Concert in the round

Classical concert at the foot of the Basilica.

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Paris in August: What to do

Closed for August

 

Storefronts shuttered for the annual congés d'été.

Season of the spritz

 

Rain or shine summer in Paris is Aperol Spritz time.

Fiddling

Every fiddler he had a fiddle, and a very fine fiddle had he. - Old King Cole, British nursery rhyme

Aperitivo

 Time for an aperitivo on the Left Bank.

Sunset and windmill

 

Every sunset brings the promise of a new tomorrow.

 

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Then, at last, Madeleine’s luck turned. She came across Montmartre. With its windmills, its clear air and the old-fashioned, village feel of its higgledy-piggledy houses perched on a slope.... - Catherine Hewitt, Renoir's Dancer: The Secret Life of Suzanne Valadon

 

 

View from a window

 Chimneys and rooftops over Paris.

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The chief danger about Paris is that it is such a strong stimulant. - T. S. Eliot