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Garden furniture

The Musee Delacroix was poky, dangerously overheated and chock-full of second-rate stuff by M. D himself and others. Even the atelier, which you feel ought to be revealing, was dull. The garden though, in its small way, was very pleasant. … Continue reading

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Bon jour monsieur

It wasn’t until I’d taken the photograph of this intriguingly simple portico just round the corner from Notre Dame that I noticed someone getting dressed beneath it. Another reminder of the enormous number of people sleeping rough in Paris. But … Continue reading

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Tables for two

French bar and restaurant tables are notoriously petits, particularly for someone used to the more generous proportions of those in Italy. Roughly speaking, a table for four in Rome would be expected to seat eight, or even twelve, in Paris. … Continue reading

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Two wedding dresses and a mattress

Seen in the Marais.

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Dogs

One of the hardest things about travelling is that you often have to leave your pets behind. This is particularly the case if the journey touches Britain, whose irrationally draconian anti-rabies measures make it impossible to take your dog: because, … Continue reading

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Batignolles or I’m back from Paris

Back after three weeks away, I’ll start with something typical… The boulangerie was one of the many Paul scattered over Paris, this one in the middle of the rue de Levis street market. The man isn’t known to me, but … Continue reading

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