It is official: the Eiffel tower will open on July 16th, 2021. Being the most crowded place in Paris - and probably all over the world - the Tour Eiffel has been closed since the beginning of the pandemic. I guess that due to our iron Lady's architectural features, it was simply impossible to guarantee …
The sun is not really shining over Paris in these days but... who cares? For once I will not complain about this (extremely) rainy spring to focus on good news. Covid restrictions in France are being lifted! Starting from today cafes' and restaurants' terraces will open again after more than 7 months! Can you image …
Today it was a rainy and windy day. The perfect day to stay home - how original right? - and try to fix my overloaded laptop. While doing that I stumbled in a series of images and technical drawings I used some times ago and then completely forgot. I think it is the right time …
"A woman has the right to mount the scaffold. She must possess equally the right to mount the speaker's platform" I know, it's been a while since my last article. I was so frustrated with this lockdown that I was just thinking about quitting my job and changing life. Today I am still a bit …
La Chandeleur (Candlemas) is a Christian religious holiday quite widespread in Europe and celebrated on Feb. 2nd. Its origin goes back to pagan time, when people used to celebrate the arrival of longer days and the new winter planting, lighting fires. When Pope Gelasius I decided to Christianize this holiday between 492 and 496 AD, …
When talking about Versailles' royal palace, I noticed that many people do not expect it to be so far from the city centre. To be accurate, the Chateau is not even in the outskirts of Paris, being Versailles a nice, indipendent town with about 90000 inhabitans located 14 miles west to the Ville Lumiere. To …
Continue reading Small talks from Versailles: why Versailles is in Versailles?
Here we go again: a new update about Covid 19 restrictions. From Dec. 15th the 20Km limit will be over and it will be finally allowed to travel between different regions. The limit will be replaced by a curfew, from 20pm to 6am. Unfortunately, that is basically all. Museums, cinemas, theatres will remain close, as …
"The Devil pulls the strings which make us dance; We find delight in the most loathsome things; Some furtherance of Hell each new day brings, And yet we feel no horror in that rank advance" - C. Baudelaire. There is something very true in this Baudelaire's quote and I am not referring just to moral …
Continue reading Hell’s never been so cool – Focus on Rodin’s “The Gates of Hell”
Parisian Hot Chocolate from Angelina, Maison Souquet and Laduree Winter holidays are upon us. Since it is not clear what we will be allowed to do during the last days of this crazy year (I am being too kind with 2020 I know...) Parisian bakeries and patisseries are cheering us up creating delicious holidays' treats. …
Continue reading Winter time: Best Parisian Hot chocolate Recipe!
Hello from Paris! Here we are with the usual update about the lockdown measures that are currently in force in France. I waited a few days before sharing them with you to check everything out... Compared to the last weeks our lockdown is now less strict. We are still not allowed to travel to different …
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