
Is your French a little rusty? Intimidated by boutique shopping? Galeries Lafayette, Le Bon Marche, Au Printemps department stores to the rescue. Most of the big designers are represented and price tags are right at your fingertips, no asking. Gourmet restaurants, historic architecture, special reductions for tourists, rooftop views come along with the package, a…
Circle Notre Dame and you’re bound to run into one of these merrymakers. Their accordians have seen better days and so have their repetoires but the nostalgic crowds don’t seem to mind. It even puts a little air in the steps of the passerby, that je ne sais quoi soundtrack of Paris. Just don’t request…
No Worries Paris takes you on visually stunning walks to the monuments of the city as well as its hidden villages and parks. Sit back with a glass of Bordeaux and let your fingers do the walking. Then lace up those urban hikers and take off into the endlessly artful cityscape.
My aim this day was to visit the gardens of the Biblioteque Nationale and walk the new dramatic bridge over to Park Bercy. I was happily detoured an hour by this sensational exhibit. The globes pictured were designed in Paris by Venetian cosmographer Vincenzo Coronelli and represent the earth and the heavens. Exceptional in size,…
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