October always signals the end of the high season for visitors to Paris. Over 40 million people visit this city every year, and the bulk of those visits happen between the months of May and October. While this is wonderful news for the tourism industry, this also means that the top attractions are often unbearably …
Before I moved to France, I had a weekly pub date with a group of friends back in my hometown. It wasn’t anything fancy, just drinks and great conversation, but it was a nice constant in my weekly routine. When I moved to Paris, I didn’t know a single person in this city, and during …
How many different ways are there to say “I Love You”? According to French artist Fédéric Baron, there are thousands. He knows this because in the early 1990s he started writing down the phrase in as many languages as he could find. He would ask neighbours and tourists, and even visited embassies across Paris to …
Paris is home to literally hundreds of museums that collectively house some of the most famous artwork in the world. This means that artists such as Van Gogh, Da Vinci, Delacroix, Monet, Manet, Michelangelo, and Rodin can be seen year round. But if you’ve already seen the Mona Lisa, don’t worry. The museums of Paris …
Just to be clear, this post really should have gone out last week. But if you will recall, last week was a very special occasion. Not only was it my 5th year anniversary of living in Paris, but it also marked a year since I officially launched Story of a City and started writing weekly …