Exploring Passy
Since it was the middle of February I was prepared for snow, slush, sleet, gale-force winds and freezing temperatures, but in fact it was dry and frost-free the entire time, Read More …
Category: 16th arrondissement
Exploring Auteuil
Rue d’Auteuil was the main street of the village of Auteuil, until that village was divided up between Paris and Boulogne in 1860. At that time more than half of Read More …
Auteuil and the bourgeoisie
Looking back, I think the first time I ever even read about the Paris quarter of Auteuil was in a short story by Marcel Aymé (1902–1967) called Le décret (The Read More …
Hôtel Poussin
This is a pleasant little three-star hotel in the Auteuil quarter, which I chose because I had never even set foot in Auteuil up to then and wanted to get Read More …
Maritime Museum in Paris
On August 11, 1858, the emperor Napoléon III arrived in Brest in his uncle’s boat, the Canot de l’empereur, rowed by twenty oarsmen, with a golden Neptune on the front Read More …
Cité de l’architecture & du patrimoine
This architecture museum traces its history back to the year 1795, but in its current form it didn’t open until 2007 in the east wing of the Palais de Chaillot. Read More …
Trocadéro
There always seems to be a festive atmosphere up on the roof of the Chaillot Theater, where people from all over the world come to look at the Eiffel Tower. Read More …
Indicateur d’Itineraires
Here’s a Blast from the Past for you: an electric “Indicator of Itineraries” such as used to be found in about half of the Paris Métro stations. I came across Read More …
The Loft of the Goncourts
In France there is a prestigious literary prize called the Le prix Goncourt, which is awarded each December to the author of “the best and most imaginative prose work of Read More …
Mirabeau Bridge in Paris
The Mirabeau Bridge across the Seine was built in the 1890s and was considered a remarkable technical achievement at the time. It connects Auteuil on the Right Bank (16th arrondissement) Read More …