🚲 Vélo Vendredi: Wintry Paris ❄️
"Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand-and melting like a snowflake." ~ Francis Bacon, Sr.
🎄 Christmastime in St. Germain des Prés 🎄
As I've wandered through Paris recently, it occurred to me that when I hear of people coming to Paris for a visit, it’s rarely at Christmas time. It's not hard to understand the thought behind choosing other times of year: [...]
📚 Inside the Bibliothèque Nationale de France – Site Richelieu-Louvois 📖
Hopefully you've been following along with my tour through the monuments I visited last weekend for the Journées du Patrimoine. My final of four visits was a place I have seen photos of for years but was never sure how [...]
🏛 Inside Paris’s Hôtel de Ville 💼
My second stop on the Heritage Days weekend was Paris's city hall, the Hôtel de Ville. I had been in it once before a few years ago for a photography exhibition but only into the exhibition space and never to [...]
👨⚖️ Inside Le Sénat at the Palais du Luxembourg 📚
I had wanted to go in the Luxembourg Palace for some time, so naturally it made it to the top of my list for my next chance to attend the Journées du Patrimoine. Knowing this was one of the hottest [...]
🇫🇷 Journées du Patrimoine – Your Chance to See Some of Paris’s Biggest Treasures 🇫🇷
The Journées du Patrimoine (European Heritage Days) is one of the best weekends of the year in my opinion. It's the public's chance to see the inside of some monuments that are usually closed to the public. Some that are [...]
