When the rain stopped, we pressed on, leaving the 5th arrondissement and crossing into the 13th. The rue Berbier du Mets was studded with medallions, as we wound our way past the back of the Gobelins tapestry factory and the chateau of the white queen (chateau de la Reine Blanche). Actu...
Paris’ arrondissements are identified by the last two digits of address postal codes and are typically written as 17eme or 17e arr. Parisiennes also refer to their arrondissement as “left of the Seine River” (La Rive Gauche) or “right of the Seine River” (Rive Droite). Regardless of ...
more often than not when he was not at home, where, as it seemed to me in my youth, there was the slightly dismal devotion of his companion, as though she felt herself guilty for the child she had failed to give him, or as though some non-existent child’s grave separated the two...
The balloon, which has operated inside the Parc André Citroën in the 15th arrondissement since 1999, is connected to the ground with a hydroelectrically-activated cable, and has a large and stable platform that accommodates 30 people. Once up, visitors can move around freely to take in ...
(the others being the Thermes de Cluny, also in the 5th arrondissement). My sources inform me that it was one of the largest amphitheatres of Gaul and that at least 15,000 spectators could watch the gladiator fights or theatre performances. What you see now is mostly a reconstruction and ...
“I beg your pardon,” said Attwood, looking much confused; “I— I took the pistols home with me to clean them!”I don’t know what there was in his tone, or in the words, but we were sobered all of a sudden. Attwood was conscious of the singular effect produced by him, for ...