27 January 2022

Throwback Thursday

The welcoming warmth of Carette, Place du Tertre.

 Takeaway coffee, chocolat chaud à l'ancienne, viennoisseries and, not usual, made-to-order crêpes at early hours.

 
Open 8 a.m. - 8 p.m. every day

25 January 2022

Castle in a window


A Christmas tradition originating in Kraków, szopki are ornate castles that showcase Nativity scenes.    

 Above: a gleaming szopka takes up the entire window of a Polish bookshop on Boulevard Saint-Germain

24 January 2022

Golden globes

 
Entrance to an underground shopping mall in an enclosed atrium with tropical plants.

23 January 2022

Crêpes at Christmas


Crêpes are a festive option with visitors whatever the occasion or time of year.

Above: Breizh Café

 

21 January 2022

Moon walk

 

The first full moon of the year shines on streets and squares.

 Above: Place du Tertre

Below: rue des Abbesses

 

 

 

 

20 January 2022

Paris-Athens

The birth of Modern Greece 1675-1919

 The exhibition, organised on the occasion of the bicentenary of the 1821 Greek Revolution, aims to highlight the links between Greece and European culture, with a particular focus on the relations between Paris and Athens.

 Paris-Athènes

Musée du Louvre

Ends February 7, 2022

19 January 2022

Window stopping

 
  
A couple stops to look in a Left Bank shop window.
 
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Annual winter soldes end February 8