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The raison d’être of A Passion for Paris

  Blame Nadar: his noir—noir et blanc I should say—influence helped lure me to Paris way back when. I wanted to take up residence in…

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David Downie’s Paris Timeline sampler #2, the reign of Louis XIV, in a nutshell

Horsing around, in regal fashion   Why was the reign of Louis XIV considered France’s “Golden Age?” Keep reading and might find out. Louis’ period…

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#Paris Date-a-Day sampler: David Downie’s Paris Timeline, today’s date: 52 BC

    Why 52 BC? Keep reading and you’ll find out. It’s one of the key dates in the history of Paris (hint: it’s also…

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Paris to the Pyrenees, From a Traveler’s Notebooks, Part 8: The Friends of Compostela at Vézelay, and the Rebirth of the Modern Pilgrimage Route

Paris to the Pyrenees, From a Traveler’s Notebooks, Part 8: The Friends of Compostela at Vézelay, and the Rebirth of the Modern Pilgrimage Route  …

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Paris to the Pyrenees: From a Traveler’s Notebooks, post 6, Vézelay with Scallops à la Saint Jacques

 Paris to the Pyrenees: From a Traveler’s Notebooks, post 6, Vézelay with Scallops à la Saint Jacques These blog posts are taken directly from my…

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Five Easy Paris Pieces: Discovering Paris, Paris Part Two

    Part Two of this three-part series on Paris, Paris is more than a two-fer it's a Multi-Fer: The Blvd Richard-Lenoir Market plus a…

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Yet another one: Paris, Paris Tours a-go-go

This just in from a charming couple we whisked around town yesterday (in the rain) on a work-vacation-research tour that lasted from 9am to 7:30pm……

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Wonderful New Paris, Paris Tours Testimonial

Jonathan Philipson and his wife Beth were with us recently in Paris for a full-day tour. Here’s his report, posted on my Facebook Paris Paris…

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Walk with us on the Ile Saint Louis and Ile de la Cite’

Exciting new addition to our ParisParisTours website: the first of a series of videos showing our favorite spots and favorite walks in Paris. Related posts:…

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Falling for Paris in the Fall: Part Two, Food

Chocolate has become synonymous with autumn in Paris because of the Salon du Chocolat. That’s recent. Think nuts. Horse-chestnuts are the centuries-old symbol of springtime…

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Booking Now: April in Paris, Paris

Heavenly cherries in flower alongside Notre-Dame Eiffel’s tower: quite an erection… The view from on high: we visit the Eiffel Tower together (and it is…

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Chartres: Sacred, Profane a link to SF Sunday Chronicle

Last weekend my travel feature on the cathedral and lively town of Chartres ran in the San Francisco Sunday Chronicle Travel section—the cover story. This…

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