Life in Paris & France

Paris Plages is carrying on its tradition in 2020 with sun and fun in this “Eté particulier”. Circumstances make this a special summer with daily activities under sanitary conditions. Even …

It is June 2. Parisians are in front of a café drinking their coffee, chatting with a table mate under a red awning and a bright blue sky. This sounds …

I am no longer desperate to find just any kind of face mask. Finding a mask has transitioned into its fashionable period in Paris. Face masks are no longer hard …

Life at the Parisian market has taken on a new form. The market is wrapped in plastic wrap. I could only look on. The scene was very surrealistic. On May …

Paris has a new dining style in 2020: Take Away or in French “emporter” in le “doggy bag”. All closed for health reasons, some cafés and restaurants are creatively staying …

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It is Covid-19 time and I am out for a beautiful, blue-sky morning walk with my camera. The delivery men on bicycles are collecting bags of chocolate for Easter from …

These are scenes from a Montmartre balcony over Paris while at a party, walking to the metro near Ledru-Rollin/Bastille to attend a conference, snow scenes along streets in the 11th …

Living in a small neighborhood of the Bastille, the hardest phrases to hear over the last year have been: “We’re closing and retiring” and “They have sold the shop for …