Blame Nadar: his noir—noir et blanc I should say—influence helped lure me to Paris way back when. I wanted to take up residence in…
The life and times of critically acclaimed author David Downie in Paris and Rome, France and Italy.
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Horsing around, in regal fashion Why was the reign of Louis XIV considered France’s “Golden Age?” Keep reading and might find out. Louis’ period…
Why 52 BC? Keep reading and you’ll find out. It’s one of the key dates in the history of Paris (hint: it’s also…
Paris to the Pyrenees, From a Traveler’s Notebooks, Part 8: The Friends of Compostela at Vézelay, and the Rebirth of the Modern Pilgrimage Route …
Paris to the Pyrenees: From a Traveler’s Notebooks, post 6, Vézelay with Scallops à la Saint Jacques
Paris to the Pyrenees: From a Traveler’s Notebooks, post 6, Vézelay with Scallops à la Saint Jacques
Paris to the Pyrenees: From a Traveler’s Notebooks, post 6, Vézelay with Scallops à la Saint Jacques These blog posts are taken directly from my…
Part Two of this three-part series on Paris, Paris is more than a two-fer it's a Multi-Fer: The Blvd Richard-Lenoir Market plus a…
This just in from a charming couple we whisked around town yesterday (in the rain) on a work-vacation-research tour that lasted from 9am to 7:30pm……
Jonathan Philipson and his wife Beth were with us recently in Paris for a full-day tour. Here’s his report, posted on my Facebook Paris Paris…
Exciting new addition to our ParisParisTours website: the first of a series of videos showing our favorite spots and favorite walks in Paris. Related posts:…
Chocolate has become synonymous with autumn in Paris because of the Salon du Chocolat. That’s recent. Think nuts. Horse-chestnuts are the centuries-old symbol of springtime…
Heavenly cherries in flower alongside Notre-Dame Eiffel’s tower: quite an erection… The view from on high: we visit the Eiffel Tower together (and it is…
Last weekend my travel feature on the cathedral and lively town of Chartres ran in the San Francisco Sunday Chronicle Travel section—the cover story. This…