Tag Archives: Paris

Mining the Diaries 23: France 1993

Posted on March 21, 2023 by Brian

Hotel Novanox, Boulevard du Montparnasse, Paris 2nd April 1993 The Le Grande Axe in Paris runs straight for over four and a half miles from the Arc du Carrousel via the Arc de Triomphe to La Defense Grande Arche.  Too … Continue reading →

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Mining the Diaries 21: France

Posted on March 1, 2023 by Brian

A day exploring edgy and bohemian Bellville and Menilmontant. Up from the Metro into the cornucopia of a street market along the Boulevard de Bellville: shiny old suits, long out of fashion; cascades of glittering fish scales flicked into the … Continue reading →

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Mining the Diaries 18: France

Posted on February 3, 2023 by Brian

Hotel Sully, Rue des Ecoles, Paris, 5th May 1990 7.30 am.  Down on the street an old woman is bending over a dustbin going through old clothes.  Close by a waiter has washed down the pavement and is putting out … Continue reading →

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Mining the Diaries 15: France 1988

Posted on January 7, 2023 by Brian

Hotel Tour Eiffel, Rue de la Exposition, Paris, 6th April 1988 Metro from Bosquet – Grenelle to Palais Royal Musée du Louvre, heading for the Louvre, which is what half the visitors to Paris seemed to be doing.  Join a … Continue reading →

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