Curiosities

Marvels from present and past on a Quartier Latin back street.

Memory lane

Inner courtyard of my first apartment in Paris.

Paris-Strasbourg

A painting by American artist Albert Herter (1914) dominates the entrance inside Gare de l'Est train station.

Corner boulanger

 

A charming boulangerie-pâtisserie near Les Invalides that's also a coffee shop.

 

House of the rising Seine

A houseboat awaits water levels to come down after heavy rains.

In the background, the Pont Neuf.

Now you see it...

  Stand in the right place and line it up just right, and watch the great Pyramide du Louvre disappear before your eyes.

Temporary installation by JR, Parisian photographer street artist

Big sky

The Eiffel Tower from a Montmartre hilltop.