NO WORRIES PARIS

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  • December birthdays to celebrate

    Alexandre Gustave Eiffel celebrates his 179th birthday on December 15, seems so long ago and yet the mighty tower symbolically stands there so fresh. Louis Pasteur turns 180 on Decembert 27. And Americans Emily Dickinson, 181 today and Ada Lovelace, 197, the enchantress of numbers, are to be included in this Monday blog-of-the day.

  • Vieux Paris

    All of Paris is well trod. If a single footprint could be allotted one-quarter inch in height, then all the individual footprints trod at Tour Eiffel or Notre Dame for just one year, if stacked, would create a pinnacle nearly forty miles high. And yet, given the intricacy of the city, no two wanderings ever…

  • Homesick for the City of Light

    This Big Dog misses Paris. She hopes to return soon.

  • Bargain shopping at Marche Aux Puces

    If you don’t speak French, best to take someone along who does and who can haggle. Memorize the exchange rate and buy something that will fit in your suitcase. Mailing anything from France can be more expensive than your treasure. How to get to the Paris Flea Market: Métro: Porte de Clignancourt, line 4, coming…