June is the month of the rose, a flower that strikes me as being quintessentially Parisian. Sure, the rose is internationally beloved, having a long history in China, Greece, Egypt, Rome, the Middle East, England … but it just seems so perfectly at home in Paris. Maybe it’s because my first-ever perfume was the olfactory […]
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Paris Museums (the Nighttime Edition)
This Saturday sees the annual festivity that is Nuit des Musées, when Europe’s museums keep their doors open for an all-night celebration of all things cultural. If you’re in Paris, it’s the perfect chance to visit some of the city’s most enchanting museums, which often close at 6pm, and see them in a new atmospheric […]
Paris 2024: What to Do & See this Year (Beyond the Olympic Games)
Think Paris and 2024, and the Olympics likely first come to mind. And yes, they’re the major Parisian event this year. But there’s so much more that the City of Light has to offer throughout the coming twelve months, including some major anniversary celebrations, and a monumental reopening to cap off an action-packed year … […]
In Search of the Paris of Napoléon Bonaparte
Napoléon Bonaparte is never far from the cultural imagination; he is arguably the most famous French person of all time. But the one-time Emperor of France is back in the news in a big way, thanks to the release of Ridley Scott’s Napoleon. While the movie was mostly filmed in England, Malta, and Morocco, you […]