Peter O. posted an article on Peter's Paris - Dec 8, 2009, 5:01 pm
The above photo is from the interior of the “Bourse de Commerce”, situated in the western corner of what is still called “Les Halles”, the place which until 1969 was the Paris central food mar...
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Peter O. posted an article on Peter's Paris - Dec 6, 2009, 5:01 pm
I dedicate this post to some blogger friends, Polish, with Polish origins or family... Krystyna, her mother Maria, Terrie (Feasting on pixels), Anna Bobryk... and I forget. This is the major Polish ch...
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Peter O. posted an article on Peter's Paris - Dec 3, 2009, 5:01 pm
Two of the most important department stores in Paris, Printemps and Galeries Lafayette are neighbours on Boulevard Haussmann. There is obviously a fierce competition about who has the nicest Christmas...
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Peter O. posted an article on Peter's Paris - Dec 1, 2009, 5:01 pm
Sweden has the chairmanship of the European Union during the second semester of 2009. This is combined with different manifestations with the intention to make the country better known by the other EU...
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Peter O. posted an article on Peter's Paris - Dec 1, 2009, 2:13 pm
Ruth, with an excellent blog, “Synch-ro-ni-zing”, which I try to follow regularly, asked her visitors to explain how they came up with the name of their blogs. I believe I must stupidly have promi...
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Peter O. posted an article on Peter's Paris - Nov 29, 2009, 5:01 pm
I was alerted that there is a threat that the Montmartre Museum could be closed; the City of Paris has indicated that they would withdraw their annual subsidy. This was a good reason to revisit it! T...
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Peter O. posted an article on Peter's Paris - Nov 26, 2009, 5:01 pm
There are a number of department stores in Paris. I have already posted about some of them, more especially about “Le Bon Marché” and about Christmas decorations (not this year’s) at “Galerie...
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Peter O. posted an article on Peter's Paris - Nov 22, 2009, 5:01 pm
I’m back. Only a short post today. Just before leaving for a week I visited a recently opened art gallery (La Gallerie Ligne 13), close to where I live. It seems to be specialised in “urban art�...
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Peter O. posted an article on Peter's Paris - Nov 12, 2009, 5:01 pm
The Swedish Club in Paris (Cercle Suédois, Svenska Klubben) is situated on rue de Rivoli, just in front of and with a view of the Tuileries Gardens (see previous posts). The club was founded in 1891....
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Peter O. posted an article on Peter's Paris - Nov 10, 2009, 5:01 pm
Pigalle is a district which basically would include the Boulevard de Clichy and part of the Boulevard de Rouchchouart and some of the adjacent streets, passing Place de Pigalle as a central point and ...
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Peter O. posted an article on Peter's Paris - Nov 8, 2009, 5:01 pm
I have already made some posts about rue Belleville, rue Menilmontant and the adjacent parts of Paris which were incorporated in 1860, traditionally and area of workers and lower middle-class - often ...
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Peter O. posted an article on Peter's Paris - Nov 5, 2009, 5:01 pm
On your way from Place Saint-Germain-des-Prés (see previous post) with its abbey, its little park with a Picasso statue of Appolinaire, the café “Les-Deux-Magots”, its Zadikine statue, its Walla...
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Peter O. posted an article on Peter's Paris - Nov 3, 2009, 5:01 pm
To celebrate the 50 years of Asterix ... and Obelix, the Place de la Concorde (see previous posts) has got some temporary special decoration. The Egyptian obelisk has been completed (fortunately not r...
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Peter O. posted an article on Peter's Paris - Nov 1, 2009, 5:01 pm
The Eiffel Tower (see previous posts) can take different colours, including the fact that it’s repainted every seven years. The colours are also brought by light. Here you can first see what the Tow...
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Peter O. posted an article on Peter's Paris - Oct 29, 2009, 6:01 pm
Today I propose a walk along one of the 12 avenues leaving from La Place de l’Etoile (Place Charles de Gaulle), Avenue Victor Hugo. The walk is relatively long, some 1.8 km (1.2 miles) and may take ...
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Peter O. posted an article on Peter's Paris - Oct 27, 2009, 6:01 pm
This is a try to follow the trace of Ernest Hemingway in Paris. Ernest made a short visit to Paris during WWI, but he really arrived here in December 1921, together with his then wife, Hadley, as a ...
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Peter O. posted an article on Peter's Paris - Oct 25, 2009, 6:01 pm
I started to clean up my photo files and discovered a few things that I should perhaps show you... in a complete disorder. The top picture is showing a small corner of the Pantheon (see previous post)...
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Peter O. posted an article on Peter's Paris - Oct 22, 2009, 5:01 pm
In a recent post I referred to the yearly “Nuit Blanche” (White Night), the sleepless night, when different artists get the opportunity to create something related to the night and to light. This ...
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Peter O. posted an article on Peter's Paris - Oct 20, 2009, 5:01 pm
This beautiful tower is all that remains of the ancient late-gothic church Saint-Jacques-la-Boucherie (Saint James of the Butchery), built 1509-23. This was obviously a butchery area some centuries ag...
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Peter O. posted an article on Peter's Paris - Oct 18, 2009, 5:01 pm
Thank you so much for being patient with my absences. I’m back again, for a while I hope. The day before I left for Sweden, I had a luncheon at the Brassereie Flo with Carol – “ParisBreakfasts�...
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Peter O. posted an article on Peter's Paris - Oct 6, 2009, 5:01 pm
I have to leave you again for some ten days, back to Sweden. In the meantime, you can have a general look of Paris. Anne in Oxfordshire recently made a post about the Tour Montparnasse, which reminded...
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Peter O. posted an article on Peter's Paris - Oct 4, 2009, 5:01 pm
The Luxembourg Gardens (see previous posts) are somehow extended towards the south. There is a green park like stripe leading to the Paris Observatory (Observatoire) (see previous post). The green spa...
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Peter O. posted an article on Peter's Paris - Oct 1, 2009, 5:01 pm
Referring to my post last Friday with night shots of Paris Seine bridges, I promised some more, weather permitting. The weather last weekend was excellent - full summer, so here are some more! These b...
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Peter O. posted an article on Peter's Paris - Sep 29, 2009, 5:01 pm
Anne of Austria was the wife of Louis XIII. When she after 23 years of marriage – at the age of 36 - at last gave birth to child, a son, the future Louis XIV, she decided in gratitude to build a cha...
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Peter O. posted an article on Peter's Paris - Sep 27, 2009, 5:01 pm
When I left my flat Saturday late morning, there were deviations and some smoke in the surrounding streets... Finally, there was nothing to worry about. The deviation was due to a large “vide grenie...
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Peter O. posted an article on Peter's Paris - Sep 24, 2009, 5:01 pm
My two last posts have been a bit long to read. So, as a compensation, here is one with basically photos only. Some ten months ago I made a number of posts on the Paris Seine bridges, with all photos ...
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Peter O. posted an article on Peter's Paris - Sep 22, 2009, 5:01 pm
As mentioned in my previous post, I decided to stay in my area (Batignolles, Paris 17) during the Heritage Days, hoping to avoid the longest queues. I was a bit curious about the freemasonry and took ...
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Peter O. posted an article on Peter's Paris - Sep 20, 2009, 5:01 pm
In 1991 the European Council launched the European Heritage Days. Throughout Europe, thousands of sites, normally closed to public, open their doors for a few days in September, normally during a week...
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Peter O. posted an article on Peter's Paris - Sep 17, 2009, 5:01 pm
Back in Paris – at least for a while. Sorry for being absent from blogging for a too long time. In Sweden, I was too busy to have the opportunity to do some real photographing, but at least here is...
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Peter O. posted an article on Peter's Paris - Aug 30, 2009, 5:01 pm
I’m afraid I will have to close the “shop” for a while once more. I will be absent and busy – in Sweden again – for some two or three weeks.
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Peter O. posted an article on Peter's Paris - Aug 27, 2009, 5:01 pm
Back in Paris (I’m not the only one)! I went to the real centre of Paris, “point zero”, which is incrusted in the pavement just in front of Notre Dame. This is the point to which all distances t...
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Peter O. posted an article on Peter's Paris - Aug 25, 2009, 5:01 pm
Before leaving the south, a short visit to Pont-du-Gard, an aqueduct built by the Romans, during the early or middle of the 1st century. It’s part of a total aqueduct system bringing water from clos...
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Peter O. posted an article on Peter's Paris - Aug 23, 2009, 5:01 pm
I’m back from some good two weeks in Provence, together with family – and meeting some blogger friends. Most of the time I spent in Arles, on which I already made a post on my previous blog, some ...
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Peter O. posted an article on Peter's Paris - Aug 2, 2009, 5:01 pm
I will be off for some two or three weeks, not in the direction of this lighthouse, which is not to be found on the French coastline but is there to attract visitors to a Paris fish market (69, rue Ca...
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Peter O. posted an article on Peter's Paris - Jul 30, 2009, 5:01 pm
There seem to be some 50.000 US citizens living in Paris. All of them are probably not church goers, but I thought it may be interesting to learn something about the American churches in Paris. As far...
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Peter O. posted an article on Peter's Paris - Jul 28, 2009, 5:01 pm
I have already made posts about Belleville, an area in the eastern part of Paris. Mostly you refer to Rue de Belleville and the adjacent streets in the 19th and 20th arrondissements. Originally, Belle...
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Peter O. posted an article on Peter's Paris - Jul 18, 2009, 5:01 pm
I will be away for a bit more than a week - back to Sweden. To give you some distraction, I will for once make a quizz. I was up on a rather high point the other day and zoomed a little. I will kindl...
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Peter O. posted an article on Peter's Paris - Jul 16, 2009, 5:01 pm
If you wish to go for some free tango dancing, you can do it every evening, as long as the the weather is warm and nice. It takes place in open air on Quai (or Port) Saint Bernhard, Place Tino Rossi. ...
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Peter O. posted an article on Peter's Paris - Jul 14, 2009, 8:49 pm
I already posted today (see below), but I thought I must show you the July 14th fireworks, which this year were splendid! The Tower celebrates its 120 years. After 30 minutes it was over! I was toge...
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Peter O. posted an article on Peter's Paris - Jul 14, 2009, 5:01 pm

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