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Silent witnesses
Early one morning, Norman and I dropped off our car for servicing at a local garage. We had breakfast at the Goat Café and then took a walk for an hour or so until it was time to retrieve the … Continue reading
Posted in Paris parks, Paris streets, Toronto
Tagged Adolphe Alphand, dawn redwood, espaliering, foxglove tree, Jane Hunter, Judas tree, Musée de Montmartre, Musée des Arts et Métiers, Place de Vosges, Place St-Gervais, plane trees, pollarding, Robinia pseudoacacia, rue Furstemberg, Square de la Villa Sainte Croix, Susan Walter, Thomas Brail
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Propping up Parisian trees
Paris. City of light? Yes. Bridges? Indeed. Trees? Absolutely. The trees and their changing colours are one of the marvels of Paris. But it is no accidental marvel. Parisians work hard at maintaining their trees. Paris abounds in small parks … Continue reading
Jules Verne in the Métro
As a young boy, I longed to live in the fantastic worlds of Jules Verne, to explore the depths of the ocean in the Nautilus with Captain Nemo. I had not told Philippa this, but as we set off to … Continue reading
Posted in Paris history, Paris metro, Paris museums
Tagged Antoinette Lesueur de Pérès, Benson Bobrick, Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, François Schuiten, International Exposition of 1900, Jules Verne, Labyrinths of Iron, Les Cités Obscures, Musée des Arts et Métiers, Paris in the 20th Century, Paul Séjourné, Pont Antoinette, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
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