Friday, October 5, 2012

Paris is the city in which one loves to live

Coming back from Lille, and arriving at the Gare du Nord, I was reminded of how lucky I am to be living in a city with such beautiful, vibrant, enjoyable train stations. 
I agree with Margaret about the Gare D'Orsay:

“Paris is the city in which one loves to live. Sometimes I think this is because it is the only city in the world where you can step out of a railway station—the Gare D'Orsay—and see, simultaneously, the chief enchantments: the Seine with its bridges and bookstalls, the Louvre, Notre Dame, the Tuileries Gardens, the Place de la Concorde, the beginning of the Champs Elysees—nearly everything except the Luxembourg Gardens and the Palais Royal. But what other city offers as much as you leave a train?”   ― Margaret Anderson

Monday, October 1, 2012

"America is my country and Paris is my hometown."

It's a quarter to one, a time when starting a blog about Paris seems not only possible, but inevitable.  To quote Ms. Gertrude Stein, "America is my country and Paris is my hometown."  That about sums it up right now.  To get in the mood, why not start with the Conciergerie, with views of the Seine, where Marie Antoinette awaited her execution?Mixture of architecture,location, and history that is only one of the many treasures of my beloved Paris.