Centered around the brutal and shocking assassination of the Duke of Orleans, brother to the King of France.Returned home one night, he was set upon by a gang of mounted ruffians who bashed in his skull and left him for dead on the cobblestone street of Rue Vieille du Temple. Jager’s retelling of the incident…
Pere LaChaise and Sacre Coeur: Paris
On the outskirts of the city is Pere LaChaise cemetery. It’s an enormous graveyard and is full of generation of families and famous ex-pats. There are several notables buried here, including Edith Piaf, Jane Avril, Stephan Grappelli, and Seurat, to name a few. It would be impossible to find all of these graves, but we…
Of Stairs and Hunchbacks: Paris
Our last day in Paris and the last day of the honeymoon. We went to Ile de la Cite and Notre Dame first to try to beat the crowds. There was no one there and we just walked into the church. It’s quite deceptive — it is beyond enormous inside. The railing along the…
Le Tour Eiffel
Knowing it would be crowded, we left the hotel in plenty of time to arrive at the Eiffel Tower before it even opened. We waited in line that really wasn’t very long for an elevator to take us to the 2nd level. It was bit overcast and grey, but the worst part was fending off…
Je N’aime Pas Paris
I desperately wanted to. But I just didn’t love Paris. Tuesday, August 2nd was mostly a travel day from London to Paris. Getting luggage from the hotel, on the Tube, to St. Pancras, then on the Eurostar, through Gare du Nord, then on the Metro in Paris, then to the hotel was a bit taxing.…