The Tuileries gardens, stretching parallel to the Seine from the Louvre to the Place de la Concorde, are a favorite stroll, or a great place to stop and rest and read, or even nap.
On a past trip to London (England that is), we stayed at a hotel in South Kensington which was only a short walk to Hyde Park. On a sunny Autumn morning we were taking a morning stroll and noticed these deck chairs set up by the banks of the river.
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.
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.
Charles V (Carlos to his Spanish subjects and Karl to the subjects of most of the Holy Roman Empire) built this palace in the Alhambra at Granada; he wanted both to show his power and wealth and to put a Christian stamp on the formerly Muslim…
One of the most popular features on our website is “Gumbo’s Pic of the Day”. A fresh photo (or a few) each day with accompanying description about that photo. For the purposes of this blog I picked one (above) that was smack in the…
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.
I recently attended a cultural evening at the National Archives complex in Rabat, Malta. The theme was a lecture and demonstration of original and traditional Maltese folk music instruments. One of the lecturers was a music historian from Ireland who…
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.
You’ll get almost no argument anywhere if you say that bouillabaisse is the most typical food of Marseilles—and you’ll get nothing but argument if you try to discuss its origin and “the” recipe.
The Tuileries gardens, stretching parallel to the Seine from the Louvre to the Place de la Concorde, are a favorite stroll, or a great place to stop and rest and read, or even nap.
On a past trip to London (England that is), we stayed at a hotel in South Kensington which was only a short walk to Hyde Park. On a sunny Autumn morning we were taking a morning stroll and noticed these deck chairs set up by the banks of the river.
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.
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.
Charles V (Carlos to his Spanish subjects and Karl to the subjects of most of the Holy Roman Empire) built this palace in the Alhambra at Granada; he wanted both to show his power and wealth and to put a Christian stamp on the formerly Muslim…
One of the most popular features on our website is “Gumbo’s Pic of the Day”. A fresh photo (or a few) each day with accompanying description about that photo. For the purposes of this blog I picked one (above) that was smack in the…
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.
I recently attended a cultural evening at the National Archives complex in Rabat, Malta. The theme was a lecture and demonstration of original and traditional Maltese folk music instruments. One of the lecturers was a music historian from Ireland who…
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.
You’ll get almost no argument anywhere if you say that bouillabaisse is the most typical food of Marseilles—and you’ll get nothing but argument if you try to discuss its origin and “the” recipe.
