Having recently spent a wonderful week in Paris, John Reese asked us to write about the “Velib” cycle sharing system which we used with great success during our stay. We thoroughly recommend you give it a go. You’ll see the bikes parked in stations all over Paris – there are 1,800 stations (one every 300 […]
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Riding Bikes in Paris
Posted in France, Paris, Travel, tagged Cycling, Paris Apartment on January 24, 2017 | 1 Comment »
Sharing Two Countries
Posted in France, Paris, Travel, tagged Latin Quarter Apartment, Paris Apartment, Paris History on December 9, 2016 | 10 Comments »
I have chosen a life which lives in two countries. France. New Zealand. When we bought an apartment in the Latin Quarter of Paris I was overcome by the fact that our building had been built over four hundred years before. It was this knowledge that made me dream of everything the walls of our […]
Shakespeare in Paris
Posted in Holiday, Paris, Travel, tagged Ernest Hemingway, James Joyce, Scott Fitzgerald, Shakespeare and Co., Shakespeare and Company Book Shop on November 14, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
To be lost in a world of words can be as exciting as a visit to the Louvre. To be lost in a world of books, is the experience of visiting the Shakespeare & Co Bookshop in Paris. All tourists make a visit to Notre Dame Cathedral during their time in Paris. But unbeknown to […]
The Louvre – do you suffer from MLS?
Posted in Art and Photography, Holiday, Paris, Tourism, Travel, tagged Giotto, Leonardo da Vinci, Louvre, Mona Lisa, Ravenna, Scrovigni Chapel, The Last Supper on November 29, 2011 | 19 Comments »
The Louvre would be one of the most recognisable brands in the world – there would be few people who would not know what the Louvre was, and where it is? There are nearly nine million people per year who visit, which is 30,000 people per day on average, going there to look at some […]
Edith Piaf – The Sparrow and the Rose
Posted in France, News, Paris, Tourism, Travel, tagged Edith Piaf, James Blunt, Je Ne Regrette Rien, Jim McIntosh, La Vie en Rose, Louis Leplee, Montmartre, Non, Oscar Wilde, Pere Lachaise, Place des Abbesses on November 3, 2011 | 27 Comments »
I sit on a bench on Place des Abbesses in Paris. There is a colourful merry-go-round in the centre of this autumn- leaf covered square in the heart of Montmartre, Paris. A young Parisian is sitting on the steps of the nearby church strumming on his guitar with his cap waiting hopefully on the footpath […]
Hitler’s morning off in Paris.
Posted in France, Holiday, News, Paris, Travel, tagged Albert Speer, Arc de Triomphe, Charles Mangin, Edith Cavell, Eiffel Tower, Hans Spiedel, Hitler, Opera House Garnier, Palais de Chaillot, Paris occupation, Place de la Concorde, Richard Maddox on October 26, 2011 | 22 Comments »
It is early morning on 23rd June 1940. Paris has been occupied for over a week. An armistice was signed in the same railway carriage, at the same spot in the Forest of Compiègne where Foch had imposed terms on the German delegation in 1918. At Le Bourget the light catches a military transport aircraft […]
Neighbors at War: the joys of Paris apartment living
Posted in France, Paris, Travel, tagged Paris apartment living, Sarah Reese on August 30, 2011 | 29 Comments »
Sarah Reese shares the joys and surprises of living in Paris. “You’re walking too loudly,” my fiery Spanish downstairs neighbor roared at me and my flatmate. “I’m going mad here,” she continued, “I can’t sleep, I can’t work, I’ve even looked into renting another apartment because you both WALK too LOUDLY!” Smoke billowed out of […]
Faites de la Musique!
Posted in France, News, Paris, Tourism, Travel, tagged Bon Jovi, Edith Piaf, Fete de la Musique, Music, The AB Factory on June 22, 2011 | 8 Comments »
This year’s Fête de la Musique has dawned upon us once again. Each year on June 21 over one hundred countries in the northern hemisphere band together in one big fat musical fiesta to celebrate the beginning of summer. Born in 1976 in France, La Fête de la Musique has become a true highlight on […]
Gardens in Paris: Part 3
Posted in France, Paris, Tourism, Travel, tagged 12th arrondissement, Bercy, Gardens in Paris, Parc de Bercy, Paris parks, Sarah Reese, Seine River on May 9, 2011 | 15 Comments »
This is not your typical Parisian garden. In fact, this is probably as un-traditional as Paris gets. This is the Parc de Bercy, and our final chapter in the French Way Spring Special . Located in the heart of the twelfth arrondissement , the Parc de Bercy is split into three gardens which run along […]
Gardens in Paris: Part 2
Posted in France, Paris, Tourism, Travel, tagged Gardens in Paris, Georges Jeanclos, Notre Dame Cathedral, Sarah Reese, Square Rene Viviani, St Julien le Pauvre on May 2, 2011 | 16 Comments »
In the heart of the bustling Latin Quarter overlooking Notre Dame Cathedral lies a tiny snippet of tranquility. On a lazy Sunday afternoon I go there with a two euro ham sandwich and a chilled can of Lipton’s iced tea to reflect on what has been an eventful week. I take a much-needed swig out of my […]
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