Vélib’ 2020
In January 2020 I was proud of myself for getting organized and booking some travel well in advance, including two trips to Paris — trains, hotels and operas — for Read More …
Category: Paris
Vélib’ 2019
2019 was just last year, but it already seems like a time from the distant past, when it was possible to take a train to Paris, stay in a hotel Read More …
Saving the right bank, step by step
For nearly half a century, from 1967 to 2016, this is what the right bank of the Seine looked like in the center of Paris. An endless stream of motor Read More …
Vélib’ 2018
In January 2018 there were construction sites like this all over Paris, where the Vélib’ bike sharing stations used to be. On this one, the sign on the right read: Read More …
Vélib’ 2017
2017 was the last year of the original, first-generation Vélib’ bike sharing system in Paris. The JCDecaux company, which had run the system since its inauguration in 2007, was willing Read More …
Vélib‘ 2016
In 2016 I only went to Paris once. I stayed at a small hotel called Hôtel du Brésil on rue Le Goff, which is in the 5th arrondissement near the Read More …
Vélib’ 2015
On a Sunday morning in June 2015 I rode over to the Avenue des Champs-Elysées to have a look at an event called Les 24h de Vélib’ = The 24 hours Read More …
Paris Beaches
One of the more vicious acts of vandalism in recent Paris history was the destruction of the right bank in the 1960s for the purpose of installing the Voie Express Read More …
Vélib’ 2014
2014 was another big Vélib’ year for me. I visited Paris in February, July and August (staying in the 10th, 6th and 2nd arrondissements) and took out a seven-day Vélib’ Read More …
Re-claiming the river banks
For his second term as Mayor of Paris, Bertrand Delanoë set as one of his major goals the “transformation of the Seine riverbanks” so that “Parisians and visitors alike can Read More …