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Escalator to the Sky

Escalator to the Sky

Around level 4 of the 6-story escalator of the Centre Pompidou, I realized it had been a long time since I’d visited a high place in Paris. It was a mantra when my sister Christine and I traveled in Europe. See a church, eat a good meal, visit somewhere old and climb...

A Different Kind of Olympic Thrill

A Different Kind of Olympic Thrill

I was away from Paris for the Olympics, so I missed the enthusiasm and the excitement of seeing live competitions. On my return, I figured I’d catch a few Paralympic events. This was mostly because I’d been so wrong about the Olympics' impact on Paris – Crowds!...

Mixing It Up in Paris Real Estate

Mixing It Up in Paris Real Estate

The façade of the Defense Ministry building on the Boulevard Saint Germain bears the holes and pockmarks of German bombing in 1918. It’s one of many reminders that wars have time and again been fought in France’s capital city. The ministry moved to a modern complex in...

Sink or Swim in the Seine

Sink or Swim in the Seine

I’d been thinking about my friend Joel Stratte-McClure ever since I heard that some swimming events of the Paris Olympics will be held in the Seine. A river that, right now, contains “alarming levels of bacteriological pollution,” a nonprofit foundation said last...

Aren’t Fountain Pens Fun? No.

Aren’t Fountain Pens Fun? No.

Reprinted with permission from The Washington Post. See below for a response from the grown-up Louise. October 5, 1997 PARIS -- Less than a month into the French equivalent of second grade, my daughter has met the enemy and it is a fountain pen. Wrestling with...

You Toucan Go Birding in Panama

You Toucan Go Birding in Panama

I used to think birding was ridiculous. Tramping around all day with a big camera and binoculars to find small flying creatures whose goal is to stay unseen? Then I tried it. In Panama. This is not as strange as it seems, or least, no stranger than choosing Panama for...

  
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