Depuis l’origine de la ville de Paris, la Seine sert de témoin des événements qui ont marqué le développement de la ville des lumières. Elle est au sens propre et figuré le cœur de Paris qu’elle…

The Palais Royal Garden, a place of tranquility nestled in the heart of Paris, has witnessed centuries of history. From royal beginnings to revolutionary fervor, this botanical garden, dating back to…

During many of my Zoom induced daydreams, I find my mind wandering off to 2015 and the first time I visited Paris. The city was my last stop in a 6 week solo backpacking trip. The drain of travel and…

Burrowed in the heart of Paris, the Palais de Tokyo stands as a bastion of contemporary art, calling out to those pushing the boundaries of creativity. From its historical past as a visual symbol of…

Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky was a Russian-born painter and seen as a leader in the avant-garde art movement. He was one of the founders of abstraction painting in the early 20th century.  Kandinsky…

In 1965, an excavation began on the plaza, or parvis in French, in front of Notre Dame to prepare for a subterranean parking lot. The excavation continued until 1972 and unearthed an area larger than…

In 1949, existentialist philosopher Simone de Beauvoir published The Second Sex, a culmination of two years of research into the question, “what does it mean to be a woman?” Her findings would change…

A hero of the American Revolution, Gilbert du Motier, the Marquis de Lafayette, lies buried in Picpus Cemetery under American soil brought back from Bunker Hill. His presence in this private…

Bois de Vincennes, the “Eastern Lung of Paris,” is not only one of the largest, most breathtaking natural wooded areas, it also comes from a rich history and is a place of peace, learning,…

In the city of Paris lies Montmartre, an area well known for its artistic history and young cultural crowd. In a city full of decades and decades of artists and bright minds, many who have passed have…