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THE REMARKABLE STORIES OF THE THREE PARIS PAGODAS – Part 2

La Pagoda Paris is unmissable on its prominent street corner.  This story continues on from my previous post about one of the three Paris pagodas, the Japanese-style pagoda, k…

THE REMARKABLE PARIS PAGODAS – Part 1

When the cinema was known as LaPagode de Babylone.  Paris has three remarkable and unusual pagodas.  Curiously, only one of them was built as a shrine.  Of the other two, one…

REJUVENATING THE CHAMPS ÉLYSÉES

The Champs Elysees.  The Champs Élysées is surely the iconic avenue in Paris.  It conjures up images of a wide, tree-lined boulevard lined with magnificent Beaux-Art style bui…

MORE GREAT DESTINATIONS IN PROVENCE!

‘A Wheat Field with Cypresses’ by Van Gogh.  The very name ‘Provence’ conjures up images of brilliant blue skies, ancient golden stone villages with terracotta tiled roofs, an…