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Au revoir, Paris
I have added the lively 9th arrondissement, on the Right Bank, to my list of favorite places in Paris. I found a great restaurant that I like so much I went there twice on this trip; I spent time window-shopping … Continue reading
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Tagged Carnavalet Museum, Marcel Proust, Paris, passage Verdeau
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Gardens
I always save time during my last couple of days in Paris to visit my two favorite public gardens, both on the Left Bank: the jardin des Plantes (Botanical Garden), and the Luxembourg. A few photos, the first three of … Continue reading
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Tagged "Luxembourg Gardens", Jardin des Plantes, Left Bank, Paris
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Location, location, location
I’m staying in a small apartment on an old, narrow street that runs approximately at a right angle down to the Seine, with the Île St-Louis directly across the river. My building is about half-way down the block, the Seine … Continue reading
Mlle Julie, Mlle Juliette (REVISED)
(I hit the wrong button initially and “published” this before I’d finished it; below is the intended complete post.) The Odéon Theatre is on the Left Bank; its back wall is directly across the street from one of the entrances … Continue reading
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Tagged August Strindberg, Frédéric Fisbach, Juliette Binoche, Nicolas Bouchaud, Odéon Theatre, Paris
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A Hard Rain’s a been a Fallin
The weather here changes several times a day, from dramatic grey clouds with sun-bursts, to clear sparkling blue skies, to rain. Sometimes hard rain. Women complain, “On ne sait jamais quoi porter.” (I never know what to wear!”) Café waiters … Continue reading
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Tagged Bob Dylan, Christian de Portzamparc, Cité de la Musique, Daniel Kramer, parc des Buttes Chaumont, Paris, place des Vosges, Sacré-Coeur
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Paris pictures – Part 1
Two photos that I intended to include in Part 2 of this post, which technology – or my faulty understanding thereof – kept me from including there. – a speed-boat on the Seine yesterday afternoon, faster than the auto traffic … Continue reading
Paris pictures part 2
Rain yesterday. From the top floor of the Louvre, its Cour Carré: Inside the Louvre, one of the collections I concentrated on was the ancient Middle East. In about 713 BC, a Mesopotamian king, Sargon II, built a walled city … Continue reading
Posted in France, Paris, Photography, Travel
Tagged "Palais Royal", Île de la Cité, Louvre, Mesopotamia, Paris, Seine
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Embarras de richesses
An embarrassment of cultural riches – c’est ça, Paris. I treated myself to the following in my first three-four days here: – an exhibit at the Maillol Museum, a private museum in the 7th arrondissement, of paintings by the prolific … Continue reading
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Tagged Artemisia, île St.-Louis, Cluny Museum, la Camera Delle Lacrime, langue d'oc, Paolo Pellegrin, Paris
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Bonjour, Paris
On Thursday morning I took the train from La Rochelle to Paris, where I am spending the last two weeks of my stay in France. On a TGV, i.e., rapid, train the trip takes just over two hours. Photos from … Continue reading
If Elected,
If I were President of France, living in the Elysée palace on the rue Saint Honoré – I would devote myself to showing off Paris to visiting heads of state. In fact, I’d go out of my way to invite … Continue reading
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Tagged "Luxembourg Gardens", "Place de la Concorde", Louvre, Paris, Tuileries
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