The Sainte-Chapelle is a grandiose masterpiece of Gothic architecture. It was built in only 7 years by Saint-Louis (Louis 9) in 1241 in order to welcome the relics of the Christ (including the crown of thorns). Today, the relics have left Sainte-Chapelle and are exposed in Notre-Dame. Visit the Sainte-Chapelle: useful information Adress: 6 boulevard […]
Colors of automn in Paris and its region
This year, autumn in France is exceptional ! It’s a real indian summer: temperatures are mild and the typical gray days of autumn are (still) rare! In this blog that is focused on photography, I regularly make you discover / visit places more or less known or sometimes unusual that I visited and where I […]
A walk in Paris
This weekend of October the 14th, this was the Indian summer in Paris (+25 degrees) and it would have been a crime staying at home doing nothing (or working on my travel blog héhé 😛) and not enjoying the temperature and the last rays of sun. It was also the harvest festival in Montmartre and I […]
Daugavpils (Latvia): 11 things to do and see !!
Unless you have a passion for the Baltic States or Latvia, normally no one in Europe has ever heard of Daugavpils. This was the case for me before 2010 when I went for the first time in this city not for tourism but for work! I have indeed worked at the local university as french […]
Tallinn: 10 things to do and see
Tallinn is, in my opinion, the most beautiful city in the Baltic states: I have been there twice in three years and I can tell you that the old town is simply breathtaking: the old merchant houses are colorful and magnificent, the medieval aspect of the city is great and the local people play the […]
Zorn: exhibition at the Petit Palais
It is always a pleasure to walk around in Paris. I was there last weekend to meet a friend and to see the exhibition of the painter Zorn at the Petit Palais (read my previous article – click here on the link) Zorn (1860 – 1920) is a well-known Swedish painter in Scandinavia who has […]