As several Gumbo Guessers quickly realized, Gumbo was visiting the Lower Depths, the sine qua non of modern society, the sewer system. This particular sewer is in Paris, and it runs through the Museum des Egouts—yes, the Sewer Museum.
A scene of every day life in an historic city. After having spent the morning exploring the great medieval cathedral in Chartres, we finished a fine lunch before heading into the medieval city down by the River.
A splash of bravura color against a dark winter night provides a cheery break in a long walk home up the hilly Rue de Caulaincourt in Montmartre, Paris.
For Where in the World is Gumbo #11, Gumbo traveled to the Roman arena of Arles, in southern France.
The Paris Ritz is reopening after being closed for more than a year.
When the Eiffel Tower was built, as the centerpiece of Paris’ 1889 Universal Exposition, not everyone loved it. The writer Guy de Maupassant mocked it as a “high and skinny pyramid of iron ladders.”
With the approach of the 100th anniversary of the start of World War I in mind, Jeff Steiner has posted a series of postcards on his website, Americans in France, with ghosts of that war merged with a current view. As I mentioned the last time I…
A look at Gustav Eiffel, and his tower’s importance and stature in Paris
This is the last in a four part series highlighting my visit to the Tampa Bay Automobile Museum. I really enjoyed this small, off the beaten path car museum and it has a wonderful car collection which I’ve partially discussed already….
Although #2 in Europe and much smaller than Disney ,Europa-Park in Rust Germany, had record attendance. Read about it . http://travel.france24.com/con…visitor-numbers-2013 Have high prices started taking a toll on Disney in…
As several Gumbo Guessers quickly realized, Gumbo was visiting the Lower Depths, the sine qua non of modern society, the sewer system. This particular sewer is in Paris, and it runs through the Museum des Egouts—yes, the Sewer Museum.
A scene of every day life in an historic city. After having spent the morning exploring the great medieval cathedral in Chartres, we finished a fine lunch before heading into the medieval city down by the River.
A splash of bravura color against a dark winter night provides a cheery break in a long walk home up the hilly Rue de Caulaincourt in Montmartre, Paris.
For Where in the World is Gumbo #11, Gumbo traveled to the Roman arena of Arles, in southern France.
The Paris Ritz is reopening after being closed for more than a year.
When the Eiffel Tower was built, as the centerpiece of Paris’ 1889 Universal Exposition, not everyone loved it. The writer Guy de Maupassant mocked it as a “high and skinny pyramid of iron ladders.”
With the approach of the 100th anniversary of the start of World War I in mind, Jeff Steiner has posted a series of postcards on his website, Americans in France, with ghosts of that war merged with a current view. As I mentioned the last time I…
A look at Gustav Eiffel, and his tower’s importance and stature in Paris
This is the last in a four part series highlighting my visit to the Tampa Bay Automobile Museum. I really enjoyed this small, off the beaten path car museum and it has a wonderful car collection which I’ve partially discussed already….
Although #2 in Europe and much smaller than Disney ,Europa-Park in Rust Germany, had record attendance. Read about it . http://travel.france24.com/con…visitor-numbers-2013 Have high prices started taking a toll on Disney in…
