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Sojourn in Paris: Picnic on the Seine

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Picnic on the Seine. Warm and sunny, it's another beautiful Sunday in Paris and . for many parisiens. It was a perfect day for a picnic. To begin, we took a walk along the Seine past the book vendors that line le quai du Louvre. A brief stop at a wine store and a boulangerie for some baguettes, and a pastry for dessert, and voila. we are set to enjoy the sun and the river. There are hundreds of people lining the Seine, reading, strumming, sleeping and enjoying a picnic like us. We're now back in Vancouver.

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Sojourn in Paris: With love from Paris ~ our final day

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With love from Paris our final day. And so it comes to an end, this sojourn in Paris. One month in Paris and now, suddenly it seems, we must leave. We don't really want to leave, yet it will feel good to be home again. Spending one month in one place meant we were able to get to know our neighbourhood. Out of those 30 days, we had our morning coffee at Le Brio. Before leaving. It was an emotional end to a wonderful final day in Paris, and to our sojourn in Paris. À bientôt, j'espère. Sometimes things don...

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Sojourn in Paris: What is going on here? The quenelle and something else entirely...

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What is going on here? The quenelle and something else entirely. During our sojourn in Paris, we saw people, mainly at the Louvre, having their pictures taken, while they performed a strange sort of salute, usually with their right arm. Well, that's what it looked like to Jeem. Often the arm would be outstretched or partially bent, and the fingers on the hand would be coming together as if holding a string. What is going on? We wondered. Well, maybe Jeem wondered more than the others in his party. While ...

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Sojourn in Paris: Give us this day our daily croissant

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Give us this day our daily croissant. Before the motorcycle riders start their engines and wake up the neighbourhood. Before the children make their way to school. Before the creative parking of the night before is noticed by too many people. And certainly before the shops open and the rush to work begins, many of us are out to our favourite boulangerie for our daily baguette and croissant. Everyone seems to have a favourite boulangerie. In our case it is the Arnaud Delmontel. The baguette meanwhile is a...

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Sojourn in Paris: The clocks of Musée d'Orsay

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The clocks of Musée d'Orsay. Amidst all the masterworks of art at the Musée d'Orsay, including Manet, Degas, Monet and the other usual suspects from the time period, the museum's clocks became an interesting subject for me. Somewhat overlooked today, the large clocks at. D'Orsay are visible from inside and possibly a novelty for those who walk by or eat in the. Thanks for viewing and for your comments! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). We're now back in Vancouver. The most popular posts. Looking back, ...

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Sojourn in Paris: Guy Môquet

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Many stations on the Paris Métro are designed in a way that reflect the places they represent. The Louvre station obviously comes to mind as a special kind of subway station. Our nearest métro station is Guy Môquet. A station on line 13. It is situated on the border of the 17e and 18e arrondissements and it is down the street from our apartment on rue Marcadet. At first, Guy Môquet. He was born on 26 April 1924 in the 18e arrondissement of Paris, somewhere near our apartment. He was a member of the C...

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Sojourn in Paris: Selling knock-off trinkets is a problem of exploitation

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Selling knock-off trinkets is a problem of exploitation. Today, in a rare occurrence, the Eiffel Tower was closed to the public for seven hours because workers went on strike to complain about the scourge of pickpocket-gangs. At the site. Normally the tower is open every day of the year, except in cases where police receive information about potential threats. According to a Reuters report, Chinese gangs import trinkets from China and then sell them to other groups who control the sellers. The seller...

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Sojourn in Paris: Second-hand smoking in Paris ~ I have to break this habit

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Second-hand smoking in Paris I have to break this habit. You can't help but notice, smoking is a big thing in Paris. At times it seems everyone around you is smoking; young, old, women, men, it doesn't seem to matter. During the past month in Paris I feel I've had at least a pack a day simply through second-hand smoke. I've never been a smoker, so this is a new experience for me. Polls Smoking is always either number one or two. The truth is more complicated. Young smokers buck the trend slightly, and al...

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Sojourn in Paris: Walking to Stalingrad via Pigalle & a migrant camp

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Walking to Stalingrad via Pigalle and a migrant camp. Looking back, it's difficult to understand why I walked to Stalingrad. I started walking around the southern part of Montmartre; the part that evolves from straight up businesses to a glitzy, trashy tourist zone. Somehow I ended up in Stalingrad. Sacré-Cœur do share a certain profit-driven spirit and tourists and pilgrims muddle together here. Toulouse-Latrec's studio was here in Pigalle somewhere, and Picasso and van Gogh both lived here once. Paris ...