Expat with Kids in Paris: park

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December 11, 2020

The week in a flash

A message from an unhappy camper

A fruity interpretation of a Christmas wreath

Pont Alexandre III... elegant as ever.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

Primary School Holiday Bazaar

Sunday morning walk through the Tuileries park.

Lunch delivery until restaurants open up again in January 2021

A night jog under the lights of the Eiffel Tower

Selling my Paris greeting cards for a good cause

Brocante or Movers?!?

September 27, 2020

Paris in the fall

Matin d’Octobre

C’est l’heure exquise et matinale

Que rougit un soleil soudain.

À travers la brume automnale

Tombent les feuilles du jardin.

Leur chute est lente. On peut les suivre

Du regard en reconnaissant

Le chêne à sa feuille de cuivre,

L’érable à sa feuille de sang.

Les dernières, les plus rouillées,

Tombent des branches dépouillées :

Mais ce n’est pas l’hiver encor.

Une blonde lumière arrose

La nature, et, dans l’air tout rose,

On croirait qu’il neige de l’or.

François Coppée (1842-1908)

June 20, 2020

Counting lovelocks in absence of tourists

Now that the confinement has been lifted and Paris is finally back in the green zone - who would have thought we'd ever make it into the green zone before summer break - it is a pleasure to stroll around Paris.

Tourists have not found their way back to the city of love yet. Orly airport is still closed and most airlines have grounded their planes, however, the local residents are doing a good job of filling the city.

Everyone is out and about either exercising, going for a walk, hanging out along the Seine, enjoying a coffee on the terrasse or queuing at the fresh produce market.

Picnicking in one of the "bois" (the bigger parks) is high on everybody's priority list! It is easy to score one of the green metal chairs dotted around the fountains and under shady chestnut trees in the city parks. The Mayor has allowed cafés, restaurants and bars to annex more space on pavements and added pedestrian-only streets, giving the city a joyfully chaotic vibe.

Paris welcomes about 50 million visitors, making it the world’s top tourist destination, but for now only the lovelocks remain proof of their presence. So, don't tell everyone yet that Paris is back in business, let's enjoy this unusual opportunity of having the city to ourselves.

May 22, 2020

Empty chairs

They are everywhere but you don’t see them. Or rather you don’t notice them. They are sometimes a privileged place for chitchat where the world is put to rights, sometimes reserved for a moment of peaceful thought or prayer and often chosen to grab a bite during lunchtime or a ray of sunshine.

Some people use them as a reading room, others as a telephone box, yet others as a stopover on their pedestrian itinerary.

Georges Brassens sang of the public benches as a privileged place for romantic amateurs of deep kisses. It is heartwarming to see Paris' chairs and benches being brought back to life after two months of quarantine... and have you noticed how many of their occupants are lovebirds?!? Now more than ever before has Paris earned its reputation as city of love.

December 1, 2019

November week in pictures

Taking advantage of all Paris has to offer and enjoying the vibes all while ignoring the agressive cars honking, the unfriendly waiters serving and the looming general strike ahead!