Real Shopping
Soldes That's your French word for the day. It's a shopper's favorite word, and in July and January, it may well be the most commonly seen word in the French…
Book day
Today I bought books. Two, to be exact. But it wasn't so much about the books as it was about the booksellers. Shakespeare and Company was a bookstore opened in…
From Top to Bottom
Today, on a lark, we pretty well bracketed Paris from top to bottom, at least when viewed on a normal North-at-the-top map. We started at the largest flea market in…
Bastille Day
There are three major events associated with La Fête National (National Day to them, Bastille Day to us): Firemen's Ball, The Parade, and The Fireworks. I managed two out of…
Final Day of Museum blitz
We knew when we came here that there were some "must-see" museums for us, and we took advantage of The Paris Museum Pass to save time and money. Our version…
Versailles
Understanding the French Revolution is a lot easier after visiting Versailles. Begun by Louis XIII as a hunting lodge, it was expanded by Louis XIV (The Sun King) because he…
Interiors, Part Two
Okay, so technically our first and last "interior" sites today are really outside, but they require our four-day Paris Museum Pass to get access to them, so they count as…
Interiors, Part One
If you're not into art, this might be a good day to go get a cup of coffee instead. We activated our four-day Paris Museum Pass today, which means that…
Rest day
Sightseeing is hard work. If I ever decide to write a tour guide, it will have an honest title, something like How to see XXXX on negative net calories per…
Pere Lachaise Cemetery
On the east side of Paris is the famous Pere Lachaise cemetery. Besides the simple fact of its housing the remains of the most rich and famous in Parisian history,…