Category Archives: Paris

This week we spent four days in Paris, certainly our last visit to the city on this trip. We’ve been coming to Paris for many years – our first time in the city was in 1983: two day-trips while we … Continue reading →

As promised, yesterday we went to the Musée Nissim de Comando, one of our favorites. First, a little background on this gem. Möise de Comando, born in 1860 in Istanbul into a wealthy Jewish banking family, moved with the family … Continue reading →

We went into Paris for a couple days last week. After watching the weather for a few days we realized we had a choice: Paris cool and with a chance of rain, or Paris hot. The forecast was right: this … Continue reading →

Every June 21 – the Summer Solstice – Paris celebrates with an enormous music festival: the Fete de la Musique. Some years ago our late friend Barbara was in Paris on June 21, but she didn’t know ahead of time about … Continue reading →

We’re in Paris for a couple days. Tuesday night we went for a stroll in our favorite part of Paris – the two islands. It’s a very nice way to start out, I must say…

I know I owe the blog a post on the city of Bourges, and I promise I’ll get to it, as Bourges was quite an interesting place. But…we’re in Paris for a couple days and I think I’ll throw a … Continue reading →

Tuesday Laurie and I headed north to Paris for a few days. Our nephew Brian and his wife Jennifer (I guess that makes her our “niece-in-law;” is there such a word?) arrived in Paris that day for their first visit … Continue reading →

Warning: history follows! On the eastern edge of Paris, outside the Périphérique (the highway that surrounds central Paris) one can step back into the 14th century with a 15-minute Metro ride. Today, rather than take that 15-minute Metro, we took … Continue reading →