The Difficulty of Leaving Paris
Arriving at Orly airport, after admiring the beautiful snow covered streets of Paris I had left behind me and feeling ill made the usual sadness of leaving Paris, hurt all the more. Even after a...
View ArticleThrow Up, Bombs and Tags
Throw Ups, Bombs and Tags is some of the new language I learnt on my Street Art Tour today. This is street talk for graffiti dudes. Graffiti is alive and well and prolific throughout most of Paris,...
View ArticleNot Visiting the Eiffel Tower
Peering out the window this morning, to see a sea of umbrellas, it helped me to decide what to do. A combination of a rainy day and running out of time prompted me to visit a temporary exhibition. I...
View ArticleFeeling Like a Princess
IMAGINE THIS: Dressed in my finest clothes, snapped up at the Paris sales, I approach the grand old mansion, unusually set back from the road, on the bourgeois Boulevard Haussmann. The chauffeur...
View ArticleA Memorable Last Sunday in Paris
Having a penchant for cemeteries does not make me unique. However, perhaps getting excited about exploring the city’s undertakers may appear like a strange way to spend a Sunday afternoon. Feeling...
View ArticleParis Adèle – The Social Butterfly
Call me Paris Adèle … The Social Butterfly! Yet another dinner invitation, this time at my lovely friend Julien’s apartment. But, I jump ahead of myself or should I say hop ahead of myself! With...
View ArticleArt and Secret Courtyards
My stomach somersaulted like an acrobat and sank slowly to my groin as I watched the photos I had taken earlier in the day download and corrupt before my eyes. All that I could see was a haze of...
View ArticleMy First Parisian Salon
They say that the Big Apple never sleeps and sometimes I find neither does the City of Light, or Paris Adéle. I am always in a bit of a quandary with my blog the first week that I arrive in Paris,...
View ArticlePasta Disaster
A rendezvous at the Musée d’Orsay with my friend Julien and a simple dinner afterwards at my apartment was on the menu today. Awake hours before the crack of dawn after an early night and a good nights...
View ArticleBoxing Day in Paris
A very shaky and wobbly Paris Adèle headed out in Paris today. Maybe one glass of champagne too many yesterday after having the New Yorker over for Christmas lunch that turned into dinner had me...
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