find it here. Here is the Gare de Lyon in Paris and what I found was a restaurant a famous restaurant. You can see it in some movies, such as Nikita, Place Vendôme or Mr. Bean's Holiday. Coco Chanel, Salvador Dali, Brigitte Bardot and many other well known person have been regulars here. This belle-epoque restaurant was opened in 1901 and the name was Buffet de la Gare de Lyon. In 1963 it was renamed Le train Bleu to honor the famous historic train with the same name.


15 comments:

  1. Wow! It sure looks nice... :)

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  2. very nice pictures simple but informative blog

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  3. Wow, it looks amazing, I don't think photos do it justice, I would love to see it in the flesh!

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  4. Wonderful pictures! I backpacked through Europe 15 years ago and your blog is bringing up some wonderful memories.

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  5. Great photography..hope to see more.

    Dorothy from grammology
    grammology.com

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  6. Gorgeous place! I bet it's just breathtaking in real life!

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  7. I have been there. Beautiful! loved it. Thanks for bringing back a special moment.Rod

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  8. That place looks great! Thanks for the pics and the explanation.

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  9. Interesting. I would like to be there in person :)

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  10. I was here as well last year.

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  11. amazing! got to be there someday!

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  12. Yeah, been here. It's marvelous! (So counts the price) but worth it. And also, been to the museum like train station. Err, technically, it used to be a train station. Musée d'Orsay.

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  13. So beautiful !!! Only in France , but I heard the underground in Russia is lovely too .

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