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Singing in Paris

Boulevard de Belleville,Ménilmontant, in the snow. Photo: Jeanne Menjoulet/ Flickr ‘Qui a tué Grand Maman?’ Who killed Grandmaman?, I sang happily. It was Thursday evening choir at the community center...

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Baguettes Taste Better in Paris

Café creme and a delicious baguette with butter by WordRidden/Flickr Bread and butter and jam in Melbourne is merely bread and butter and jam. In Paris, a baguette and butter and jam is a whole other...

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How I Came to Fear French Doors

Image credit: Pixabay, nafeti_art I have a love-hate relationship with French doors. Before the terrifying incident which I’m about to relate—an incident that has left me, I’m ashamed to say,...

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An Homage to Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris

Notre-Dame cathedral. Photo credit: Paris Info tourist office/ cmjn With deep grief and disbelief, we watched the fire that devastated Notre-Dame cathedral on Monday night. Thankfully Paris’s brave...

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Paris with My Father: A Story of the Second World War

courtesy of Jane S Gabin Even as a child, I had known that my father had been in Paris during WWII. He had a book called Our Leave in Switzerland that featured pictures of American soldiers, but when I...

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La Rentrée in Paris: Before and After France’s Summer Holidays

The Place des Vosges in summer. Photo: Hazel Smith La rentrée gives Paris a fresh start. Show time’s over and the true Paris picks up where it left off in June. Being in Paris for two weeks centered on...

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Marché Lecourbe, A Paris Memory

Rue Lecourbe. Image © Wikipedia, Mbzt (CC BY 3.0) It’s so difficult to choose one favorite thing about Paris, in a city full of favorite things, but I suddenly remembered one thing that still makes me...

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