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…
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.…
Tiles on the Cite Metro stop. Paris.
REVIEW: PARISIANS by Graham Robb
An Adventure History of Paris Consider this an entirely unorthodox guidebook through the crooked streets and tumultuous times of Paris. Robb, as expert as one can be without actually being Parisian, uncovers and shares fleeting tales of famous moments in the City of Lights. It is rather like finding a train ticket or a…