Victory Day

 

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At iconic English language bookstore Shakespeare and Company.

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Today is La Fête de la Victoire in France, a national holiday commemorating the end of WWII in Europe and a day off for schools and businesses. There will be solemn ceremonies, parades and wreath-laying at war memorials with a key event in Paris where the French President leads a military parade along the Champs-Élysées to the Arc de Triomphe and lays a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The French tricolor flag will be prominently displayed alongside other European flags to symbolize post-war peace and unity. - BPJ

 

Treeful Tuesday

 Tranquility on a Montmartre square.

Medieval Monday

 

 

An after-dinner promenade through the Marais district.

 

 Above: Rue des Rosiers, gateway to the old Jewish "Pletzl," at night

 

 

Serene Saturday

 

Passersby saunter past an impromptu group of musicians on the Pont des Arts.

 

Floral Friday

 

 

Flowers peek out to watch lovers stroll by.

Fête du Travail

 

 

May Day mania sweeps Paris on La Fête du Travail every May 1st when work grinds to a halt and the sweet fragrance of tiny muguets fill street corners and florists' doorways.

Wine Wednesday

 

 

An apéro spread to accompany the wine, not the other way around.