Paris, Rive Gauche

[poliphilo]

These two were taken from the same seat at a restaurant on the left bank. I think they're my favourites from the whole trip.

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[karenkay.livejournal.com]

I first went to Paris in 1988 to visit some friends from grad school. I had the month of January off from my teaching job at Cornell, and I spent three weeks of it in Paris.

One of those friends was spending the year in Paris the year I turned 45 (1996), so I went back in the spring for 10 days. (I did the entire trip, including airfare and hotel, for $800.) I went partly to visit my friend, and partly to revisit the architecture. The courtyards, the tall doors with elaborate ironwork hinges and knobs. I just spent a lot of time walking around looking at buildings.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I love to just wander round a city, looking to see what's there. We didn't have time to do much of that in Paris, but I've done it a lot in London.