Daydreaming of Paris, I came across these videos I took almost 3 years ago. So fun to revisit!

I love living in Passy, in the 16th arrondisement. It’s a very elegant residential neighborhood, but with all the shops one needs for an easy life, including markets and pharmacies. There are some really tony clothing shops as well wine and speciality food stores.

I’ve encircled my area on this Google map above and you can see how close I am to the Eiffel Tower. I get views of it everyday and feel very fortunate! See below.

In a city like Paris, one of the things that makes life livable is access to the metro. I’m perfectly situated between 2 subway stations on 2 major lines. It’s very convenient. As you can see from the Google map above how close I am to the Seine and there’s a major bus line that follows the river that also serves me well.

My closest metro station is above ground and if I go south on the line, it is an elevated train with great views of the river and the Eiffel Tower as I cross the bridge.

Paris isn’t like Florence in that it is not flat. Passy was built upon hills that rise up from the Seine basin and this area is extremely fortunate with the city infrastructure. There are 2 outdoor escalators that run around the clock bringing me and my neighbors up from the river to the elevated train station and further on up into my neighborhood.

Place holder post. What a glorious day this was! Paris was at its most colorful. April, come she will!

Is incredible. Is magic.

There’s an equestrian monument to Lafayette, known as The Children’s Statue of Lafayette. For information, see

Lafayette

On my way to the Carnavalet Museum the other day, I passed this building:

You can read more about this interesting place here:

https://www.paris.fr/equipements/ateliers-beaux-arts-sevigne-3e-1547

When I was exiting a metro stop recently, I was struck by how quintessentially Parisian this scene was:

And, while riding the subway, I sat across from this young man who was engrossed in his book. I thought to myself: the future looks bright!

On the Pont Neuf stands this Equestrian statue of Henry IV.

Below: the Trocadero:

And, last but not least for today, this is my street: Rue de Passy. How lucky to see the Eiffel Tower from it!

I still can’t believe my good fortune, but I was able to spend Easter Sunday at Monet’s house and garden in Giverny! I’ll be posting about that visit extensively when I am back up to speed technologically speaking. In the meantime, here’s a taste of what’s blooming in April!

https://giverny.org/gardens/fcm/calendar.htm

I love the painted French doorways and this purple color made me think of my mother. It was her favorite.

This poster in a travel agent’s window made me think of my son, who is obsessed with Japan.

Sometimes I feel like I’m still in Italy.

I love the carving over this green door. The woman’s hair fills the relief space entirely!

I lived in Italy for many years and never really understood their politics or system. I can’t pretend to understand French either.

A Beginner’s Guide to the Marché aux Puces de Saint-Ouen

All I can say for sure is that a vote for Marine LePen is like a vote for Donald Trump and that’s enough for me. Vote Macron!

I looked out a window at the Louvre and saw this command to vote, next to an iconic Art Nouveau subway entrance. What is more French than this scene?

Place holder for the Fountain of Diana is situated nearby to Pavillon Ledoyen, and close to Bouquet of Tulips by Jeff Koons.