Archive for the ‘Cultures’ Category
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Place Vendôme: Countess de Castiglione
21 May 2010By Philippa Campsie The rue de Castiglione runs north from the Tuileries Gardens and opens into the Place Vendôme. This…
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Mona Lisa: The Journeys of La Joconde
09 Apr 2010By Philippa Campsie We call her the Mona Lisa. The French are more formal and call her by her married…
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A walk in a French garden
26 Mar 2010By Philippa Campsie The Jardin des Tuileries can be a little disconcerting when you see it for the first time.…
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Colette: Gigi Meets Anne of Green Gables
09 Mar 2010By Philippa Campsie The Place Colette, named for the writer Colette (1874-1954) who lived nearby, is a good place to…
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Paris: For the Love of Old and New
25 Feb 2010By Philippa Campsie The Café Marly, which faces into the courtyard of the Louvre, is the perfect place to contemplate…
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The Great Paris Flood of 1910: the day the clocks stopped
19 Jan 2010By Philippa Campsie Exactly 100 years ago, La Seine flooded her banks. Heavy rains had persisted through December 1909 and…
