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

Yesterday was Memorial Day in the US and I thought that since I have many visitors from North America I would take this opportunity to s...

Today is November 11, the date we celebrate the end of WWI even though there are no more alive veterans from that war. The previous years...

You must think I have a door fetish(!) for I posted several ones on this blog already, but what can I say... Paris has a lot of beautiful ...

Here is another of my discoveries in the Tuileries gardens (if you notice the trees in the background, you will see a certain similaritie...

I thought I had shown you the Invalides so many times over these past - almost - 8 years, that it was not worth giving it a new try. And...

In December you generally have lots of company parties or so called "end of the year" celebrations. I went to one of those parti...

I spent the whole day at "Nikon's school France" to learn how to finally master my D7000(!) and I discovered a whole new wor...

I don't know if you remember the photo of the front of the Palais de Justice de Paris , the "headquarter" of the French just...

I just bought myself a brand new camera and of course I could not help but trying it right away! So I went to town and took a few shots. T...

Do you know Luís Vaz de Camões (also known as "le Camoëns"), the most famous poet and writer of Portugal? I did not! But now...

I already posted several photos showing the Tour Saint Jacques , before and after its renovation, but it never ceases to amaze me, especia...

Pretty soon all Christmas decorations will be gone, so let me show you one last one. I found it at the Hotel de ville (town hall) - and n...

I went to a Galette Party today (a galette is a cake that people eat to celebrate the Epihany (a Christian feast) after Christmas) and on...

Those of you who have been following PDP for some time now will probably remember the Eiffel Tower in the mist  photo (big hit!), well, no...

If you've been to Paris several times and want to visit something very old, very original and that very few people will have seen, here ...

Yesterday I walked by the Pont Alexandre III and found out that they had installed a new monument not far from it (on the place du Canada)! ...

La Conciergerie is a very famous place in Paris. Not only is it one of the most beautiful monuments in the city, but on top of that it is ...

Another of this September evening light that is so beautiful in Paris. I passed by Notre Dame last evening around 7:30 on my way to my broth...

The big arch in the middle of l'Etoile, on top of the Champs Elysées is not the only one in Paris. There are many other arches, like thi...