In Paris, a walk is sensory overload
Somewhere on these pages I’m going to make a list of all the things we didn’t see in Paris. That really is…
Somewhere on these pages I’m going to make a list of all the things we didn’t see in Paris. That really is…
I had read about the area of Canal Saint-Martin and Belleville in the east end of Paris and wanted to go there.…
But that was just the upper floor of the Orangerie. Down below, another series of elegant galleries house the Jean Walter and…
The Orangerie is one of the jewels of Paris. It was originally built in 1852 under Napoleon III as an “orangery”, a…
In the Tuleries gardens we found two chairs under a tree by one of the round pools. It was a postcard-perfect sunny…
When we got to Saint-Sulpice, there was a christening taking place. This must have been one well-known and well-loved baby, because the…
Before we’d left, my friend Dan had recommended going to Museum Maillol, which had a show featuring one of Damien Hirst’s skulls.…
Day Two started at 8 a.m. We had both slept like angels, but now it was get up, get showered, get dressed…
Interestingly, we didn’t look for specific Van Gogh locations in Paris as we did when we went to Arles and then Auvers-Sur-Oise.…
Now, it was time for dessert. We walked back through the Îlle St Louis over to Îlle de la Cité, in front…