Paris and Beyond

Musée du Louvre Although the installation of I M Pei's glass and metal pyramids at the Louvre must have been met with the ir...

Musée Rodin Hôtel Biron is a jewel of Parisian rocaille architecture,  with its expansive park. From the Musée Rodin website...

Paleontology Museum I have seen the photographs and peered through the impressive  windows, but sadly I have never been insid...

Fondation Louis-Vuitton What genius to have designed this intriguing structure at the edge of Bois de Boulogne.  One has a fe...

Grande Galerie de l'Évolution Although we went to see the Robert Doisneau exhibit of photographs taken at the museum, thi...

Louis Vuitton Foundation Catching our reflections in  the massive mirrors.... bon weekend Fondation Louis-Vuitt...

Louis Vuitton Foundation (Frank Gehry, architect) As I posted yesterday, the museum appears as a ship, white and translucen...

Louis Vuitton Foundation This creative structure designed by Frank Gehry,  is an architectural wonder.  To say that it was ...

Grande Galerie de l'Évolution The four levels of the galery hall and the glass ceiling  were "painted" in the Bl...

Hôtel de Ville The exhibitions at Hôtel de Ville are without charge. This was a wonderful exhibit of Jean-Jacques Sempé in 20...

Musée du Louvre The inner chambers of the Louvre museum. Take a peek Musée du Louvre 75001, Paris

Le Théâtre du Merveilleux In the heart of the Bercy neighborhood, wine warehouses built by Gustave Eiffel's apprentice ...

Petit Palais was built for the 1900 Universal Exhibition  and became a museum in 1902.     The architect Charles Girault  is ...

Musée le l'Armée The Battle of Waterloo on June 18, 1815,  stopped the advance of Napoleon  and sent him into exi...

A bowl, a snake and a hand... a beautifully detailed sculpture  in the depths of Petit Palais Petit Palais ave Winston...

Little Museum of the Table ...of the Table?   Why, a most famous table, that of La Tour d'Argent.   The little museum h...

The courtyard of Petit Palais The trapezoid shape of Petit Palais forms an open area  at the center of the building.   The en...

Petit Palais In the main gallery of Petit Palais is this unusual teapot by Léon Kann (1859-1925). An open-mouthed serpent bur...

Cafes and sandwich shops in the US  may provide a placard for your table after you place your order. When it is ready, a serv...

Petit Palais Eclectic From the courtyard of the Petit Palais, you can catch a glimpse of the Grand Palais  and the ornate...