Gumbo’s Pic of the Day, August 12, 2015: Venus de Milo
August 12, 2015
While at the Louvre in Paris, I saw the Venus de Milo. This has become one of my favorite photos, showing how people still flock
While at the Louvre in Paris, I saw the Venus de Milo. This has become one of my favorite photos, showing how people still flock
With August and the traditional French exodus to the beach just ahead, visitors might wonder just what there is to do in Paris, or in France generally.
Paris is consistently the world’s most-visited city, and while it’s fairly easy for English-speakers to get what they need, it’s harder for speakers of many other languages.
If you’re heading to Paris with your family, or even if it’s just to appeal to the kid in you, be sure you stop by Les Berges, a mile-long play space on the Left Bank of the Seine River.
In the face of an ongoing heat wave, Paris authorities are keeping five large parks open around the clock, Monday to Friday. 127 other smaller parks are already open full-time.
And mind you, that price is for sharing a room. There’s an $11,000 single supplement! So, what do you get for a vacation that costs more than double the median household income in the U.S.? Read on….
Under the Pont de Bir-Hakeim, seen in Last Tango in Paris Photo: Bruxelles5 / Wikimedia Everyone (almost, anyway) has a favorite
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo is planning the next step in her war on congestion and pollution, announcing a plan to at least partially pedestrianize seven of the city’s best known “Places” or squares.
China has announced a new bi-annual air show, with the first event to be held in Deyang, in Sichuan Province, in 2017. China is the fastest-growing market for airliners and is also an important manufacturing center for aviation equipment and parts.
Protests by taxi drivers over the illegal but continuing “Uberpop” service and a 3-day strike planned by city bus drivers may tie traffic in knots and leave some visitors and locals stranded.
While at the Louvre in Paris, I saw the Venus de Milo. This has become one of my favorite photos,
With August and the traditional French exodus to the beach just ahead, visitors might wonder just what there is to do in Paris, or in France generally.
Paris is consistently the world’s most-visited city, and while it’s fairly easy for English-speakers to get what they need, it’s harder for speakers of many other languages.
If you’re heading to Paris with your family, or even if it’s just to appeal to the kid in you, be sure you stop by Les Berges, a mile-long play space on the Left Bank of the Seine River.
In the face of an ongoing heat wave, Paris authorities are keeping five large parks open around the clock, Monday to Friday. 127 other smaller parks are already open full-time.
And mind you, that price is for sharing a room. There’s an $11,000 single supplement! So, what do you get for a vacation that costs more than double the median household income in the U.S.? Read on….
Under the Pont de Bir-Hakeim, seen in Last Tango in Paris Photo: Bruxelles5 / Wikimedia Everyone
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo is planning the next step in her war on congestion and pollution, announcing a plan to at least partially pedestrianize seven of the city’s best known “Places” or squares.
China has announced a new bi-annual air show, with the first event to be held in Deyang, in Sichuan Province, in 2017. China is the fastest-growing market for airliners and is also an important manufacturing center for aviation equipment and parts.
Protests by taxi drivers over the illegal but continuing “Uberpop” service and a 3-day strike planned by city bus drivers may tie traffic in knots and leave some visitors and locals stranded.