Paris owes a lot to Gustave Eiffel, the mastermind behind the Eiffel Tower! He risked everything, his personal and professional reputation, and his financial welfare to build La Dame Eiffel! What is now the most beloved and globally recognizable symbol of Paris and France almost never saw the light of day. It was the outright …
Eiffel Tower Celebrates 130 Years, Thanks To Gustave Eiffel Read More »
You can never get enough joy, nor love, nor beauty in life! Unfortunately, these exquisite moments that brings sweetness to living rarely just fly into your lap, so we have to seek them out. Paris offers such an abundance of beautiful art that it can be hard to choose which place to go to next, …
Basking In Beauty Of Impressionists At Musée d’Orsay Read More »
At the end of this year, it will be almost 20 years of having the privilege of spending ordinary Sundays in this beautiful place! Paris is a place I never could forget and a place I can never get enough of either. Each day I like to reflect upon my blessings and gratitudes, and being …
Ordinary Sundays In Paris In Extraordinary Places Read More »
Les Galettes des Rois are one of the most sumptuous and delicious of all French pastries that I can’t resist. The sweet aroma of this multilayered orgy of cream filled crunch and flakiness fills the air of every pastry shop in France to the degree that I can smell it baking walking in the streets. …
Seeking refuge from a difficult world, I find the extraordinary beautiful Saint Lucia procession is like being uplifted to an ethereal cloud of song and beauty. Saint Lucia day is a very popular Christmas celebration in Sweden, recreated by the Swedish church of Paris and by Swedish students here. The approaching Christmas season carries …
Paris would never be Paris without the Seine. Paris was birthed in the middle of it, on Ile de la Cité, one of the most prominent islands that dot along the whole river. The banks of the Seine, called quais in French, have now officially returned back to Parisians, who were deprived many years of …
Banks Of Seine Return To Parisians And A Bit Of Cheese Read More »
Walking the sidewalks of Paris is the very best way to see and feel the energy of the city, yet it can be hazardous. Dodging people, sidestepping the pigeons and not sliding on wet gooey leaves are already enough. At least there will be one less thing to watch out for though. No, I am not …
Parisian Sidewalks Just Got A Little Less Hazardous Read More »
Paris is a wonderful polyglot of cultures. Little India forms an exotic splash of very colourful shops lining several streets in the northern part of the 10th arrondissement. Anytime I want to have the freshest of coconuts, the sweetest ripe mangoes, those strange looking vegetables, or Indian spices, I head that way. It is also …
I did not have any particular plans to stroll through Luxembourg gardens Sunday. It just worked out that way. Sunday afternoon, I was really looking forward to going to a Louisiana music and dance festival not far from Versailles. I ended up being royally disappointed when my daughter did not feel up to making the …
I love crusty brown baguettes and birds of all kind! I can indulge in birds all I want, whereas with baguettes I can’t. Sunday, I took in two festivals, Fête du Pain and Fête de L’Europe, both of which I look forward to attending each year. Both were surprising, one in a great way and …
One of the happy pluses of living in Paris is the plethora of fantastic free concerts that you can attend throughout the year. Paris is one of the most expensive cities to live in or travel to, so it’s a great bonus to rely on these free concerts to fill your need for high quality …
Putting on the Ritz came to denote a total abandonment to opulence and luxury, the highest echelon that money could buy. The glorious period furnishings that originally made the Ritz the ritziest hotel on earth at that time is now for sale. Sunday, I stood in a long line on the Champs Elysees to see first …