Paris is undoubtedly a beautiful city. Strolling through the streets, you will enjoy the beautiful Haussmanian buildings and cobbled pavements. From shop windows to people to art to food, everything’s beautiful at eye level. But Paris’ true beauty must be viewed from above. The city knows this, which is why they’ve constructed tall structures at [...]
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Hemingway said, “Wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you, for Paris is a movable feast.” And it is, for all your senses, but getting your fill of this feast isn’t as expensive as you think. In fact, some of the best things Paris has to offer, are free! Read on to discover how. [...]
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On our visit to The Chateau de Versailles, we confirmed for ourselves, that it is without a doubt, one of the most unabashed and opulent tributes to self indulgence in the world. Initially the hunting lodge of France’s Sun King, Louis XIV turned it into a royal residence with a grand scale building filled with [...]
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Today was another big day for us and possibly the farthest we were going to travel (besides Versailles) on our Paris trip. We were heading to the famous flea market at Saint-Ouen, just outside the Périphérique. We left early, taking the RER B to Gare du Nord and from there, the Metro (line 4 to [...]
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I was done with what I hoped was the most macabre side of Paris during the first half of the day and I was really looking forward to the second half. It’s a place I’ve read about so much and of course, seen in so many movies. Montmartre. Set at least a day aside for [...]
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I’m talking about one of the biggest highlights of the Paris trip for me. For someone who has lovingly regarded French cuisine from afar with awestruck eyes, being in Paris meant three things: Eating, Cooking and Shopping for food and kitchen equipment. While Eating and Shopping could easily be taken care of one day at [...]
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Today was the day Rave had her class at Le Cordon Bleu (you can read about it here), so I had to do something she wasn’t going to be interested in. And there was something that was perfect – The Catacombs of Paris. I can’t imagine her being underground surrounded by a few million bones. So [...]
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We hadn’t planned on stepping out of Paris at all when we were making our 14 day itinerary. Early on, we were lucky enough to understand that there’s more to Paris than we can see in 14 days. So all ideas of a quick hop into a neighboring destination (we toyed with Amsterdam for a bit!) [...]
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So today is the day we visit a landmark that isn’t just synonymous with Paris but is also perhaps the first name people come up with when they think art and museums – Musée du Louvre. The Louvre is about 60,000+ square metres large and while it actually is possible to walk through it in [...]
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There’s one place in Paris that’s really special to me. A place I first heard about as a child, reading about a certain hunchback swinging through its towers. Over the years, as I continued seeing pictures of it and reading up on its history, the fascination grew. But nothing, absolutely nothing, prepared me for the [...]
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People who know me will vouch for the fact that I’m pretty vocal (and stubborn) about my views on art, what the world considers artistic and what art should stand for. So it can get a little dangerous for people to hang around with me in a place like Musée d’Orsay in the likely event [...]
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