Since I arrived in Paris, the Seine River has flooded numerous times. On a couple of occasions, the flooding was severe enough to close metro stations and several of the museums located next to the river, including the Louvre and the Musée d’Orsay. Whenever this happens, there’s a lot of talk in Paris about how …
It is no secret that Marie Antoinette is one of the most polarizing figures in French history. Reviled in her lifetime, she continues to fascinate and provoke debate to this day. Was she the frivolous, vain, and selfish spendthrift that her critics made her out to be? Or was she the victim of timing, circumstance, …
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 …