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Valentine’s Day in Paris

February 14, 2014 by Hugh Nelson 16 Comments

Like in the US, stores milk Valentine’s day in Paris for as many sales of chocolate and hearts and roses and you name it as possible. Plus, Paris is for lovers so there’s no shortage of kissing going on. Still Paris has its own literature that conveys the spriit of Valentine’s Day in a more […]

Filed Under: History, Sight Seeing Tagged With: abelard, heloise, hunchback of notre dame, valentines day

Northern Ireland: The Troubles

February 2, 2014 by Hugh Nelson 3 Comments

Tour of “The Troubles” in Catholic Belfast As part of our Belfast visit we wanted to learn more about the conflict in Northern Ireland known as “The Troubles”. Anyone old enough can remember how from the early ’70s until well into the ’90s, year after year, every day there would be stories in the news […]

Filed Under: History, Sight Seeing, Travel Outside Paris Tagged With: Belfast, northern ireland, the troubles

Northern Ireland: Tour of the Causeway Coastal Route and Glens

January 27, 2014 by Hugh Nelson 3 Comments

We dedicated one day in Northern Ireland to a bus tour of the Causeway Coastal Route and Glens, including a visit to Carrickfergus Castle, a drive along the Nine Glens of Antrim, a walk along the Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge, lunch at The Old Bushmill’s Distillery, a visit to the World Heritage Site known as Giant’s […]

Filed Under: Sight Seeing, Travel Outside Paris Tagged With: carrickfergus castle, carsick-a-rede rope bridge, giants causeway, nine glens of antrim

Northern Ireland: Crumlin Road Jail in Belfast

January 27, 2014 by Hugh Nelson 1 Comment

The Belfast Visitor’s Center advised us to take the tour of Crumlin Road Jail (called Crumlin Road Gaol), so this was the first place we visited when we came to town. The jail was built in 1846 during the Victorian era and was home to more than 25,000 prisoners before it closed in the 1996. […]

Filed Under: Sight Seeing, Travel Outside Paris Tagged With: crumlin road gaol, crumlin road prison

Concerts at Notre Dame de Paris

November 3, 2013 by Hugh Nelson 5 Comments

We’ve attended several concerts at Notre Dame de Paris. According to the church’s web site, sacred music has been an important part of Catholic worship for 1500 years. There is wonder in knowing that there have been perhaps 35 generations of worship in that place – many more if you count the Roman religious sites […]

Filed Under: History, Sight Seeing Tagged With: Notre Dame Cathedral

A Visit to the Assemblée Nationale

November 1, 2013 by Hugh Nelson 3 Comments

Like our previous articles about the Sénat, Hôtel de Ville, and Sorbonne during the special weekend for Journées Européennes du Patrimoine, we also went to the Assemblée Nationale, the French legislative branch lower house. The Assemblée Nationale is not normally open to the public. A little about the Assemblée Nationale – it consists of 577 […]

Filed Under: History, Sight Seeing Tagged With: assemblée nationale

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