Yesterday morning the big vet day commemoration took place on the Champs Elysées in Paris. Like always on these occasions they installed...

For once allow me to repost a photo for today is November 11, the day we celebrate the end of WWI, which, even though we no longer have a...

Yesterday was the anniversary of the day when U.S. President Grover Cleveland dedicated the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor in 188...

Here is a pretty odd "monument" that I found in the 12th arrondissement; it's dedicated to the French veterans of the Indoc...

Sorry the photo is not really good, and though the show was absolutely fantastic. The show? Yes, to commemorate the 70th anniversary of P...

Today is May 8 and exactly 69 years ago it was the end of WWII and France will celebrate it of course... This year I will not post a phot...

Yes it's a map and yes people are walking on it! Why? Because it's meant to be that way! To commemorate the 100th anniversary of ...

High labor cost, price of real estate... When it comes to manufacturing products, a country like France can only compete in high-end in...

You probably don't know it, but in Paris, there is a special Police department dedicated to taxis ! It's called Les Boers (a slan...

I already showed this statue to you, but I never get tired of it! It shows Henri IV , a French king that reigned until 1610, when he was m...

Congés annuels  means "Annual leave" in French and as you can guess I took this photo in front of a store - a boulangerie, more ...

Tomorrow is Bastille Day ( Le 14 juillet ), the day we celebrate the French Revolution (which took place in 1789). There are several event...

Last night, the Hotel Lambert , located at the tip of Ile Saint Louis partly burnt (you can see part of it in the background). It's ...

In France the 18th of June is a very famous anniversary date that everyone knows about. It celebrates l'appel du 18 Juin (The Appeal -...

Gee what a long day! Work, plus launch or Portraitsparisiens (thank you very much for all your nice comments and "likes"!) not ...

You think this photo was taken 60 years ago? All wrong, I took it yesterday - and yes, I did pimp it a little! - at an event organized by ...

I happened to attend a conference at the Senate today and on the way out I noticed an unusual element: a bell! I came closer and saw that i...

Once again, I haven't been able to go out today, so I dug into my treasure box and found a photo I apparently never showed you. I took...

L'Ecole nationale supérieure des beaux-arts (the National Fine arts school), is a school before all, and it's normally not a plac...

I took this photo at the bottom of Tour Saint-Jacques , the tower they renovated recently and that I showed you several times ( here , here...