Tag Archives: Jardin du Luxembourg

Take a seat

Posted on April 19, 2015 by Parisian Fields

We’re relative newcomers to the world of Instagram. Truth be told, we’re relative newcomers to smartphones – until recently our mobile phones could do nothing more than send and receive calls. So quaint. Once we could send and receive images, I … Continue reading →

Posted in Paris streets | Tagged @invisibleparis, @lesenchaises, Adam Roberts, Cité de la Mode et du Design, Edouard Leclerc, Fermob, Gatti, Instagram, Jardin du Luxembourg, Luxembourg chairs, Michael Thonet, Simplex, Thonet, Tolix, Xavier Pauchard | 10 Comments

A bird lover’s guide to Paris

Posted on January 25, 2015 by Parisian Fields

This is one of my favourite photographs from Paris. I use it as the wallpaper on my desktop computer, so that every day, when I sit down to work, I feel for a second that I am taking my place … Continue reading →

Posted in Paris gardens, Paris history, Paris parks, Paris postcards, Paris streets | Tagged Bois de Boulogne, Charles Yriarte, Charmeurs d’oiseaux, Jardin du Luxembourg, La Bagatelle, Medici fountain, Parc Monceau, pigeonnier contraceptif, pigeons, Puvis de Chavannes, Rene Dagron, Richard Holmes, Siege of Paris, Square des Batignolles, Tuileries | 14 Comments

The first time I saw Paris

Posted on February 16, 2014 by Parisian Fields

This blog is dedicated to the memory of my father, John Campsie, 9 April 1921 – 8 February 2014. He passed his love of travel on to me and encouraged me to learn French. The first time I saw Paris, … Continue reading →

Posted in Family history, Paris hotels, Paris nostalgia, Paris travel | Tagged Angrogna, Gare de Lyon, Hotel Lido, Jardin du Luxembourg, John Campsie, Malta, Passage de la Madeleine, Place de la Madeleine, Rome, St. Andrew's Scots Church Valletta, Torre Pellice, Valletta | 48 Comments

Postcards from a Snowy Paris

Posted on February 19, 2012 by Parisian Fields

Although it snows occasionally in Paris, it seems to be rare enough that only a small amount wreaks havoc. The city just isn’t prepared for snow. Parisian winters are normally mild, but there have been some very cold ones that … Continue reading →

Posted in Paris history, Paris parks, Paris postcards | Tagged 1910 flood, Bois de Boulogne, gasometer, ice skating in Paris, January 1910, Jardin du Luxembourg, Marche St-Martin, Nanterre, Paris flood, Paris postcards, Snow in Paris, snow load, St-Martin market, twig brooms, vintage postcards, winter in Paris | 7 Comments

Still life with bicycle

Posted on March 4, 2011 by Parisian Fields

Paris has a long association with cycling. Consider the early 19th-century velocipede craze or Art Nouveau advertising lithographs by artists such as Alphonse Mucha. Since it began in 1903, the Tour de France always ends with a dash into Paris. … Continue reading →