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Our new apartment in Paris!

February 28, 2013 by Brenda Prowse 26 Comments

Our tiny, 450 sq. ft. apartment is located on the left bank just across the Seine from Notre Dame. We look right at that beautiful cathedral. We checked out 9 different apartments that we found on the internet, noting in the process that www.pap.fr  was the easiest site to navigate. Apartments with more square footage did […]

Filed Under: Living Tagged With: apartment, moving

What is Picard?

February 22, 2013 by Brenda Prowse 9 Comments

I have been walking past this shop for over a week and cannot figure out what it is. There are people inside bending over containers but from the street I cannot see what Is in them. The place is all white walls, floors, even the bins into which people are peering. The lighting is bright […]

Filed Under: Dining Tagged With: Picard

Paris celebrates Pekin

February 22, 2013 by Hugh Nelson 4 Comments

Some of you may know that I have family in Pekin, Illinois. I wanted to include the evidence I’ve found so far that shows that Parisians hold Pekin in high regard.

Filed Under: Sight Seeing Tagged With: pekin

About to leave the old Hotel

February 22, 2013 by Hugh Nelson 5 Comments

In his collection of stories called Up in the Old Hotel, Joseph Mitchell told about an old man who, while grieving for the loss of his friends at their funeral wakes, secretly rejoiced in having outlived them. The things you can’t say. What we the living can say is that we are about to leave […]

Filed Under: Moving to Paris Tagged With: Adagio Paris Vincennes, hotel

More about the Parc Floral de Paris

February 16, 2013 by Hugh Nelson 11 Comments

After Brenda’s escape from being locked in the park, we went back the following day and took some photos. Parc Floral is one of 4 botanical gardens in Paris with 75 acres of gardens and park space, complete with lots of big toys for children as well as ampitheater, duck pond, and many other things […]

Filed Under: Sight Seeing Tagged With: Parc Floral de Paris

Cour Carrée et Pyramide du Louvre

February 15, 2013 by Hugh Nelson 2 Comments

You might be thinking that so far in Paris we’ve mostly been goofing off trying to make things work, the phone, the washing machine, the bank account, etc. In many ways you are correct, but occasionally we make it out into town and trip upon what makes the city famous. We were looking at neighborhoods […]

Filed Under: Sight Seeing Tagged With: The Louvre

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Hugh Nelson and Brenda Prowse on Pont Alexandre III
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