Visit These International Sites: Banks of the Seine, Paris, France
October 7, 2019. Trip Oversight “You must be oh-so smart, or oh-so pleasant. For years I was smart. I recommend pleasant…and you may quote me.” -Harvey, James Stewart Top 12 Trip Picks • Pyramids of Giza • Parthenon – Athens, Greece • Meteora, Greece (Kalabaka) • Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia • West Cork, Ireland […]
Rues de Paris
“Listen to many, speak to a few.” William Shakespeare, Hamlet Sites/Topics covered in this post: • Galarie Lafayette • Rodin Museum • Les Jardin area • Palais du Luxembourg • St. Paul – St. Louis • Rues de Paris Go-Date: Day 145, Sunday, June 16 Lesson Learned: French food can be hit or miss, just […]
Parks and Places of the Dead
“You should not confuse your career with your life.” Dave Barry Sites/Topics covered in this post: Parc des Buttes-Chaumont The Pantheon Go-Date: Day 141, Wednesday, June 12 Lesson Learned: Uber works fine in Paris and it’s a lot cheaper than hiring a cab. We stopped a cab outside the Moulin Rouge and he wanted 30 […]
An Evening at the Red Mill
“On a hill near Paris, was the village of Montmatre. It was not what my father had said but the center of the Bohemian world. Musicians, painters, writers. They were known as the children of the revolution. Yes, I had come to live a penniless existence. I had come to write about truth, beauty, freedom […]
I Wander These Streets Like a Ritual I Don’t Dare to Break
“There’s something about arriving in new cities, wandering empty streets with no destination. I will never lose the love for the arriving, but I’m born to leave.” Charlotte Eriksson, Empty Roads & Broken Bottles; in search for The Great Perhaps Sites/Topics covered in this post: Photo collage of Paris streets Go-Date: Day 137, Saturday, June […]
The Centre Pompidou – Turning Things Inside – Out
“Yesterday, I believe I never would have done what I did today” David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas Sites/Topics covered in this post: Georges Pompidou Center Go-Date: Day 137, Saturday, June 8 Lesson Learned: There are electric scooters everywhere in Paris. Though everyone gripes about them, I think they are going to be universal for city […]
Decadence, Thy Name is Versailles
“In Italy for 30 years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder, bloodshed. They produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love, five hundred years of democracy and peace. And what did that produce? The cuckoo clock.” Orson Wells, The Third Man Sites/Topics covered in this post: • […]
Picasso Museum and More
“To move, to breathe, to fly, to float, to gain all while you give. To roam the roads of lands remote, to travel is to live.” Hans Christian Andersen Sites/Topics covered in this post: Architecture Museum Picasso Museum Sidewalk voyeurism Go-Date: Day 133, Tuesday, June 4 Lesson Learned: Paris has some amazing city parks. You […]
M’O Better Museum
“Some people have no idea what they’re doing, and a lot of them are really good at it.” George Carlin Sites/Topics covered in this post: Musee d’ Orsay Sunday Walk in Paris Go-Date: Day 131, Saturday, June 2 Lesson Learned: We’ve been here in Paris for two weeks, and we still have so much more […]
Boats, Booze & the Eiffel Tower
“Just say the lines and don’t trip over the furniture.” Noel Coward Sites/Topics covered in this post: • Petit Palais • Paris Walking • Night trip on the Seine Go-Date: Day 130, Saturday, June 1 Lesson Learned: A boat ride on the Seine is the best bargain in Paris. Ten Euros for a one-hour ride. […]