Paris – Everything but the Siren
29-30 October 2019 Sleeping soundly in Toulouse. Message from SNCF, definitely NOT something I want to wake to find. I believe France is the only country in the world with a mobile APP monitoring strikes. It has come in handy, but sudden cancellations and changes mean an unpleasant wake up call. What? Our train is […]
Paris – Something Borrowed and Something Blue
5-8 September 2018 “Something Borrowed” I revisited my travel article “Marais Embodies Paris At Its Best” published by The Boston Herald in 1990. I loved this area then and I still love it. From the article I borrow: “If culture equals the sum of a city’s social behavior and artistic expression, then Paris has it […]
Paris – Something Old and Something New
5-8 September 2018 The last time I saw Paris, the French Aerial Army flew its fighter jets over my head and its Ground Army drove its “umpteen” ton tanks down the Champ-Élysées, the majestic Arc de Triomphe silhouetted in the background.