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Monthly Archives: July 2018
A real Downie of a day – highlights edition – part 3
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One final highlight – before getting specific. A few steps past L’as du Fallafel, that is, quite possibly, the most popular falafel shop not only in le Marais but in all of Paris, lies one of the hidden gems of …
A real Downie of a day – highlights edition – part 2
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A few more highlights. If I were to attempt to recount in any depth the breadth of information that David and Alison provided, it would tax my memory far beyond its limited capacity and your patience far beyond the general …
A real Downie of a day – the highlights edition
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In a previous post I included a map that showed the location of our flat and pointed out our proximity to many Parisian sites. I wrote about the veritable cornucopia of specialty shops lining the rue de Rivoli and mentioned …
À notre retour à Paris – partie trois
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Back to La Marais. I can’t, at this point, precisely retrace our steps that afternoon and I don’t have many photos to stir my memory. I do remember that we walked up the main boulevard because we were slightly intrigued …
À notre retour à Paris – deuxième partie
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When the 18-year-reign of Napoléon III collapsed in 1870 it ended the Second French Empire and gave rise to the Third French Republic. Sprung from rather tumultuous beginnings, France had a period of relative calm beginning at the end of …