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 If you haven't seen this movie, you must! Read about my visit to the café where Amélie worked in the book.

C'est l'angoisse du temps qui passe qui nous fait tant parler du temp qu'il fait."

It is the anguish of time going by that makes one speak so much about today's we...

I read this poem before ever going to Paris, and fell in love with the rhythm and tone as I imagined it to be when recited. I read it aloud nearly every day. And while the picture below has nothing to do with the text, you can almost imagine that it does. Une morte; un...

The square was alive with activity as patrons perused products and vendors worked quickly to fill orders. People pointed and called out what they wanted. Color burst from everywhere, deep reds and greens from the fruits and vegetables, pinks and oranges from the flower...

We commenced with the “smaller” residences on the grounds first, the Grand Trianon and the Petit Trianon. During the reign of Louis XVI, the Petit Trianon was given to his queen, Marie-Antoinette, for her exclusive use. (This would be one of the conditions I’d be apt t...

Tucked away behind an impressive gate in the 7th arrondissement, number 79, it is surrounded by more than seven acres of private grounds, smack dab in the heart of the city. Hôtel particulier in French does not mean a hotel at all, but rather a mansion.

The Musée d’Orsay was originally the Gare d’Orsay, gare meaning “train station” in French. The gare was built in 1900, and housed the world’s first electrified urban rail terminal. I had studied photographs online that depicted the original station from a bygone era, w...

Suddenly I found myself in a lush park with a pond surrounded by trees. Several children ran by, and then, dropping down from the sky into this oasis, just behind a tree, a massive metallic leg planted into the ground. I looked up and there she soared, more breathtakin...

We passed behind the Hôtel de Ville, crossed the street, and entered a cobblestone passageway called rue des Barres, which looked also to be out of a film set. The street meandered between tall medieval buildings set close together, some with ivy growing up their walls...

My first time ever taking a métro! It was crazy, but I loved it immediately.

I dislike feeling at home when I am abroad.

—George Bernard Shaw

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Numéro de réservation : 3LG3HC

Passager SMITH NICOLE MISS

De : LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL 2A : PARIS CHARLES DE GAULLE

Vol : AF0069 Résa : OK

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