Category Paris

Friday Photo – 28

It never ceases to amaze me that the Musee D’Orsay in Paris allow visitors to freely photograph exhibits. The gallery is far and away my favourite in Paris, a city of course where competition is fierce. Here are a couple of my favourite photographs that I took a few years ago.    

Sunday Photo – 17

A Sunday morning stroll along the banks of the Seine in Paris is one of the delights of visiting the great city……..

Sunday Photo 5

Twice I have spent Christmas in Paris. Wonderful memories of our rented sky high apartment, shopping in markets and attending Midnight Mass at Notre Dame. This photo was taken in 2006.  

My Paris

Paris, city of love & romance, city of light & after dark, city of art & culture, city of jazz & can-can, city of cafe & creme, city of cuisine & calvados. I love you Paris, it wasn’t love at first sight, but a lingering love affair that has blossomed with the years. You will […]

Le Tour de France – Final Stage

The actual Tour de France finishes in Paris with a parade up the Champs Élysées to the Arc de Triomphe, so this is where I will finish too. I have visited the wonderful French capital more times than I can remember thanks to Eurostar. If Mrs Wilbur and I do not visit at least once […]

Twenty-Four Hours In Montmartre

Mrs Wilbur and I love Paris, particularly from winter to the spring. We have just returned from a trip of just over a day in length by Eurostar thanks to a bargain break through Last Minute – £190 for our return train and a night in a comfortable three star hotel. We have lost count of […]