Category: France

Even if winter days are often wet and the low grey skies prevent the sun from shining through, well, there’s plenty of light at night at the ice-slating rink in front of the city hall. That one reason. But there are many more.

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Last week, the Musée du Louvre introduced its newest acquisition, a 3,750-square-foot ceiling painting created by Cy Twombly to hang in the Salle de Bronzes.

Discover the new ceiling !

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Over at the Porte de Versailles is the annual Parisian Book Fair: the Salon du Livre.

As usual, you’ll find loads of interesting new publications – often by little–known or unknown publishers from France and all around the world.

You’ll never regret spending a couple of hours there …

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We all know the Louvre … and Sacre Coeur and Notre Dame and the Institut du Monde Arabe …

Here is the programme and information for the Musée d’art et d’histoire du Judaïsme.  So many interesting things are taking place here. Look at the programme. There may be something which interests you.

When we talk about cross-cultural understanding, I hope that we’re talking about trying to appreciate and understand each other.

Site in English and French.

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Société des Explorateurs Français Société de Géographie

184 Boulevard Saint-Germain, Paris 6^e – Tel : 01.45.49.03.51

“En terminer avec les graves erreurs climatologiques contemporaines” Conférence donnée par Claude COLLIN DELAVAUD, Professeur  émérite de géographie.

Intervenant:  Alain TIXIER, auteur et réalisateur de films sur les sciences de la Terre.

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A snapshot taken in the gardens of the Palais Royal, just across the street from the Louvre. A haven of peace in the center of the city.

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Glycine over the pond at Giverny.

Is it still as natural, as authentic as when Monet lived here?

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