Collegiate Church of Notre Dame, Vernon: Where Gumbo Was #31
April 15, 2014
Gumbo was visiting the gothic Church in Vernon, a few short kilometers from Monet’s gardens and home at Giverny.
Gumbo was visiting the gothic Church in Vernon, a few short kilometers from Monet’s gardens and home at Giverny.
If you’re going to France this summer and your plans involve rail travel, you might want to know that TGV tickets for summer dates are available now. Especially since discounts can sell out. Usually SNCF, the French rail carrier, starts selling…
It’s spring and the cherry blossoms are opening everywhere. To me few things say “goodbye winter” and “hello spring” more than cherry blossoms.
I made this image of a man sleeping next to a side entrance of the National Assembly on my first trip to Paris, as a 16-year-old in 1960.
Gumbo’s Picture of the Day for April 13th, above, is an image I made nearly 55 years ago, on my first trip to Paris: a man sleeping on the ground at a side entrance to the National Assembly building.
Cannes: The first things that come to mind are, for most people, the film festival with outrageous costumes and gala receptions, or the rows and rows of rich folks’ yachts. But there’s more.
On my first sojourn in Paris, I arrived New Years Day and stayed until June. I had a friend, Winnie, with whom I worked, who had a car like this one, a Citroen 2CV called a Deux Chevaux, except it was a wreck as only a car that’s cheap to begin with can become a wreck.
Visitors here are silhouetted against the Great Clock at the Musee d’Orsay. The museum is housed in a former rail station and hotel; the clock is visible from quite a long stretch of the opposite bank of the Seine.
Happy Birthday to one of the world’s most famous structures! The Eiffel Tower was officially completed 125 years ago today, on March 31, 1889, just in time for its role as the grand entrance to the Universal Exposition.
While the title of this picture is obvious, it might just as easily have been “A Window On Paris,” because there’s never nothing interesting when you look out.
Gumbo was visiting the gothic Church in Vernon, a few short kilometers from Monet’s gardens and home at Giverny.
If you’re going to France this summer and your plans involve rail travel, you might want to know that TGV tickets for summer dates are available now. Especially since discounts can sell out. Usually SNCF, the French rail carrier, starts selling…
It’s spring and the cherry blossoms are opening everywhere. To me few things say “goodbye winter” and “hello spring” more than cherry blossoms.
I made this image of a man sleeping next to a side entrance of the National Assembly on my first trip to Paris, as a 16-year-old in 1960.
Gumbo’s Picture of the Day for April 13th, above, is an image I made nearly 55 years ago, on my first trip to Paris: a man sleeping on the ground at a side entrance to the National Assembly building.
Cannes: The first things that come to mind are, for most people, the film festival with outrageous costumes and gala receptions, or the rows and rows of rich folks’ yachts. But there’s more.
On my first sojourn in Paris, I arrived New Years Day and stayed until June. I had a friend, Winnie, with whom I worked, who had a car like this one, a Citroen 2CV called a Deux Chevaux, except it was a wreck as only a car that’s cheap to begin with can become a wreck.
Visitors here are silhouetted against the Great Clock at the Musee d’Orsay. The museum is housed in a former rail station and hotel; the clock is visible from quite a long stretch of the opposite bank of the Seine.
Happy Birthday to one of the world’s most famous structures! The Eiffel Tower was officially completed 125 years ago today, on March 31, 1889, just in time for its role as the grand entrance to the Universal Exposition.
While the title of this picture is obvious, it might just as easily have been “A Window On Paris,” because there’s never nothing interesting when you look out.