2024 Year in Review by an Australian in Paris. What a year 2024 turned out to be! As an Australian living in Paris, I can say this has been a dynamic year with highs, lows, and “I don’t understand” moments. Oh, and I volunteered at the Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics, so let’s start there.Continue reading “2024 Year in Review by an Australian in Paris”
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After the Paris 2024 Olympics – what does Paris have now?
After the Paris 2024 Olympics – what does Paris have now? Paris was a party. Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo, expressing gratitude to the people of Paris, said, “Thanks to the Games, we have found the joy in being together.” After the social distancing of the pandemic from 2020-2022, it was surely time to party hardContinue reading “After the Paris 2024 Olympics – what does Paris have now?”
NEW PARIS BOOK IN PROGRESS IN 2024: GLAD, MAD AND SAD – Blog # 27
NEW PARIS BOOK IN PROGRESS IN 2024: GLAD, MAD AND SAD – Blog # 27. Glad, mad and sad – emotions, emotions, emotions! In every novel, there are characters full of emotions. How are characters’ emotions written on the page? What emotions does an author want readers to feel – blissfully happy and excited for a character,Continue reading “NEW PARIS BOOK IN PROGRESS IN 2024: GLAD, MAD AND SAD – Blog # 27 “
Paris 2024 Olympics: first week in photographic review
Paris 2024 Olympics: first week in photographic review.
A view from above – Eiffel Tower from the 14th arrondissement, March 2022
A view from above – Eiffel Tower from the 14th arrondissement, March 2022.
Paris – City of Less Light for Christmas 2022, but it won’t dim the joy
Paris – City of Less Light for Christmas 2022, but it won’t dim the joy. Due to the energy crisis, the Paris 2022 festive season will have a little less illumination in the City of Light. Local authorities are reducing the amount of festive-lit decorations this year to save energy and cut costs. They sayContinue reading “Paris – City of Less Light for Christmas 2022, but it won’t dim the joy”
The construction of Paris – building works block tourists’ views of city sites
The Construction of Paris – building works block tourists’ views of city sites. It is mid-2022 and summer is here – and so is the return of tourists to Paris after two or more years of the Coronavirus pandemic. But, it is true that tourists cannot hide their disappointment that construction and renovations in theContinue reading “The construction of Paris – building works block tourists’ views of city sites”
The Eiffel Tower in 2022: older and taller
The Eiffel Tower in 2022: older and taller. The Eiffel Tower in Paris turned 133 years-old on 31 March 2022. It grew older, but also taller. On 15 March 2022, with the installation of a new digital terrestrial TDF radio antenna, Eiffel Tower grew by 6 metres (20 feet), making it now 330 metres (1,083Continue reading “The Eiffel Tower in 2022: older and taller”
Avenue du Trocadero, 16th arrondissement – October 2020
Avenue du Trocadéro, 16th arrondissement – October 2020.
Apartment: 34 Rue des Vignes
The Joyce family moved into 34 Rue des Vignes in Passy in the 16th arrondissement on 15 April 1939, a month after the German occupation of Czechoslovakia on 15 March. It was to be Joyce’s last apartment residence in Paris. It was a small apartment, but it had far more natural light than Ludmilla’s 1920Continue reading “Apartment: 34 Rue des Vignes”