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  • La Seine: did you know?

    Where does it start and where does it end? It rises at Source-Seine, 19 miles northwest of Dijon in northeastern France in the Langres plateau, flowing through Paris and into the English Channel at Le Havre. How deep? The average depth of the Seine in Paris is about nine and a half meters. Until locks…

  • John the Paranoid and the oldest latrine in Paris

    Tour Jean Sans Peur (John the Fearless) is the ironic name for the Duke of Burgundy, who in 1409 built this defensive tower at his compound along the old city wall. As part of the Hundred Years War, he had killed the brother of the king, an act that earned him his own assassination. The…

  • Old friends: a walk in the park

    Généralement, les gens qui savant peu parlent beaucoup, et les gens qui savant beaucoup parlent peu. Generally speaking, the people who know little speak a lot and the people who know a lot speak little. — Rousseau.

  • Paris: weather

    High 30’s today with possible snow on Thursday. Cold but crisp. A good site to check the ten day Paris forecast: Weather.com.