Every Sunday afternoons the Centre Georges Pompidou is a mecca for interesting activities. There are always street performers, artists, jugglers, … More

Centre Georges Pompidou is my favorite art museum in Paris. Modern art is my thing and this place is my … More

The Grand Palais is a large glass exhibition hall that was built for the Paris Exhibition of 1900. During the … More

The French have made the design of museums an art form. I have visited many museums over the years but … More

The Japanese have the ability to fit large groups of themselves into small spaces. Many years ago I was in … More

Versailles was the unofficial capital city of France from 1682 until the death of Louis XIV in 1715. Versailles is … More

The Musée d’Orsay is a wonderful museum that is housed in the former Orsay railway station. It holds mainly French … More

These are two photos of the Seine River as it straddles Notre Dame.

I caught this interesting juxtaposition of architecture in the Vichy section of Paris. This church was in an interior courtyard. … More

The goal of every French person is to do nothing on Sunday. Most stores are closed on Sunday and only … More

Châtelet is the largest Metro hub in the Paris subway system. Many of the subway lines intersect at this huge … More

The Paris Metro is a marvel to behold. There is always a station nearby and I have never waited more … More

I don’t get it! This is an ad for KFC in the Metro stations around Paris. Does this jerk in … More

One thing is for certain in Paris, if you see a crowd forming down a street, go there. There will … More

Au Bon Marche Grand Epicerie – Paris is the world food store to end all world food stores. It is … More

Back in 1495 Henry the 8th of England used rolls of cotton cloth made in the city of Gênes, France … More

Paris is a gumbo of architectural styles. This new mirrored building was built across the street from a classic Parisian … More

Music can often heard in places you wouldn’t expect in Paris. I was walking across a bridge on the Seine … More

Most of the buildings in Paris were built several hundred years ago and thus have very narrow stairwells and hallways, … More

For more than a decade, Napoleon and the armies of France took control of most of Europe by conquest or … More

I went looking for the Hunchback today but he was on strike – a typical event here in France. I … More