Funny how the things you now take for granted like water and electricity in a big western country are not that granted everywhere! To be ...

Interesting. I saw today that Delphine Bürkli, the mayor of the 9th arrondissement (which happens to be the one where I live!) suggested ...

We're having one of these late (in the season) gorgeous weekends and it feels good! Too bad I have to spend my Sunday clearing my cel...

I had a picnic in the Luxembourg gardens yesterday and it was really cool! When I left, passed by the pond where kids can sail little boa...

There are exactly 8,481 benches in Paris (who counted them?!), that is roughly 1 for 260 people, which is not too bad considering the ave...

After a few days in the mediterranean sea (in the island of Malta), I'm back to the big city of light! All French cities have signs l...

In front of Les Invalides , there are several canons that are either French made or that the French took from their enemies during the ma...

Sometimes old building staircases are not exactly in mint condition, but they still have this unique flavor that only old Paris edifice h...

I went to Le Pont des arts yesterday because it's a lot in the news at the moment. The thing is that because of the tourist season t...

Here is one of the last "édicule" (that is an Aedicula - I'm sure you all know what it is ;-), but just in case, here is ...

The Louvre Pyramid has sheltered the work of artists many times. At the moment, it's a piece by French artist Claude Lévêque who ins...

Every city has its landmarks and Paris has many. The most famous ones are world widely famous, but there are a few that are mostly known ...

I've caught a big cold on the way back from the US and I really did not feel like going out yesterday. So I took a sick day and dug o...

I only posted once about colette (not the writer!), but the "concept store" located in the very chic rue du Faubourg Saint Hon...

Unlike a lot of people I'm not a big fan of traditional markets, like the many we have in Paris - and in France in general - but from...

I know it's not very glamorous to talk about garbage cans when running a blog about Paris, but... don't forget that we have one e...

In many cities you have meeting points that everybody knows and where it's easy to meet up with someone before going places. The Ope...

In France - a country of Catholic tradition - showing your wealth is very badly considered, if not a sin! Therefore, if you happen to be ...

Here is a view of La cour carrée du Louvre , a stunning square located on the Eastern part of Le Louvre. There is a little fountain basin ...

I'm just back from Nice where it rained a lot! (a big storm crossed Europe during Christmas), so surprisingly there was today more sun...