Paris: les pyramides du Louvre
To enter the world’s largest museum you pass through I. M. Pei’s controversial 21m glass pyramid- a startling though effective […]
Paris: Centre Pompidou + Sous le ciel de Paris
When it first opened in the 1970s, the Centre Pompidou was called: “the most avant-guarde building in the world”. Some […]
Paris: les Champs-Élysées
Let’s have a short walk on one of the boulevards redesigned by Baron Georges-Eugène Haussmann, les Champs-Élysées:
Paris: Arc de Triomphe et Baron Haussmann
The construction of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris was ordered in 1806 by Napoleon, the French Emperor. Napoleon wanted to […]
Paris: la Tour Eiffel
When you are in Paris you cannot miss the Eiffel Tower. Here is my travel tip for you: If you […]
Paris: Rue du Bac
On the night of July 18, 1830. Catherine, a young novice at the Daughters of Charity Convent in Paris was […]
Paris: Le Bon Marché
When I was in Paris, I had to visit this store because it is part of one of my units […]
Paris, Banks of the Seine – UNESCO’s World Heritage Site
I bought some cute postcards with old pictures from Paris. This one was taken near the river la Seine in […]
Notre-Dame de Paris
We are still visiting la Cité. This time we will France’s most popular monument, beating even the Eiffel Tower with 13 million […]
Paris: Saint-Michel
If you only have few hours to spend in Paris, take Ligne 4 of le métro to the station Saint-Michel. […]