Wandering Paris in September
September 2025 There is so much of Paris that just pops up while wandering. These are some of the moments…
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A Stroll through The 1st Arrondissement
September 2025 The First Arrondissement is also called The Louvre The Cauldron Two years after the Paris 2024 Games, the…
Strolling in the Second and Third Arrondissement
September 2025 The 2nd – The Bourse The Bourse refers to the Palais Brongniart, the seat of the Paris stock…
Exploring the 4th Arrondissement
September 2025 The 4th is called Hôtel-de-Ville. It refers to the city hall at the corner of rue de Rivoli…
A Slow Stroll in the 5th Arrondissement
September 2025 The 5th is called Panthéon. The name comes from the grand monument on the hill built for Louis…
A Gorgeous Day in the 6th
September 27, 2025 The 6th is called Luxembourg. It takes its name from the palace built by Marie de Médicis…
Eclectic Mix of Things in the 7th and 8th and 9th Arrondissements
September 2025 The 7th The 7th is an interesting Arrondissement. It is called Palais-Bourbon in reference to the seat of…
Exploring the 10th and 11th Arrondissement
September 2025 The 10th The 10th is called Entrepôt. The arrondissement once contained the central customs warehouse on rue Léon-Jouhaux.…
Vineyards of Paris
August 2025 Paris has five vineyards within the city limits. This trip, I made it a goal to see all…
Ambling the 13th Arrondissement
September 2025 The 13th is called Gobelins after the Gobelin family, whose factory is described below. I got off the…
Small Neighborhoods in the 14th
September 2025 The 14th is called Observatoire. It refers to the Paris Observatory Plaisance The little area of Plaisance contains…
Villa Seurat in the 14th Arrondissement
September 2025 In 2021, I took a walking tour with Flo through some artistic areas in both the 15th and…
Two Gardens of the 15th Arrondissement
September 2025 The 15th is called Vaugirard, a commune annexed in 1860. Parc Andre Citroen In 1915, Citroën built its…
Balzac and a Chambre de Bonne with a Killer View in the 16th Arrondissement
September 2024 Called Passy, the 16th was once a spa village known for mineral springs and countryside retreats; it was…
Touring WWII Sites in Paris
September 2025 I once again had the pleasure of taking a walking tour of Paris with Flo. It was a…
Parc de Bercy and Frank Gehry
September 2025 I went to Parc de Bercy to find its vineyard and found oh so much more. Parc de…
Céleste Boursier-Mougenot at the Bourse
September 2025 I try to visit The Bourse de Commerce if for no other reason than the exhibitions that they…
Musee Des Arts Forains
September 2025 This is one of the more magical places you will step into. Unfortunately, like so many magical places,…
A Day in Reims – Champagne
September 2025 The cathedral was dedicated to the Virgin Mary and was the traditional location for the coronation of the…
Versailles Gardens
September 8, 2025 This will have been my third visit to Versailles. I seem to put between 2o and 30…
Visiting Friends Outside Paris – Herblay-Sur-Seine
September 6, 2025 I have met so many lovely expats on this trip. Peter and François invited a group of…
The Gardens of the 17th Arrondissement
September 2, 2025 Parc Monceau is one of my favorite parks in Paris. I had written about it when I…
The 17th Arrondissement
September 2, 2025 The 17th is known as the Batignolles-Moncea, a mouthful for sure. The 17th is anchored by the…
18th Arrondissement
August 2025 The 18th is called Buttes-Montmartre. The name refers to the hilly terrain shaped by gypsum quarries long before…
Montmartre Cemetery
August 30, 2025 I had been to Montmartre Cemetery many years ago, so it was a pleasure to return and…
Revisiting the 19th Arrondissement
August 28, 2025 The 19th is Buttes-Chaumont. It takes its name from the steep heights that later became the park…
La Campagne à Paris – the 20th Arrondissement
August 2025 La Campagne à Paris means “The Countryside in Paris” in English. This little neighborhood was founded as a…
A Walk Through The 20th Arrondissement
August 2025 The 20th is called Ménilmontant. A hillside hamlet named for its rising slope (“montant”). It was once known…
20th Arrondissement – The Parks
August 2025 I am back in Paris for 5 weeks. It is in the 80s, not something I am very…
Driving to Giverny
August 1, 2025 It is a lovely country drive from Rouen to Giverny with some sightseeing along the way. Chateau…
The Town of Rouen
July 31, 2025 The town of Rueon is absolutely magical, and I wish I had many more days to explore.…
Rouen Cathedral
July 31, 2025 Rouen is absolutely magical. Rouen Cathedral One of the more popular sites in Rouen is the Rouen…
Driving to Rouen
July 30 and 31, 2025 It was a long day driving from Bayeux to Rouen, but it was filled with…
The Architecture of Bayeux
July 2025 Bayeux Cathedral With its combination of Norman and Romanesque architecture, as well as Gothic spires, the Cathedral dominates…
The Town of Bayeux
Scenes From Around the City of Bayeux The city of Bayeux is on the English Channel, a mere seven miles…
Bayeux Tapestry
July 29, 2025 The Bayeux Tapestry Making headquarters in the small town of Bayeux for 3 nights is a lovely…
Omaha and Utah Beach and La Pointe du Hoc
July 28th 2025 This was a full box of Kleenex, mascara running day. Omaha and Utah Landing Sites I am…
Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial
July 28, 2025 The mosaic is by Leon Kroll. Completed in 1953, it comprises 500,000 tiles and tells a full…
Driving the Normandy Coast
July 27, 2025 The day began with a stop in the town of Avarnches, and in particular, the Scriptorial. The…
Mont Saint Michel
July 26, 2025 It is hard to believe, but I had never been to Mont Saint-Michel. Sadly, we arrived late…
Driving The Brittany Coast
July 26, 2025 Temple of Lenleff Lanleff’s temple is a pink sandstone ruin in Brittany. It is a round church…
The Pink Granite Coast – Brittany
July 25, 2025 This stop was probably more about relaxing than visiting and sightseeing. We are staying at the Grand…
The Valley of Saints
July 23, 2024 I read about this site without conducting enough research. When we arrived, I was surprised to find…
The Cairns of Petit Mont and Gavrinis
July 22, 2025 The day was spent wandering between Le Petit Mont and Gavrinis and visiting sites in between. Gavrinis…
Visiting Britanny Between Cairns, Tumulus and Dolmen
July 22, 2025 It was another full day of cairns, lovely towns and gorgeous scenery. Auray and Le Bono The…
Alignements of Carnac
July 21, 2025 I am traveling with my friend Susan. You know you have a good travel buddy when you…
Vienne, France
May 2022 Vienne is a mere 18 minutes by train from Lyon and yet it is a million miles away.…
Picture Postcard Perfect
May 2022 Annecy, France is one of those towns that simply stepped right off of a movie screen. It has…
Christmas Season in Paris
December 2021 Christmas in Paris is Magical. Lights are everywhere, stores, and neighborhoods get in the spirit, trees grace many…
Odds and Ends of Paris
December 2021 There are always pictures you take, and places you go that never quite fit into the narrative you…
The 19th Arrondissement
December 2021 The 19th is crossed by two canals, the Canal Saint-Denis and the Canal de l’Ourcq, which meet near…
Art Underground
December 2021 I am all for walking in Paris, I love getting lost, I think that is what Paris is…
Parisian History in Bits and Bites
December 2021 The Panthéon Architect Jacques-Germain Soufflot designed the Pantheon to fulfill Louis XV’s wish to glorify the monarchy in…
The Art World of Montparnasse
December 2021 While Montmartre was the center of the art world of the late 1800s, it moved to Montparnasse in…
Random Outdoor and Street Art of Paris
December 2021 It is rather ludicrous to write about art in Paris since the city is filled with art on…
Making Historic Connections
November 2021 It is difficult to write about Paris, as the city and its sites are so famous, but there…
Religion, Science and Madness
November 2021 Notre Dame du Travail The exterior of Notre Dame du Travail looks like any church in any town…
One last walk through Paris
September 2021 Today I spent the rainy morning at the L’Arc de Triomphe Wrapped, but the afternoon was spent walking…
L’Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped
September 2021 Christo and partner Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon’s latest project, L’Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped, came to fruition a year…
Walking and Walking and Walking Paris
September 2021 Covid is keeping me from doing many activities indoors in Paris, but there is still so much to…
Staying Outdoors in Paris
September 2021 Covid is still running rampant around the world and the Delta variant is making life even more difficult,…
Skiing Courchevel
Courchevel is the name of a ski resort in the French Alps. It is a part of Les Trois Vallées,…
Raclette at Hotel Courcheneige
Food at the Hotel Courcheneige is excellent, and we walk away from dinner every night astounded and sated, however, one…
Miscellaneous thoughts on Courchevel
Winter 2015 The Airport Courchevel’s airport stops you in your tracks. It has a very short and steeply sloped runway,…
Paris – March 2015
It is hard to believe that I was in India just a mere 5 days ago, it is days like…
How to Exhaust yourself in Paris
When you only have three days in Paris, there are just a few things that have to be accomplished, and…
You want to go where in Paris?
Morning began with perfection and one of the world’s biggest sugar rushes, Chocolate Chaud at Angelina’s. The chocolate comes in…
Random Thoughts on Paris
A LITTLE SHOPPING We really had absolutely no time for shopping, but I do love the individual neighborhood shops of…